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Hot Topic: CRISIS ON WALL STREET

Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG: As the meltdown on Wall Street continues, we offer some resources to help understand how it happened and keep up to date on the latest developments.

Every man a speculator : a history of Wall Street in American life
Fraser, Steve, 1945-
1st ed., New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2005.
332.64273/FRASER

What works on Wall Street : a guide to the best-performing investment strategies of all time O'Shaughnessy, James P.
3rd ed., New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
332.6/O'SHAUGHNESSY

Eyewitness to Wall Street : 400 years of dreamers, schemers, busts, and booms Colbert, David.
New York : Broadway Books, c2001
332.0973/COLBERT

Wall Street : a history /
Geisst, Charles R.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
332.64273/GEISST

Manias, panics, and crashes : a history of financial crises Kindleberger, Charles Poor, 1910-
4th ed., New York : J. Wiley & Sons, 2000
338.542/KINDLEBERGER. Audio edition.

The complete idiot's guide to investing
Koch, Ed (Edward T.)
3rd ed. , Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, c2005.
332.6/KOCH

Confessions of a street addict Cramer, Jim.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2002.
332.6092/CRAMER Audio edition.

American sucker
Denby, David.
1st ed. , Boston : Little, Brown, c2004.
332.60973/DENBY
Audio edition.

Three Men And a Bailout.(The Well; Campaign '08; The Bailout)(Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson and dTimothy Geithner). Karen Tumulty and Massimo Calabresi. Time (Oct 6, 2008): p38. (General OneFile)

The Financial Crisis: Who Can Lead Us Out Of This Mess? (The Well; Cover Story; Campaign '08 / The Economy) David Von Drehle. Time (Oct 6, 2008): p32. (General OneFile)

As Fingers Point in the Financial Crisis, Many of Them Are Aimed at Bush; [National Desk]. MARK LANDLER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Sep 20, 2008. p. A.15

Investing: Surviving the Wall Street Quake; Listen up: Here's how the big shakeup could affect your portfolio -- and what you can do to protect it. (INVESTING)(American International Group Inc.). David Bogoslaw. Business Week Online (Sept 17, 2008) (1364 words) (General OneFile Database)

Markets: What You Should Be Watching Now; What signals should investors pay attention to as financial markets gyrate? Here's what the pros are looking at. (INVESTING). David Bogoslaw. Business Week Online (Sept 17, 2008) (1500 words) (General OneFile)

EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008

http://www.fdic.gov/ - FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

http://www.bloomberg.com - Features investment information including market data, news and commentary, and charts and analysis. Free access, with registration, to Market Monitor, a market update service, and Bloomberg University, online tutorials covering a variety of financial topics.

http://money.cnn.com - Current financial, business, and money management news, including information on commodities, currencies, interest rates, U.S. markets, world markets, and more. "Money 101" provides an interactive guide to managing your finances.

http://www.nyse.com - "NYSE Euronext . . . operates the world ' s largest and most liquid exchange group and offers the most diverse array of financial products and services."

http://www.ustreas.gov - "The Treasury Department . . . announced actions recently regarding the housing government sponsored enterprises to protect the financial system, to support the housing market, and to protect the taxpayers."

http://www.federalreserve.gov - "The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system."

“Economy in Turmoil” - timeline from MSNBC

“Historic U.S. Economic Downturns” - timeline from USA Today.com (includes link to related story)

“15 Things You Need to Know about the Panic of 2008” - from Kiplinger.com

“The Credit Crunch: Where is it Happening?” - from Time.com

“How can mortgage-backed securities bring down the U.S. economy?” - from HowStuffWorks.com

NPR.org's Planet Money blog

“The Subprime Lending Crisis: Causes and Effects of the Mortgage Meltdown.” (PDF: 84K) - by Bianco, Katalina M., from CCH.