“You think they’re your friends, but they’re not your friends.” This was the frequent refrain from a landlord I had while in college. He was warning us on the danger of throwing parties and inviting people who we considered friends, but would think nothing of trashing the place.

Talk about a winter of discontent… Over the past seven weeks, we’ve seen quite possibly one of the best examples of stock market fear in history.

“Yes we can,” as incoming president Barack Obama famously declared in his presidential victory speech. Head down the road to The Capitol and we’ll need to modify that to, “Yes, we might,” as lawmakers in Congress debate an $825 billion economic stimulus package.