Fears that the government will be forced to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could well become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Shares of the government-chartered mortgage finance giants plummeted Thursday. If the prices don't recover, it will be harder ...

Having trouble hitting your numbers this quarter? Are you allowing yourself to buy into the “we’re in a recession” excuse? Is that creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and are you OK with that? Let’s do a quick Econ 101 review. The technical definition of a recession is “two consecutive quarters of n ...