Recession-proof Your Life

I found this article on ways to recession-proof your life yesterday on Yahoo Finance and thought it might be helpful to some of you, although it does not address nearly as many questions as I would have liked. The topics of this article are:

Should I re-file for financial aid?
Is this a good time to re-finance my home?
Is this a good time to buy real estate?
Are Countrywide CDs risky?

Click here to take a look for yourself.