Oil Factor : Protect Yourself--and Profit--from the Coming Energy Crisis

by Leeb, Stephen; Leeb, Donna

• ISBN13: 9780446533171
• ISBN10: 0446533173
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-12
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

- Stephen Leeb's most recent book, Defying the Market (McGraw-Hill, 1999), was selected by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 1999. He is the Editor of "Personal Finance," a 140,000-subscriber financial newsletter that was named "Best Newsletter in North America."
- With the majority of Baby Boomers on the verge of retirement, there is a huge audience for books that offer plans for financial security. Robert T. Kiyosaki's Rich Dad's Prophecy (Warner, 10/02) was a New York Times bestseller and has sold over 191,000 copies.
- The President of Leeb Capital Management, Stephen Leeb has finished among the top five in the Wall Street Journal's and Forbes' annual stock-picking contests. He is a regular guest on CNNfn and Bloomberg TV and Radio and has also appeared on Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week and Fox News Channel's Forbes on Fox. Donna Leeb co-authored two previous investment books with her husband and co-founded the investment letter "Investment Strategist," now a webletter called "The Big Picture."

Author Biography

Stephen Leeb is the president of Leeb Capital Management Donna Leeb, has a diversified background in business writing and holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Part I: The Big Picture	3	(108)
1: Thirty Years of Oil
2: Our Amazing Oil Indicator	16	(16)
3: The Geological Lowdown	32	(12)
4: Oil Prices: Up, Up, and Away	44	(7)
5: The Debt Burden	51	(11)
6: Moving Beyond Oil, Part 1	62	(12)
7: Moving Beyond Oil, Part 2	74	(14)
8: Government Spending	88	(6)
9: The Case for Inflation	94	(17)
Part II: Making Money	111	(93)
10: The ABCs of Inflation Investing Energy	125	(10)
12: Gold	135	(12)
13: Alternative Energy	147	(14)
14: Defense	161	(8)
15: Berkshire Hathaway	169	(10)
16: The Best of the Rest	179	(11)
17: Deflation Hedges	190	(6)
18: Putting It All Together	196	(8)
Epilogue: Our Future	204	(6)
Appendix: List of Recommendations	210	(2)
Index	212