Brian S. Wesbury

It's Not as Bad as You Think (eBook, ePUB)

Why Capitalism Trumps Fear and the Economy Will Thrive

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An upbeat antidote to the gloom and doom forecasts of the financial future Just about everyone is worried about the economy and markets. And the fear is that they will stay down for a long time. But a few brave voices say that the gloom and doom forecasts are just too pessimistic. Reality is that entrepreneurs don't give up. History is pretty clear, every time the economy is thought to be done, worn out, finished, it bounces back and heads to new highs. In fact, the economy and the markets-counter to conventional wisdom-have started to improve in the first half of 2009. Even housing is showing some signs of life. With It's Not as Bad as You Think, Brian Wesbury, ranked as one of the top economic forecasters by the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, shows you that while the financial future may be hard to predict, it will ultimately be profitable over the long haul. In this easy-to-follow and engaging forecast of the future, Wesbury takes a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly-and debunks the pouting pundits of pessimism to show you how to prosper now and in the future. * An optimistic look at the economy and the markets written by one of today's foremost financial forecasters * Presents a roadmap to seek opportunities in all the panic * Shows you how to analyze economic indicators and government policy to grow your wealth so you don't lose by hiding under the bed A breath of fresh air, Wesbury's objectivity and optimism provide welcome relief to the daily bad news stories, as he sets us all up to capitalize on tomorrow's great possibilities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470588451
• Artikelnr.: 37297619

Autorenporträt

BRIAN S. WESBURY is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors LP, a financial services firm with over $23 billion under management. He writes frequently for the American Spectator magazine, serves as the magazine's Economics Editor, and is often a contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial page. Wesbury was ranked as the nation's number one forecaster by the Wall Street Journal in 2001, and USA Today ranked him as one of the nation's top ten forecasters in 2004. Wesbury received an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in economics from the University of Montana. His most recent writings can be found at www.ftportfolios.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. Chapter 1 Getting the Right Perspective. Fear and
Anger are Understandable. History versus Emotion. Buck Up and Remember
History. Chapter 2 Capitalism Wins (Again). Demand versus Supply. The
History of the World. Inventions and Innovation. Entrepreneurship. The
Turning Point. Capitalism Wins, It's Not Over. Chapter 3 Creative
Destruction. The Big "X". The Industrial Revolution. The Call for Change. A
Wrong Drift, but a Cool Wind. Inflation, Creative Destruction, and the
Crisis. Chapter 4 A Government Sponsored Recession. The Housing Boom. The
Crisis Begins. The Acceleration. Why in the World Were They Doing That? So,
Why Blame Capitalists? Chapter 5 Who Makes Your Glasses? Are Consumers
Rational? What Is The Natural Rate of Interest? Calculating the Natural
Rate. The Nominal GDP Rule. Money and the Interest Rates. The Fed-Induced
Bubble. We've Been Here Before. Stupid Bankers, Or Not? It Always Ends Bad:
Volcker to the Rescue. Then.... ....And Now. Chapter 6 Mark-to-Market
Mayhem. Government Failure vs. Market Failure. Some Mark-to-Market
Accounting History. Mark-to-Market Creates Volatility. Suspend
Mark-to-Market. A False Feeling of Control. A Miracle Happened. Chapter 7
Panic and the Speed of Money. What Recession? The Panic of 2008.
Mark-to-Market Mayhem. AIG, Credit Default Swaps and Derivatives. The
V-Shaped Light at the End of the Tunnel. Chapter 8 It's Not As Bad As You
Think. Consumer Spending. Debt. Growth, Debt and China. Deleveraging.
Unemployment. Savings Rates. The Economy Will Recover. Chapter 9 It's Boom
Time Again. Don't Fight the Fed. 1975-1976 Redux? Can It Happen Again?
Panics End. It Won't Stay Down Forever. Undervalued Markets. Productivity
and Profits. But Government Is Growing... Chapter 10 Investing In the Midst
of Mayhem. The Super Easy Fed. Buy U.S. Stocks for the Short- to Medium
Term. Stocks for the Long Term: Small Cap, Value and Momentum. Inflation
Plays for the Medium and Longer Term. Foreign Equities. Fixed Income.
Emotion and Investing. Chapter 11 The New Normal. Big Government Hurts.
Keynes and Government. How Bad Can It Get? Roosevelt, Carter or Clinton.
The Future Still Looks Bright. Notes. Acknowledgments. About the Author.
Index.

Rezensionen

"Compared with most of his peers, Brian Wesbury. . . looks like a raging bull. The economy, he boldly predicts, will grow . . . the stock market remains grossly . . . This is the opportunity of a lifetime for those buying a house. . . The author rightly makes the case that the current financial crisis was totally unnecessary. Its prime cause was the imposition of mark-to-market accounting rules. . . Wesbury also explains that the potential losses from subprime mortgages and exotic financial instruments in 2007 were less threatening to the system than was the banking crisis of some 20 years ago. . . Wesbury deals decisively and persuasively with other misconceptions. The big one: that it was the collapse of the housing bubble that led to panic in the fall of 2008 . . .As for the economy's current growth, Wesbury makes it clear that he doesn't think it's soundly based. In other words, investors have opportunities for big gains, but they'd better be nimble. Expansions fueled by excesses of Fed credit always end badly."
--Forbes magazine