Andrew Snyder says this credit crisis could eventually go down as one of the most profitable periods in US history. The country’s biggest and oldest companies are selling at an unprecedented discount. Andrew selects four blue chip stocks set to make huge recovery profits over the next two years.

Falling property prices and tighter credit markets are putting a stop on construction activity. Buildings — especially in the commercial and industrial sectors — take a long time to put up. So this industry will be the laggard when the economic recovers.

Eric Roseman says the US REIT sector is likely to recover first. That’s because Europe and Asia are behind the US in the credit crunch cycle and have further to fall.

The news is saturated with Hank Paulson’s $700 bailout plan. This is diverting attention away from the increasingly bleak outlook for the wider economy.

Rick Pendergraft says no bailout can immediately solve the problems in the housing market. And all indicators suggest these will run well into 2009 at least.

A true contrarian investor is always looking to own shares of companies that are out of favor with the investing public. And no sector has been more discarded than real estate…