POINTS AND FIGURES: The Market is Crashing Tonight, What Should You Do? 6 Definitive Steps for Your Money. “This post is designed for the average Joe Six Pack citizen sitting at home and wondering if his mattress is better than the market to build wealth.”

Plus this: “A lot of folks out there will say this whole thing is politics. Some of it is. But most of it is simple math. By the way, 70% of the political donations at S&P went to Democrats. Well over 60% at the other ratings agencies went to the donkeys. Politics wasn’t the major piece in the downgrade.”