Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown, 3rd Edition

Index

A

Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), 64

Aftershock, 139–174

dollar bubble, 140–161

change in demand, 150–151

China's role in, 155–156

falling of, effects of, 154–155

falling stocks, real estate, credit, and spending, 144–147

and foreign investors, 148

foreign-held investments in dollar-denominated assets, 150

further decline of dollar, 143–144

government “credit limit,” 166–167

government debt bubble, 157–159, 162–168

government intervention, 156

importance to world economy, 149–150

investment capital, 151

reserve currency following Aftershock, 147–148

safe haven currency, 152–153

tax cut to stimulate economy, 159–160

U.S. trade deficit, 160–161

value of dollar, 152

psychological stages of denial, 169–174

Back to Basics, 172

Denial, 170–171

Fantasized Great Depression, 172

Imagined Armageddon, 173

Market Cycles, 171–172

Revolutionary Action, 173–174

scenario for soft landing, 174

Aftershock (Reich), 320

Aftershock investments, 231–258

after the bubbles pop, 250–255

foreign bonds, 255

foreign currencies, 253–255

gold, 250–253

diversification, reducing risk with, 235–249

agricultural commodities, 238

coal, 240

commodities, 238

ETFs that short bonds, 241

ETFs that short the stock market, 240

foreign currencies, 238

gold, 241–249

metals commodities, 239

oil and natural gas, 239–240

stocks, 236–237

Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS), 237

entering/exiting market, timing of, 249–250

evolving investment portfolio, 232–235

capital preservation, 234

limited volatility, ...