{"product_id":"profiting-from-the-worlds-economic-crisis-isbn-9780470460351","title":"Profiting from the World's Economic Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROFITING FROM THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC CRISIS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World's Economic Crisis,\u003c\/i\u003e author Bud Conrad, Chief Economist for Casey Research, predicts a rough road ahead for us—due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past decade—but reveals how you can prosper during these difficult times by tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities that match those trends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Conrad outlines the long-term direction of our economy as driven by increasing U.S. government and trade deficits, oil prices, Social Security and Medicare obligations for baby boomers, the credit crisis, and the weakening dollar. He also examines why some of the government's actions—such as bailing out banks and curbing interest rates—fail to address more serious, long-term issues such as too much debt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crisis we have entered is not a typical business recession, but, instead, a major deleveraging which is the biggest shift since the Great Depression. The stagflation of the U.S. economy will present great challenges on a global scale. And since no market travels in a straight line, you need to be positioned correctly, with the right investments, to protect yourself and profit from the twists and turns you'll inevitably face in today's turbulent economic environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World's Economic Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e deftly addresses how to gain your financial footing during these difficult times by highlighting global investment opportunities—such as gold, interest rates, currency, and commodities—that are likely to help you profit in the coming years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisit www.caseyresearch.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE ECONOMIC FORCES 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 The Budget Deficit Drives the Growth of All Debt 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Trade Deficit and U.S. Dependency on Foreign Investments 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Big Costs of Health Care, Social Security, and the Military 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO FINANCIAL CRISIS RESPONSE 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 The Federal Reserve Prints Our Money (Stop the Presses!) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 The Importance of Debt for Predicting Our Economy 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Big-Picture Model of Our Economy 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE RECESSION OR DEPRESSION? 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 What Can the 1929 Great Depression Teach Us about Today’s Crisis? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 What the United States Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decade(s): 1989–2009 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 What the United States Can Learn from German and Other European Hyperinflations, and from China Today 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Stock Market May Be Dead for Another Decade 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Energy in the 21st Century: The End of the Petroleum Age 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Food, Grain Trading 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 The Demise of the Dollar 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Interest Rates: The Trade of the Decade 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Gold Is the Only Real Money 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Forecast for the Future 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Looking Over the Horizon to See the Best Investments 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 431\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBUD CONRAD\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chief Economist at Casey Research and has been a futures investor for twenty-five years, as well as a full-time investor for more than a decade. He holds an MBA from Harvard and an electrical engineering degree from Yale. Conrad has held positions with IBM, CDC, Amdahl, and Tandem. His comprehensive picture of the world's economy, based on a career of using long-term fundamental analysis, enables him to explain how this crisis arose and where it will evolve to. He uses insights learned from his engineering training to interpret how investment cycles affect our economy. He served as a local board member of the National Association for Business Economics and taught graduate courses in investing at Golden Gate University. A popular speaker, Conrad has delivered talks in New Zealand, Dubai, New York, Vancouver, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. He has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, New Zealand 3news, and has commented in many publications from the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e to Reuters.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World's Economic Crisis,\u003c\/i\u003e author Bud Conrad, Chief Economist for Casey Research, predicts a rough road ahead for us—due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past decade—but reveals how you can prosper during these difficult times by tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities that match those trends.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Conrad outlines the long-term direction of our economy as driven by increasing U.S. government and trade deficits, oil prices, Social Security and Medicare obligations for baby boomers, the credit crisis, and the weakening dollar. He also examines why some of the government's actions—such as bailing out banks and curbing interest rates—fail to address more serious, long-term issues such as too much debt.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crisis we have entered is not a typical business recession, but, instead, a major deleveraging which is the biggest shift since the Great Depression. The stagflation of the U.S. economy will present great challenges on a global scale. And since no market travels in a straight line, you need to be positioned correctly, with the right investments, to protect yourself and profit from the twists and turns you'll inevitably face in today's turbulent economic environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World's Economic Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e deftly addresses how to gain your financial footing during these difficult times by highlighting global investment opportunities—such as gold, interest rates, currency, and commodities—that are likely to help you profit in the coming years.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROFITING FROM THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC CRISIS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProfiting from the World's Economic Crisis,\u003c\/i\u003e author Bud Conrad, Chief Economist for Casey Research, predicts a rough road ahead for us—due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past decade—but reveals how you can prosper during these difficult times by tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities that match those trends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Conrad outlines the long-term direction of our economy as driven by increasing U.S. government and trade deficits, oil prices, Social Security and Medicare obligations for baby boomers, the credit crisis, and the weakening dollar. 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