Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive & Prosper in a Deflationary Depression (Wiley Trading) - Hardcover

Prechter, Robert R., Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470849827 ISBN 13: 9780470849828

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Synopsis

This New York Times and Wall Street Journal business best-seller first presents the economic facts that show why a massive deflation is not just inevitable, it's already under way. The second part of Conquer the Crash is practical - virtually each of the 21 chapter titles explains How To, What To and you Should.

Amazon.com Review
In Conquer the Crash, Robert Prechter explains why he thinks the boom times are behind us. Based on his interpretation of the Elliott Wave principle (an idea premised on the notion that mass investor psychology is what really drives markets), Prechter believes that the U.S. economy is about to enter into a deflationary depression that few investors are prepared to deal with. In making his case, Prechter assembles an impressive array of data that in essence suggests that the bill for the last 10 years of market excess is about to come due. The second half of the book shows how to avoid becoming "a zombie-eyed victim of the depression" and offers advice on protecting one's assets in a deflationary environment (cash is king). If there's any good news in the future that Prechter sees coming (other than how to avoid it), it's that all-out depressions don't last very long. Conquer the Crash should appeal to gloom-and-doom investors and to those desperately looking for a safe haven from the uncertainties of today's markets. --Harry C. Edwards

Review

"So why bother paying Prechter any mind at all?...he's more right than Wall Street's Establishment usually admits." -- BusinessWeek, July 22, 2002

About this title

From the Back Cover

"A must-read book." --Martin D. Weiss PhD, author of the best-selling Ultimate Safe Money Guide
* Will deflation and depression really happen?
* What causes deflation and depression?
* Can the Fed prevent deflation?

Where can you find the few exceptionally sound banks, insurers, gold dealers and other essential service providers that can help you protect your wealth?

How should you arrange your finances and your life in order to survive the depression, prosper while it's happening, and take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity coming at the next major bottom?

Not one in ten thousand investors will think to ask these questions, even as their financial institutions may be lurching toward insolvency.

You will find the answers in this book

"This book outlines brilliantly and simply the rationale for how and why the bubble developed. Prechter will go down in history as a legend for having predicted the secular bull market and now having provided a lucid description of the economic cataclysm that unfortunately lies ahead. I urge you to read this book and give it to your loved ones. It provides great tactical advice on how to prepare yourself financially. Reading this book could make the difference between agony and comfort over the next 20 years." --David Tice, President, Prudent Bear Funds

From the Inside Flap

If you did not read Robert Prechter's At the Crest of the Tidal Wave (1995), you might have become the victim of any one of a dozen financial debacles. You might have held junk bonds, which have been collapsing ever since. You might have invested in commodities, which have fallen to new lows. You might have slaved over a demanding job that paid you in stock options that are now worthless. You might have speculated in Internet stocks, which went bust. If you are a vendor, you might have sold equipment to dot-com companies for I.O.U.s that were never paid. If you live in Argentina, you might have kept your money in a local bank and one day awakened broke. If you worked for Enron, you might have watched every nickel of your retirement savings evaporate. If you own a business, you might have let economists convince you that no recession was possible just before the economy contracted and slammed you up against the wall. Maybe for you, it's too late.

But for most people, this book is timely. It is being published at another peak in social optimism, with the stock market rallying, the Dow back above 10,000, economists unanimously bullish and commentators assuring us that the recession is over. If you think that all is well and your finances are safe, read this book before it's too late for you.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0470849827
• ISBN 13: 9780470849828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278