Profiting from the World's Economic Crisis : Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends

by Bud Conrad

• ISBN13: 9780470627433
• ISBN10: 0470627433
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Praise for Profiting From the World's Economic Crisis "Someone is going to make money in the next decade. Perhaps Bud will help you find your way." -Jim Rogers, cofounder, Quantum Fund; author, A Gift to My Children "Where everyone today has an opinion on everything, much of it gleaned from a blog, Bud Conrad's constant mantra is 'What does the data say?' And then he rolls up his sleeves and works almost around the clock for as many days as it takes to get to a defensible answer. In other words, there are those who talk, and those who do. Bud does. In Profiting from the World's Economic Crisis, Bud tells you what the data shows about the risks and opportunities just ahead. You'll want to pay attention." -David Galland, Managing Editor, The Casey Report. "Bud Conrad's book is a brutally honest journey into the future. Honest because Bud builds on facts, not popular opinion; brutal as he illustrates the logical consequences as global dynamics play out. You can't afford not to read this book." -Axel Merk, President and Chief Investment Officer, Merk Mutual Funds; author, Sustainable Wealth "This book could not be better timed, as the government and Wall Street do their best to convince the public that the financial storm has passed. Bud Conrad begs to differ and using his unique ability to take complex data and distill it into straightforward charts, he not only explains how the hurricane developed, but why it's far from over. He then goes on to show investors not just how to survive the storm's resurgence, but how to prosper." -Steve Henningsen, Chief Financial Strategist, The Wealth Conservancy "Right now you may be asking yourself 'What's going to happen to the economy, why is it happening, and what can I do to profit from it?' As far as I'm concerned, Bud has the correct answers to these questions. Among other things, this book will become 'the' reference book for data and charts that economists and investors will go to for years to come. I urge you to read this book-now-and act on its advice." -DOUG CASEY, Chairman, Casey Research, bestselling author, Crisis Investing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Economic Forces

The Budget Deficit Drives the Growth of All Debt

The Trade Deficit and U.S. Dependency on Foreign Investments

The Big Costs of Healthcare, Social Security, and the Military

Financial Crisis Response

The Federal Reserve Prints Our Money (Stop the Presses!)

The Importance of Debt for Predicting Our Economy

The Big-Picture Model of Our Economy

Recession or Depression?

What Can the 1929 Great Depression Teach Us About Today's Crisis?

What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decade(s): 1989-2009

What the U.S. Can Learn from German and Other European Hyperinflations and from China Today

Investment Opportunities

The Stock Market May Be Dead for Another Decade

Energy in the 21^st Century: The End of the Petroleum Age

Food, Grain Trading

The Demise of the Dollar

Interest Rates: The Trade of the Decade

Gold is the Only Real Money

Putting It All Together

Forecast for the Future

Looking over the Horizon to See the Best Investments

List of Tables and Figures

About the Author

Index

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