William Patalon III has a four-point plan to beat the bear this time round: 1) Load up on high dividend stocks; 2) Buy gold; 3) Stick to ‘global titan’ companies; and 4) Stay relaxed…

So much for the government ‘fixing’ the financial markets. Mr. Market simply isn’t buying the bailout. How should investors react? Outstanding Investments co-editor Byron King says the answer is physical gold and precious metals mining shares.

Eric Fry says his investment strategy is based on a simple formula: “Sell the dollar, sell the dollar and sell the dollar.” And as the buck gets whacked, so will American stocks and bonds. On the other hand, foreign assets and commodities should soar…

It’s inflate or die for Western capitalism,” says The Sovereign Society investment director, Eric Roseman. It may take a while but, according to Eric, Hank Paulson’s attempt to rescue the financial system will send inflation soaring and the US dollar tumbling.

The Unholy trinity - the Federal Reserve, SEC and Treasury - has pulled out all the stops this time. But while US stocks soar, Justice Litle says the government’s bailouts are a death blow for the dollar.

Wall Street is on its knees this morning. Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) is out for the count. Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) has been sold for a song. And AIG (NYSE:AIG) is living on borrowed time after its stock was pummeled in Friday’s going.

Worse still, according to William Patalon III the wider US economy is sliding into a deep recession.

If you’ve visited Contrarian Profits this week, you’ll know we don’t think highly of the Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) bailout. That doesn’t mean we can’t find a way to profit from the mess.

Americans and their creditors should be irate once the "facts" come out on FNM and FRE. Just weeks ago the CEO's assured the markets they were adequately capitalized, now they are being forced against their wishes to hand over the keys...

Grace Cheng submits:

I was sent a link to this article by Francine McKenna at re: The Auditors and thought I would pass it along. It has a great look at what is going on with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from an accounting perspective and really shows who is left holding the bag.

After being one of the first websites/blogs to spot the FNM/FRE takeover by Uncle Sam here, I've decided to let others write about the bailout specifics. Suffice it to say, this is nothing more than an attempt to get investors...

Have the markets already gone through their inflationary melt up phase? Are they now giving way to debt deflation, in which cash is hoarded and the price of all assets (tangible and otherwise) falls? Well…no.

So far this year, 25 airlines have collapsed. Those that have survived have taken on hefty losses. The seven biggest US carriers had combined 2Q losses of almost $6 billion.

Is your money safe if your bank goes belly up? The Federal Desposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures you in case the worst should happen… but only up to $100,000. So, what happens if your account exceeds this limit?

Strategic Investment editor Dan Amoss is sure of one thing: Every paper currency in history eventually fell to its intrinsic value: zero. And the dollar is no different.

Dan says Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) shareholders could be wiped out by debt offerings by next summer.