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Crisis Investing

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Casey's bent is toward natural resources which he gives much time in this as well as in the rest of his books. An interesting thinker and an effortless writer, Doug is alway provacative and occasionally right. I mean right in a big way. The problem is the many times he's wrong. It is crucial to be in the right sector with him and that usually means gold stocks. He's worth paying attention to for that alone. To give him his due, he was the first guy I heard talk about the no-fun 90's at the outset of the decade. He foresaw the politically correct movement with all of its ramifications before anyone else I know.

This book pulled me back from the brink of socialist thinking. It is the quickest read to understand how the world economy and politics interact. For all you day traders who are getting crushed these days, read this for a little long term philosophy!

After reading Crisis Investing, I realize the value of commodities. Not being able to afford gold or silver, I bought the next best thing: silverware. If I ever open up a soup kitchen I'll have plenty of forks to go around.

But seriously, how should one invest?

The road to hell isn't paved with gold, it's paved with faith. Faith in a dollar that's backed by a belief that people have faith in other people's belief in it.

The Bernank might not be able to grow our economy, but he can sure grow a heck of a beard.

I agree with Casey that the US economy is overregulated. Consequently, the market has more distortions than a house of mirrors, and its body image should be suffering for it. America is morbidly obese, yet she dresses in skin-tight hot pants as though she were Twiggy at 20.

If you want to know what to invest in and why, not specifics, but more the fundamentals, then this book is definitely for you.