John Waggoner is the investment columnist and personal finance reporter for USA Today, where he writes a weekly investing column. Previously, he was senior editor at the Independent Investor, an investment advisory newsletter. He is also the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Investing, which is published by Wiley, and coauthor of The Busy Family's Guide to Money.

• Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: What Just Happened Here?Chapter 2: How Did It All Begin?Chapter 3: Silly Season.Chapter 4: Matters Become More Serious.Chapter 5: Where Do We Go from Here?Chapter 6: What's the Worst That Could Happen?Chapter 7: Fighting Depression.Chapter 8: Creeping Infl ation.Appendix.Notes.About the Author.Index.

"USA TODAY investment columnist John Waggoner provides sensible, specific steps to help investors navigate through…the volatile financial markets likely to continue for the months ahead." (USA Today)

John Waggoner is the investment columnist and personal finance reporter for USA Today, where he writes a weekly investing column. Previously, he was senior editor at the Independent Investor, an investment advisory newsletter. He is also the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Investing, which is published by Wiley, and coauthor of The Busy Family's Guide to Money.

• Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: What Just Happened Here?Chapter 2: How Did It All Begin?Chapter 3: Silly Season.Chapter 4: Matters Become More Serious.Chapter 5: Where Do We Go from Here?Chapter 6: What's the Worst That Could Happen?Chapter 7: Fighting Depression.Chapter 8: Creeping Infl ation.Appendix.Notes.About the Author.Index.

"USA TODAY investment columnist John Waggoner provides sensible, specific steps to help investors navigate through…the volatile financial markets likely to continue for the months ahead." (USA Today)

John Waggoner is the investment columnist and personal finance reporter for USA Today, where he writes a weekly investing column. Previously, he was senior editor at the Independent Investor, an investment advisory newsletter. He is also the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Investing, which is published by Wiley, and coauthor of The Busy Family's Guide to Money.

• Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: What Just Happened Here?Chapter 2: How Did It All Begin?Chapter 3: Silly Season.Chapter 4: Matters Become More Serious.Chapter 5: Where Do We Go from Here?Chapter 6: What's the Worst That Could Happen?Chapter 7: Fighting Depression.Chapter 8: Creeping Infl ation.Appendix.Notes.About the Author.Index.

"USA TODAY investment columnist John Waggoner provides sensible, specific steps to help investors navigate through…the volatile financial markets likely to continue for the months ahead." (USA Today)