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.

Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson are planning the biggest bailout of financial markets in history. It could cost the taxpayer somewhere in the region of $1 trillion. But the market will triumph over the interventionists, says Bill Bonner.

The federal budget deficit hasn’t received a lot of press lately, what with all the worries about the U.S. financial system, the home mortgage market, and the rescues that might be necessary to save both.

Bill Bonner says that, although we look at the likes of Zimbabwe with incredulity in the US, we are heading down a similar route with the nationalization of mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddy Mac (FRE). So much for the biggest ‘free market’ in the world…

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…

Much of the recent drop in oil prices is due to the rally in financials, says Byron King. But the black goo is still double the price it was two years ago. Worse still, the US is now coping with chronic inflation. Precious metals are the best way to your savings and purchasing power…

The housing plan - which now includes provisions to bail out Fannie and Freddie - is now likely to become law within days. The problem is the bill is “a major-league privacy threat,” according to Dave Gonigam in Desidooru Saloon. Of course, the mainstream media hasn’t given this angle of the story much coverage…

The percentage of homeowners, as opposed to renters, fell from 69.1% to 67.8% this year, the sharpest decline in 20 years, according to census data through the end of March. Despite the doom and gloom surrounding real estate, Diligent Investors editor Todd Schoenberger, is bullish on one particular shopping-center REIT that’s paying a 7.5% dividend yield.