gold?

for your friend...

http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Soros-Gold-prices-Bear/2011/12/29/id/422494?s=al&promo_code=DD03-1

european debt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15748696

IMF Lagarde

http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/IMF-Lagarde-Europe-Crisis/2011/12/15/id/421114

to date, when a crisis is finally identified, solutions appear. market
panics force political action...
will this time be different?

worth reading

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article31905.html