Two experts in personal finance provide accessible advice for individual investors who are uncertain about their investment and retirement portfolios, and outline the steps required to protect one's money from today's financial calamities.

"Aftershock warns of a very different economic future from what most people think. The full impact of the recent bubble pop will create far more problems than we have now, especially for the dollar, and will push home prices and stocks even lower. Unlike most books that try to explain our economic troubles, Aftershock goes beyond the outdated notion of "market cycles" to help readers clearly recognize and quickly respond to the rapidly evolving economy....