Healthcare reform is now law.

Over the next decade the government will reach further into the private sector than it ever has before.

Despite the year of debate and non-stop selling of the program, there’s still a lot of uncertainty over the impact of the law.

All politics aside, we know a few things already.

First, it will not be nearly as good as proponents said it will be.

Second, it will not be as bad as opponents said it will be.

Third, over the long-run though, we know it will cost far more than projected. The expected tax revenues and savings will not materialize and spending will be greater than forecast.

Finally, as with all other government interventions, it will create opportunities and pitfalls for investors. The real opportunities, however, may surprise you.

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The last time this happened, investors had the chance to pocket 83% gains in about four months time.

They could have done it safely. This has nothing to do with the overall market direction.

Best of all, it’s consistently lucrative. It has paid off an average of 112%.

But it doesn’t happen often. This opportunity has only arisen three times in the last five years.

Right now it’s about to happen all over again. Here’s the set up.

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It’s one of the most pressing questions facing investors today.

Is the housing market about to recover?

With the housing market at the center of the credit crunch, any recovery in the housing market could quickly turn the Wall Street recovery into a Main Street recovery.

Consumers would start shopping again. Employment would rebound. And stocks would likely make the next move higher.

But we’re coming out of a genuine bubble decades in the making. And decades of overinvestment creating oversupply are rarely worked off in a couple of years.

That’s why the when you look at the true fundamentals of the housing market you can get a much better idea of when the market will recover, where prices are headed, and what it all means for the markets in the short and long term.

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The world is about to change forever.

The International Energy Agency predicts China will surpass the United States as the world’s largest energy consumer shortly after 2010.

U.S. consumers are already starting to see the impact. In the midst of an anemic recovery, oil is above $80 a barrel, the national average gasoline price is $2.57 a gallon, and natural gas prices are still more than double what they were for decades.

There will be corrections, but energy prices are going higher and contrarian investors should be spotting a sizeable opportunity in the most beaten up, out of favor energy sector in the world.

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The last few weeks have not been good for the markets.

If you’ve enjoyed the recent rally and, like we’ve urged, stopped arguing with the market and just rode it out for all its worth, you’ve been caught up a little in this correction.

The downturn was inevitable. We all knew it was going to come. And we wanted to prepare ourselves for the cost of riding out the rally.

But right now, the markets are acting like its 2008 all over again and investors and traders are running for the exits.

Fears of a Greece debt contagion are starting to wane. At this point it looks like the cash will be handed over to Greece and in return he Greek government will make some promises to slash spending over the next three years which, of course, will never materialize.

But hey, that’s long-term and this is Wall Street. But after the Greece solution is revealed the markets will likely face three headwinds which must pass before the markets make another big move upwards.

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