Perfect example: stocks rallied 130 points 2 months ago in one day, but our dollar lost huge traction in the global markets.

I am not a canadian landing immigrant, nor canadian citizen.

Since most of the bailouts consist of relableing borrowing, they are destined to fail.I think that the fact that the megacorps have sent all our manufacturing jobs to other countries and we now don't produce anything we use, means that we are in for some hard times ahead til the global economy levels out.

Thanks to the US Subprime Fallout and resulting economic decline, we're starting to see global markets collapse.

I work as a network administrator for a global engineering firm, with entry level pay.

On the bright side, Canadian investors and Europeans are enjoying incredibly strong currencies right now.

There is a DSCR applied to the project that is being lent, and to you globally.

Find another niche and think more globally (well at least nationally).

I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada, and am one half of a company that specializes in acquiring American real estate for both Americans and fellow Canadians (mostly vacation spots; have to escape these winters somehow!).

I thought ultimately, in times like this, the global market will be the final determinant on rates, even for the mighty USA.