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Here are some ways to ensure your bank accounts are protected. Some of the info we've covered before, some is new.

TD Ameritrade is offering an attractive promotion to open a brokerage account with them. They'll give you 30 free days of trades and $100.

Stock dividends account for 70% of after tax income since 1900 after inflation. So when dividends get cut, equities don't look nearly as attractive as bonds.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says we entered a recession in December 2007. This raises a bunch of interesting questions.

Bill Gross, who manages the largest bond fund in the world for Pimco posted an interesting column in which he made the case that stocks are not inexpensive when you consider that the leveraged finance model is dead. I thought these were wise words.

Harvard today announced that its endowment had dropped by 22% or $8 billion. The loss is greater than the total endowments of all but 4 universities. This marks the popping of one of the last bubbles - higher education.

Legendary value investor Jeremy Grantham called the real estate and housing bubble and went into cash in the summer of 2008. He is now slowly dipping his toes back into the market despite still believing the market will drop further. Good video.

What is one person's misery is another's opportunity. Billionaire Wilbur Ross just received permission from regulators to buy a majority stake in Florida's First Bank and Trust Co. Many believe this is a platform to purchase other distressed banks.

We've been told to buy and hold stocks; that it is the path to a better future. But the common person does not stand a chance in the stock market when CEOs and their executive team are siphoning the profits. Recent news about ex-Merrill (and now ex Bank of America exec) CEO John Thain only reinforce the point.

TD Ameritrade is offering 25,000 United Mileage Plus miles for opening a brokerage account and funding it with $50,000.

I am incredibly disappointed by what I have seen on CNBC the last couple of days.

The news that Certificates of Deposit sold by Stanford International Bank highlights the importance of making sure the bank you deposit money into is FDIC insured and regulated.