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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 330.900112 EAN: 9780446699006 ISBN: 0446699004 Label: Business Plus Manufacturer: Business Plus Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: February 21, 2007 Publisher: Business Plus Studio: Business Plus Editorial Review: Product Description: Stephen Leeb shows how hard times can be a boon for smart investors. As the world faces an energy crisis of unprecedented scope, renowed economist Stephen Leeb shows how surging oil prices will contribute to an economic collapse. With meticulous research and analysis, Leeb shows that due to strong competition from India and China, prices could soon double, a cost for which most countries and investors are ill-prepared. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Leeb not only shows how this crisis will affect consumers, but how savvy investing can turn these dire times into financial gain. Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Maybe or NotI wish he saw the credit market collapse and subsequent bailout. I'm off topic, i know, sorry. Regarding oil, hind sight is 20-20. After reading the book i in summer '07 i went off to my CFA and got this take: oil prices are being fueled by speculators, in inflation adjusted numbers it's still less (even at $100 plus) then the spikes in the early 80's, Not to worry the price will come done. Now with oil at 90 plus (10/08), my CFA has proven correct at least in the short term. The book ... Read More Rating: - Great book, wish I read it earlier.This book has a lot of great info, particularly about economy and aspects of history that may be misunderstood, or may have been completely misrepresented to us. The book is also a relatively easy read. I read it about a year ago, which was actually a little late, but even now it is still a worthwhile investment. Rating: - skip this oneThe investment advice is based on the assumption that the "coming economic collapse" will be like the recession in the 1970s. Pretty unlikely, given that the causes are totally different. He just wants us to buy gold - who needs his book to hear this? This is a simplistic book with little to recommend it. Rating: - Speculations about the Coming Economic CollapseAt the end of the book Leeb gives some solid tips for picking stocks that will benefit from higher oil prices and inflation. His general thesis that the next decade could mirror and exceed the trends of the 1970's does seem compelling. Unfortunately I have some serious concerns about the soundness of the research that he uses to predict that an imminent and prolonged oil shock is on the horizon. In general he seems to draw from his experience as a PhD psychologist more ... Read More Rating: - ReviewThis book predicted the housing collapse, the credit crunch and the problems we are having with gas and gas guzzlers |