We're in the midst of the greatest financial crisis of our time. Do you know what really happened? Are you prepared for what's to come?

When every headline delivers bad news, and each morning market bell seems to usher in yet another bank debacle, stock market plunge or dire warning about the end of access to credit; threats to our savings and security; and the collapse of the entire financial system as we know it. . . . It's hard to keep up.

But we can't afford to be in the dark just because we can no longer bear to turn on the news.

Written by seasoned financial writer Dave Kansas, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It makes sense of the madness, revealing how the crisis is affecting our financial lives and what steps we should take to inform and protect ourselves. This comprehensive, practical and accessible book delivers:

• An inside look at the financial wizardry, easy money and overconfidence that drove the subprime crisis, credit crunch and market meltdown
• An analysis of the New World Order—the banking behemoths, the government's role—and how it will affect Main Street
• A look at what's safe: a rundown of which investments are protected and which aren't and how fund protection has changed
• Individual investor strategies: stocks, bonds, retirement and real estate (and whether you should think seriously about "the mattress")

From the most authoritative source for business and economic news and written by one of the most trusted voices in financial reporting, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It is the only book you'll need to navigate the storm ahead.

Browse Inside: The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It

The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It

Paperback: 224 pages
Author: Dave Kansas
Publisher: Collins Business (January 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061788406
ISBN-13: 978-0061788406

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dave Kansas spent four years as the editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money and Investing Section. He is now president of FiLife, a new joint personal finance venture between Dow Jones and IAC Corp.

I am editor-at-large of FiLife.com, a new online personal finance joint venture between Dow Jones and IAC Corp. Prior to that, I spent four years as editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section, was editor in chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, and am the author of two previous books: The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook and TheStreet.com Guide to Investing in the Internet Era. My wife, Monica, and I live in New York.

Visit Dave Kansas's Web Site

FiLife understands that personal finance decisions are complex and confusing. Even picking a checking account is no longer as simple as walking in to the local bank. On everything from day-to-day money matters to long-term planning, FiLife is here to help.

An IAC/Dow Jones joint venture, FiLife is a personal finance web community offering members the chance to find and review personal finance products, ask and answer money questions, and use smart tools to simplify financial decisions. FiLife features the best personal finance stories from The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Barron’s, as well as our own original stories and packages.

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