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Description of Riding the Millennial Storm - Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Crisis

Meet Dr Doom. If there are two sides to every coin then Dr Faber is almost always on the other side. Famous for his contrarian approach to investing, Marc Faber does not run with the bulls or bait the bears but steers his own course through the maelstrom of international financial markets. In 1987 he warned his clients to cash out before Black Monday in Wall Street; he made them handsome profits by forecasting the bursting of the Japanese Bubble in 1990; he correctly predicted the collapse in US gaming stocks in 1993; and he foresaw the Asia-Pacific crisis of 1997/98 and the resulting global volatility.

Now Dr Faber has redrawn his map of the world and sees the approach of a period of global financial restructuring that will transform the established world order.

In this original and highly entertaining read, Asia's leading satirist, Nury Vittachi, profiles the Swiss-born investment guru, reviews his spectacular successes (and equally spectacular failures) and details his complex view of the next twenty years - a time when investors will be on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to a barely recognizable world.'

Title Information

ISBN:

9780471832058

Pages:

242 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

9746

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

30/11/-0001

Edition:

1st Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'You will learn an enormous amount from Marc Faber - whether you agree with him or not.'
Jim Rogers, author Investment Biker

'One does not go to see Marc Faber, Hong Kong's iconoclastic share pundit, in the expectation of good news. But after listening to him, no investor could claim that he had not been warned. For Faber, a blunt-spoken Swiss, says the things nobody wants to hear.'
The Sunday Times

'Faber is the region's (Asia's) most notorious bear.'
The Wall Street Journal

'Faber is a congenital contrarian and shrewd Swiss investment advisor.'
Fortune magazine

'Marc Faber is one of the most creative and original thinkers in the financial world. A fabulous book!'
Barton Biggs, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Inc.

'I love Marc Faber. He is a thoughtful contrarian with a historical perspective. He doesn't fit the conventional mould, which is why he is successful. Long may his ponytail wave.'
Robert Prechter, Jr., President, Elliott Wave International

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Contents of Riding the Millennial Storm - Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Crisis

Prologue

1. The Beginning of the End
The Richest Place on earth
It's All Downhill from Here
Doom is on the Way
Fin de Siecle
The Longest Night
Beginning, Muddle, End

2. Prepare to Meet Thy Doom
Cutting Remarks
A Hotel on a Mountain
ÊA Present from Father Christmas
On Forecasting
Travels with an Iconoclast

3. Why Rock-Solid, Cast-Iron, Sure-Fire Winners are Often Losers
The Joy of Falling Off Mountains
Contrarianism for Beginners
The Ten Commandments
ÊGetting It Wrong
The Place is Full of Iditts
Warning Bells
All Together Now
Signs of the End
This News Just In


4. The Business Cycle Gets a Puncture
Circular Arguments
A Secret in Siberia
Tuning Into the Short Waves
Cycling is All in the Mind
The Cardinal Sin: The Error of Optimism
There is Such a Thing as Too Much Money

5. Vanishing Cities
What They Don't Want to Hear
Without a Trace
What Makes a City Rise or Fall

6. An Accidental Miracle
Discovering Asia
More Money Faster than Ever Before
The Door Opens a Crack
Nervous Neighbours

7. What Really Happened on Black Monday?
The Good Old, Bad Old Days
A Delayed Disaster

8. The Creature That Ate Tigers
Preparing for the Pacific Century
Hey, Where Did It All Go?
The Seeds of Destruction
Medicine for Tigers

9. Adventures in 21st Century Finance: A Prophecy

Epilogue