Surviving the Wall Street quake, is your money safe?, stocks to weather stormy markets - Today in Money 9/16

In the News:

· AIG Pressure Mounts as Downgraded; Stock Plunes 60%. Firm on Hunt for Capital, Bankruptcy Next?

· Asian Markets Plunge Nearly 5% Following U.S. Markets

· How Will Markets React After Yesterday's 500 Point Plunge?

· Fed Reserve Meets on Interest Rates Today; Will They Cut to Help Markets?

· 24/7 Wall St. Says the Fed Has to Cut Rates

· Goldman Sachs Profit Plunges 71%

· Consumer Prices Fall 0.1%; First Drop in Nearly 2 Years

· Hewlett-Packard to Slash Nearly 25,000 Jobs Over Next Three Years

· Dell Warns; Sees Further Signs of Weakness

· Barclay's Sniffing Around Lehman Brothers Carcass; In Talks to Buy Part of Firm

· Best Buy to Acquire Napster for Nearly $127 Million

· Holiday Sales Could Be Weakest in 17 Years

· Unilever to Market Starbucks Ice Cream

Bulletproof Your Portfolio
How to protect your portfolio from the tsunami enveloping Wall Street. Investment experts from around the world weigh in with thier outlook for the stock, currency and commodities markets and the financial sector and tips for what investors can do during the turmoil and what Wall Street may well look like down the road.
What the Pros Say: - CNBC.com

Is Your Money Safe?
If your broker goes belly up is your money safe? There is a system in place to protect your portfolio - at least a good chunk of it.
How to protect your money if your broker goes belly up - CNNmoney
Also: Q&A: Are My Investments Secure

Surviving the Wall Street Quake
If you're an investor who woke up on the morning of Sept. 15 to a new level of alarm in the more than year-old financial crisis and wondered what the drastically changed landscape on Wall Street means for your portfolio, you're not alone. Listen up: Here's how the big shakeup could affect your portfolio-and what you can do to protect it.
Investing: Surviving the Wall Street Quake - BusinessWeek
Also: S&P's Sam Stovall on Making Sense of the Meltdown

8 Stocks for Weathering These Stormy Markets
These eight stocks tend to weather stormy markets better than most.
8 Stocks for Weathering Stormy Markets - SmartMoney.com

Insuring You're Insured
What does AIG's financial troubles mean for policyholders? Here's how its troubles could impact consumers. AIG's Fallout: What Policyholders Can Expect - SmartMoney.com

America's Most Stressful Cities
Chicago's rising unemployment rate, expensive gas, high population density and relatively poor air quality create a perfect storm of stress as it tops this year's list. New York ranks second followed by Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
America's Most Stressful Cities - Forbes.com

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