Selected as one of the "Best Business Books of the Year" by Library Journal, Deflation provides tools for investors to protect their assets and invest profitably in deflationary times, a post-inflation economic environment that few of today's investors have experiencedand even fewer understand. Lively and easy-to-understand, it tells investors how to recognize telltale signs of deflation, discusses the industry sectors that are positioned to outperform the overall market, and reveals 13 deflation-ready investing strategiesincluding low-risk fixed income techniques designed to sustain equity-style total returns.
A. Gary Shilling, Ph.D., is president of A. Gary Shilling & Company, Inc., an economic and investment consultancy, and one of the nation's top-ranked economists and commodity trading advisors. A board member for a number of financial organizations, Dr. Shilling is a columnist for Standard & Poor's CreditWeek and a regular financial commentator on both radio and television.