According to a recently published study from Morgan Stanley, roughly 12 percent of mortgage defaults are now so-called "strategic defaults." Strategic defaults are those in which the borrower decides to stop making payments because the current value of the home is less than the balance due on the loan. What does this trend say about American consumers and our legal system? Will "strategic defaults" become more widespread or diminish? What impact will they have on future real estate and credit markets? What are the implications for you? We'll provide the answers you need.

A big factor in tapping the full potential of the world's population is encouraging and enabling entrepreneurship. Today, some of the best minds in the global economy are working to figure out precisely what developing countries need to do to unleash an entrepreneurial revolution. What are these critical factors? Which countries are making major strides? What are the potential implications for those countries and the global economy?

Today, the United States and the rest of the world are recovering from the 2008 financial panic and the Great Recession it triggered. Thanks to a set of dramatic policy moves made when the credit markets suddenly froze following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, our economy narrowly averted a deflationary depression resembling the 1930s. Quantitative easing, interest rates at near zero, and central bank purchases of toxic assets have done a great deal to restart the economy. However, these short-term remedies have not cured the long-term illness. Unless we transition beyond this stage in the medium-term, we’ll find ourselves fighting the same symptoms continually. What is the long-term answer? How are things likely to play out? More importantly, how can you be prepared to make the most of the evolving situation? We’ll provide the answers you need.