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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830455903321

Autore

Shaffer Daniel S. <1961->

Titolo

Profiting in economic storms : a historic guide to surviving depression, deflation, hyperinflation, and market bubbles / / Daniel S. Shaffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-470-90660-X

1-119-20002-4

1-282-82259-4

9786612822599

0-470-90658-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Financial crises

Economic stabilization

Deflation (Finance)

Inflation (Finance)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Profiting in Economic Storms: A Historic Guide to Surviving Depression, Deflation, Hyperinflation, and Market Bubbles; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Current Economic Storm; Is It Deflation or Depression?; The Government Cannot Save this Sinking Ship; Protecting What You Have; Profi ting from the Coming Deflationary Depression; Preparing for the Next Hyperinflation Cycle; Summary; Part One: Human Nature in Economic Storms; Chapter 2: Battling Your Natural Instincts; Chapter 3: Getting What You Want Out of Life and Investing; Part Two: Deciphering the Financial System

Chapter 4: Do Economic Releases Tell the Whole Truth?Chapter 5: Accounting Irregularities and Financial Statement Shenanigans; Chapter 6: Whatever Happened to Modern Portfolio Theory and Asset Allocation Models?; Part Three: Learning from the Past; Chapter 7: Fallen Civilizations; Chapter 8: The History of the U. S. Banking System; Chapter 9: Famous Market Manias; Part Four: Nature's Role in



Engineering the Markets; Chapter 10: Natural Cycles and the Financial Markets; Chapter 11: Investment Cycles; Chapter 12: Engineering of the Markets; Chapter 13: The Bottom Line; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A look at lessons of the past that could help secure profits in an uncertain economic future In this era of unprecedented economic disruption, author Dan Shaffer warns investors and traders to be skeptical of the day-to-day pronouncements of the media and financial pundits, and instead look to the lessons of history and long-term economic cycles to inform their financial decisions. To successfully navigate today's economic storms, he asserts, investors need to break free of crowd psychology and think for themselves. Shaffer believes that the study of past financial crises provides t