The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times

by Weiss, Martin D.

• ISBN13: 9780470598214
• ISBN10: 0470598212
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Having an effective financial and personal plan for the future is now more crucial than ever. And with The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide, readers will quickly learn how to create such a plan. This comprehensive guide was especially designed to help people map out a practical financial plan in this unpredictable economic environment, so that they can stop worrying about their money and just enjoy life. Step by step, Martin Weiss--America's Consumer Advocate for Financial Safety--introduces, explains, and helps solve many of the new challenges and risks that face millions of Americans. Throughout the book, Weiss provides readers with sound strategies for coping with the credit crunch, housing bust, and decline of the U.S. dollar. The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide also examines important topics that today's investor must be familiar with--including global investing, foreign currencies, and commodities--if they intend to make it through the decade ahead.Martin D. Weiss, PhD (Palm Beach, FL), is chairman of The Weiss Group, LLC, which consists of three separate corporations, including Weiss Research, Inc. Weiss Research is dedicated to providing information and tools to help investors make sounder financial decisions and offers its insights on MoneyandMarkets.com. Weiss is the editor of the financial newsletter Safe Money Report, known for its track record in picking major turns in interest rates. He is the author of The Ultimate Safe Money Guide: How Everyone 50 and Over Can Protect, Save, and Grow Their Money (978-0-471-15202-6) and Crash Profits: Make Money When Stocks Sink and Soar (978-0-471-42998-2).

Author Biography

Martin D. Weiss, PHD, is Chairman of Weiss Research, Inc., and founding Editor of the Safe Money Report known for warning investors of this crisis well ahead of time. He is the author of two other Wiley bestsellers. The Ultimate Safe Money Guide: How Everyone 50 and Over Can Protect Save and Grow Their Money and Crash Profits Make Money When Stocks Sink and Soar.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Why a Depression Is Inevitable	p. 1
How to Reduce Debts in Bad Times	p. 10
How to Protect Your Job in Bad Times	p. 11
How to Escape the Housing Nightmare	p. 22
10 Steps for Selling Your Home in a Sinking Market Want to Keep Your House Come Hell or High Water?	p. 38
Then Here's How to Cut Expenses or Get Assistance	p. 40
Sell Your Stocks-Before It's Too Late!	p. 42
How to Get Your 401(k) Out of Danger	p. 50
The Hidden Traps of Wall Street	p. 55
With Most Corporate and Municipal Bonds Overrated, Here's What to Do With Them	p. 59
How to Find Safe Insurance	p. 65
How Safe Is Your Bank?	p. 72
How to Save in a Depression	p. 74
What Happens to Your Money If Your Bank Fails	p. 85
The Safest Place in the World for Your Money	p. 90
How to Use a Treasury-Only Money Fund for Almost All Your Banking Needs	p. 96
All-Weather Investments for the Best and the Worst of Times	p. 101
How to Build Your Personal Hedge Program	p. 108
How to Profit Directly from the Decline	p. 116
How to go for Profits in a Down Market	p. 121
How to Continue Making Money Even with the Worst Disasters	p. 123
How to Invest in Foreign Currencies	p. 130
When to Buy the Best Bargains of the Century	p. 131
Basic Principles for Buying at the Bottom	p. 138
Bonds: Your First Great Income Opportunity	p. 140
How to Maximize Your Yield with Safety	p. 151
Dividends: Your Second Great Income Opportunity	p. 152
How to Find Stocks with Steadily Rising Dividends	p. 159
The Great Fork in the Road: Inflation or Deflation?	p. 161
How to Invest in Gold in a Depression	p. 171
The Triumph of the Dollar	p. 173
The Foundation for Recovery	p. 190
Future Fortunes	p. 197
Five Golden Rules for Building New Fortunes	p. 201
Acknowledgments	p. 207
About the Author	p. 209
Notes	p. 211
Index	p. 215
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