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Overview

The value of gold doesn’t depend on banks or governments keeping their word. In fact, the more they fail, the more gold is worth. And now, with public faith in the system dribbling away, gold is becoming one of the last safe havens. Also, the global financial crisis is far from over. It could topple into either inflation or deflation. Holding a strong position in gold is a good strategy in either case.

I hope I’m wrong. Because, if I’m right, it will be bad news for the global economy and for all of us--even for those of you who buy gold. You’ll do better than people who don’t, but no one will come out well. As JFK never said, a falling tide lowers all ...

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Overview

The value of gold doesn’t depend on banks or governments keeping their word. In fact, the more they fail, the more gold is worth. And now, with public faith in the system dribbling away, gold is becoming one of the last safe havens. Also, the global financial crisis is far from over. It could topple into either inflation or deflation. Holding a strong position in gold is a good strategy in either case.

I hope I’m wrong. Because, if I’m right, it will be bad news for the global economy and for all of us--even for those of you who buy gold. You’ll do better than people who don’t, but no one will come out well. As JFK never said, a falling tide lowers all boats. Yes, I said buy gold--that relic of the days before paper currencies and central banks. It’s faintly ridiculous to hold gold; you have to be one of those nuts carrying a sign: “The End of the World Is Nigh!” Gold doesn’t finance companies or build economies: It just sits there. But remember, the economic world did nearly end in 2008. No one knows how close we came to the point where no one would accept anyone else’s checks, or foreign currencies, or even dollars except at a huge discount. Fortunately, the U.S. government’s extreme moves saved the day--but we’re not safe yet. At times like these, gold becomes king.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780132143776
  • Publisher: Pearson Education
  • Publication date: 11/1/2009
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 8
  • Sales rank: 931,884
  • Series: FT Press Delivers Shorts Series
  • File size: 148 KB
  • Items ship to U.S, APO/FPO and U.S. Protectorate addresses.

Meet the Author

Dean LeBaron is one of the world’s most respected institutional money managers and author of Mao, Marx, and the Market. The founder of Batterymarch Financial Management in Boston and a distinguished alumnus of the Harvard Business School, he is one of the pioneers of index funds and quantitative investing. He was an early, and sometimes first, institutional investor in the emerging markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, and Russia and was invited by the Gorbachev government to help privatize the Soviet military industrial complex. In 2001, he joined such investment luminaries as Warren Buffett as the recipient of the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute.

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  • Posted November 18, 2009

    What a Rip Off

    This was not an ebook at all. It was a magazine article. I will summarize for you. Gold is a good investment because things are going to get unstable. Save your money. I am disappointed that B&N would sell this 10 page essay for $3 without any desciption of its length.

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  • Posted November 12, 2009

    Golden Gold

    A quick and useful read. Loved the Midas room in Switzerland and wish I had enough to have a stash there myself.

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