Biggs Wealth, War and Wisdom

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-118-03944-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

An intriguing look at how past market wisdom can help yousurvive and thrive during uncertain times
In Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Streetinvestor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World WarII intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessonscan help the twenty-first-century investor comprehend our ownperilous times as well as choose the best strategies for the modernmarket economy.
Through these pages, Biggs skillfully discusses the performanceof equities in both victorious and defeated countries, examines howindividuals preserved their wealth despite the ongoing battles, andexplores whether or not public equities were able to increase invalue and serve as a wealth preserver. Biggs also looks at howother assets, including real estate and gold, fared during thisdynamic and devastating period, and offers valuable insights onpreserving one's wealth for future generations. With clear, conciseprose, Biggs
* Reveals how the investment insights of truly trying times canbe profitably applied to modern day investment endeavors
* Follows the performance of global markets against the backdropof World War II
* Offers many relevant lessons-about life, politics, financialmarkets, wealth, and survival-that can help you thrive in the faceof adversity
Wealth, War & Wisdom contains essential insights thatwill help you navigate modern financial markets during theuncertain times that will increasingly define this new century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biggs, Barton

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword v
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Listen to the Market Crowd 7
Chapter 2 A World Darkened by Fear: An Overview of Soviet, German, and Japanese Aggression from 1929-1945 19
Chapter 3 Stock Markets Struggle: From the Great Depression to the Start of WWII 35
Chapter 4 "1940: The Most Splendid, Most Deadly Year": The Time of England's Greatest Peril 55
Chapter 5 Besieged and Alone: England in 1941 91
Chapter 6 Operation Barbarossa: Germany Attacks Russia 109
Chapter 7 Miracles at the Coral Sea and Midway: Japan and America 131
Chapter 8 Stock Markets Understood: Nobody Else Did 153
Chapter 9 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Ride Again 173
Chapter 10 France Declines Financially, Economically, and Socially 187
Chapter 11 Gone with the Wind: Preserving Wealth in Italy and Germany 203
Chapter 12 Stalingrad: The Battle of the Century 231
Chapter 13 Defeats and Then Victories in Asia and North Africa 251
Chapter 14 The Test in Korea: The Last Battle of WWII 275
Chapter 15 Preserving Wealth in a Time of Cholera 303
Chapter 16 Barbarians at the Gate 321
Notes 335
Bibliography 347
Index 353

Über Autor(innen)

Barton Biggs spent thirty years at Morgan Stanley. In that time, he formed the firm's number one-ranked research department, was chairman of the investment management firm, and then became the firm's leading global strategist. He was often ranked as the number-one U.S. investment strategist by the Institutional Investor magazine poll and then, from 1996 to 2003, as the top global strategist. In 2003, Biggs left Morgan Stanley and, with two other colleagues, formed Traxis Partners. Traxis now has well over a billion dollars under its management. Biggs's previous book, Hedgehogging, is an international success.