So what will $800 billion buy these days?  At the macro level, the Obama administration’s rescue plan will buy some new roads and bridges, 3.5 million new jobs and, hopefully, an economic recovery in the process.

Investing bearish right now could help protect your savings.  And just like fellow contrarians have been telling you all along, Ted Peroulakis suggests you broaden your horizons into contrarian investments like gold and silver.

Actual cash, in the form of bills and coins which some know as “currency in circulation” – and others know as, “Please, daddy! I need twenty dollars!”

Military defense spending has more than doubled since 9/11 thanks in part to the new U.S. government stimulus. And FLIR is the global leader in government surveillance systems. You don’t need x-ray specs to sense beyond the visible potential in this stock.

T.G.I.M (Thank goodness it’s March). Unfortunately, that’s what investors were saying when they closed the books on January and times have only gotten worse.

Renowned investor George Soros said Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, and there’s no near-term bottom to this financial crisis in sight.

This company is a real sleeper.  David Fessler of Investment U has “been on the lookout” for a stock like this.  He expects that “Neutral Tandem will be a direct beneficiary” of broadband network expansion.

From its high of $147 a barrel last July, West Texas Intermediate Crude oil prices have crashed a cumulative 74%. That ranks as one of the worst absolute declines for any asset since the onset of deflation last July as investors dump most commodities, except gold, silver and several other soft commodities.

Yes folks, it’s the “fiscal responsibility summit,” not to be confused with the “fiscal wakeup tour” chronicled in I.O.U.S.A.

U.S. Congress set to approve $789 billion stimulus package… OPEC again cuts 2009 world oil demand forecast… OPEC figures suggest 65 percent compliance on output cuts…