USA Today had an article a few days ago about the recession that we seem to officially be in. It's pretty shocking.

For example, here's a fact from the article: The Dow Jones had its biggest June loss since the great depression.

And another: The U.S. stock market has lost $2.1 trillion in value this year - $1.4 trillion in June alone.

For perspective that's 15.2% of the 2007 estimated GDP.