In addition to more “Outlook for 2009″ videos (dealt with in last week’s Video-o-rama), the past week saw material covering a hodgepodge of topics. Although the topics were varied, good viewing material was produced, with the likes of Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, Martin Feldstein, Barton Biggs, Jeff Saut and Bill Gross in attendance.

A few of the more interesting clips that attracted my attention are shared below, including a few items warning about a bubble in government bonds.

But before we get to the economy and the financial markets, please spend a few minutes viewing a worthwhile three-part production by the Wall Street Journal entitled the “End of Wall Street” – What happened? Why did it happen? And what happens next?

The Wall Street Journal: End of Wall Street
Chapter one: What happened?. In the first of this three-part series, Journal reporters explain how the housing bubble inflated and burst, and why easy money led to the collapse of Wall Street’s biggest financial institutions.

Click here or on the image below for Chapter one.

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Chapter two: Why did it happened? What was going through the minds of CEOs, corporate boards, fund managers and mortgage lenders as they created hard-to-understand derivatives Warren Buffett once called ‘weapons of financial mass destruction’.

Click here for Chaper two.

Chapter three: What happens next? This final chapter of the crisis on Wall Street tells the story of the $700-billion bailout, as seen through a reporter’s eyes, and looks at what’s ahead for the global economy.

Click here for Chapter three.

Source: The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2009.

Bloomberg: Faber on outlook for financial markets
“Marc Faber, publisher of the ‘Gloom, Boom & Doom Report’, talks with Bloomberg’s Carol Massar, Erik Schatzker and Ellen Braitman about the outlook for industrial commodities and gold prices. Faber, speaking from New York, also discusses the potential for ‘disaster’ from government intervention in the economy, the outlook for the financial markets and his investment strategy.”

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Source: Bloomberg, January 6, 2009.

CNBC: Obama & the budget
“President-elect Obama discusses the economy after meeting with his economic team members.”

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Source: CNBC, January 6, 2009.

Fox Business: Outraged! – Peter Schiff on the economy

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Source: Fox Business, January 7, 2009.

Financial Times: Obama’s stimulus plan
“Barack Obama’s plan may stop the economic rot in the short term, but he must find other solutions in the years to come to avoid these enormous stimulus programs and the huge budget deficits associated with them, says FT’s Martin Wolf.”

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Source: Martin Wolf, Financial Times, January 8, 2009.

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