How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Market Opportunitiesin U.S.History A Guide to the 7 Greatest Bargains from Main Street to WallStreet

by Insana, Ron

• ISBN13: 9781583334201
• ISBN10: 1583334203
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-28
• Publisher: Avery Trade

Summary

A CNBC senior analyst reveals what you need to know to take advantage of today's economy to rebound and rebuild lost nest eggs and fortunes. For those in the know, today's financial headlines don't spell disaster. They spell the sale of a century. But it takes a trustworthy veteran of the trading trenches to guide investors through these volatile times. Drawing on his two decades as a financial reporter, plus three recent years working on Wall Street, Ron Insana helps readers restore their depleted portfolios by showing them: • How to determine reemerging opportunities in submerged markets • Where to invest in really legit real estate • How to magnify the magnificent opportunities in municipal bonds and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) • Where to go mining for the rare gems among the heaps of junk bonds The paperback edition is completely revised and updated with timely advice for a recovering economy. For anyone sifting through retirement- account wreckage or a tanking net worth, How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Market Opportunities in U.S. Historyis the ultimate rescue manual for reaping rich rewards.

Author Biography

Ron Insana, an award-winning financial journalist, worked nineteen years at CNBC and seven years at the Financial News Network. He has also managed his own funds business and worked at a major Wall Street hedge fund. He lives in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xv
The Sub-Prime Primer	p. 1
Don't Look Back! (Well, Look Back a Little)	p. 7
Dressed for Distress	p. 15
The "Grave Dancer"	p. 18
Gross Profits	p. 20
The Oracle of Omaha	p. 22
Vulture vs. Value	p. 25
Resource Guide	p. 27
The Main Street Mind vs. the Wall Street Mind	p. 31
Risk and Reward	p. 36
Cash Is Trash!	p. 41
Wall Street in Distress	p. 47
Time and Money	p. 56
Stocks to Bank On, or The World According to TARP	p. 64
For Whom the Doorbell Tolls	p. 79
Betting Right on REITS	p. 83
Homes, Suites, Homes	p. 93
Corroborating Evidence	p. 94
Real Benefits	p. 97
A Quick Cautionary Tale	p. 101
Getting Started	p. 107
The Foundation You Need	p. 109
The Old-Fashioned Way	p. 110
Buy or Build?	p. 114
For Sale or Fore-Closure? The Real Opportunity in Real Estate	p. 118
Do-It-Yourself Distressed	p. 130
Get Away for Less	p. 132
A Crisis in Credit	p. 135
Take a TIP from Uncle Sam	p. 139
Municipal Bonds	p. 144
Making the Grade	p. 156
Put Some Junk in Your Trunk!	p. 163
The Really Big Bailout (TAF, TARP, TALF, PDCF, AMLF, CPFF, MMIFF, and PPIP)	p. 173
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility	p. 174
Epilogue	p. 179
Index	p. 183
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.