Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom

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Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom
by Stephen Leeb, Donna Leeb
from McGraw-Hill Trade

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A Must Read for any Long-Term Investor
  This book is highly recommended for all investors, as it makes compelling arguments for what the future will be like and where to profit from it. Unfortunately, this future is not bright and rosy as I thought it might be.

  The book argues that technology will not continue to increase productivity, which will result in inflation. It shows you how you might capitalize on these trends in the upcoming decade. It includes a model portfolio for conservative and aggressive investors and strategies to help in case... more info

• Insightful!
  According to Stephen and Donna Leeb, technological advances are slowing while global economies are pressured to maintain growth. These factors will combine to create an inflationary environment. Inflation will change investors' strategies. The authors suggest investing in oil stocks, small-cap companies, and a few select large-cap companies. They are intriguing contrarians. They assert that Internet companies are a poor investment, because they believe the Internet won't achieve its promised increase in... more info

• Ambivalent about this book
  I am somewhat ambivalent about this book. The authors say that there has been no major scientific or technological breakthrough in the last 20 or so years, and yet, fail to pinpoint the reason why technology as an investment sector has done so well in the last decade. To present my own opinion, I think it is because of the immense progress made in *applying* science and technology to real-world problems. I don't think the authors say this anywhere in their book. All they say is that scientific and... more info

• Terrific! Essential reading for any long-term investor.
  On the recommendation of a friend, I just finished reading a new book by Stephen and Donna Leeb, Defying The Market. This book is amazing - thought-provoking, original, strongly argued, and exceptionally readable. In relatively few pages it packs in an incredible amount of information about everything from computers to medical research to agricultural trends and somehow makes it all understrandable, interesting, and most important, instantly relevant to my investment needs. The authors' main point is that... more info

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