WELCOME TO THE AGE OF ANXIETY. Over the past year, fear, betrayal, and confusion have roiled investor confidence, leaving stomachs queasy and unsettled. Every day, it seems, some giant bank or Wall Street titan discovers a few billion dollars more in troubled assets it didn't realize it owned and now has to write down. Whether it's been the immolation of Bear Stearns, the descent of home prices, or the credit freeze-we're not even going to talk about skyrocketing prices for food and energy-the news has been wrenching.
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