Tag Archives: Credit Crisis

No Time For Lengthy Descriptions? See the Crisis Flowchart

crisisFrom the great folks over at FiLife:

The speed and severity at which the current economic crisis spread caught many advisers off-guard.  In addition to managing and advising clients today, advisers want to look back at the significant factors that precipitated the event.

Unfortunately, most of the descriptions of the events leading up to the crisis are complicated and verbose.  Have you seen Michael Kitces’ extensive research he published on credit crisis?  It’s fantastic work, arguably award-winning work!  But what if you want the information in an easy to swallow pill?

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The Credit Crisis: All You Ever Wanted To Know

My good friend Michael Kitces, CFP®, etc. recently published an in-depth review of the events that brought about the current credit crisis.

As a resource for its members, the Financial Planning Association has made Michael’s October newsletter available for a short period of time.

Click here to visit the FPA Financial Crisis Resource CenterThe link to Michael’s credit crisis article is near the bottom, as shown below. As of October 29, the link to Michael’s article has been removed.  Bummer.  There are still other useful resources on the FPA’s Resource Center.

Kitces link