The Pig and the Python: How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom [Paperback]

Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd. (Author), David Cork (Author), Susan Lightstone (Author)

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Publication Date: January 5, 1998

Why is the stock market booming? And why is it expected to triple and quadruple in value over the next 10 years? Why "This is one of the best-researched books on demographics I have ever read!"— Elaine Garzarelli, Ph.D., president, Garzarelli Capital, Inc.
Why is the stock market booming? And why is it expected to triple and quadruple in value over the next 10 years? Why did the real estate market collapse? How can you spot new investment opportunities? What's the best way to prepare for a secure, happy retirement?
This entertaining tale answers all these questions, and more, showing that the formula for financial success is to watch the baby-boom bulge as it works its way through the python of the financial system.
Pieter and Meredith DeMarco are in their late 30s. They have just suffered a business setback and have moved from their suburban house to a rented house near downtown Boston.
The future does not look all that bright for the DeMarcos and their two young children — until their neighbor Hazen, a demographer who advises companies on baby-boom trends, takes an interest in them and helps them put their financial house in order.
This inspiring book will help you put your financial affairs in order, too!
"An illuminating tale of a boomer couple preparing for a secure future."— David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber
"Baby-boom trends are the key to creating wealth. This fascinating book tells you how."— Harry Dent Jr., author of The Great Boom Ahead

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"This is one of the best-researched books on demographics I have ever read!"

— Elaine Garzarelli, Ph.D., president, Garzarelli Capital, Inc.

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"This is one of the best-researched books on demographics I have ever read!"

— Elaine Garzarelli, Ph.D., president, Garzarelli Capital, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (January 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761512756
• ISBN-13: 978-0761512752
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,092,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Padded magazine article belabors the obvious, September 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pig and the Python: How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom (Paperback)

This book takes a decent short article and expands it to book length, without adding much balance or evidence to justify the greater length. While it should be obvious that the size of the boomer generation has been driving the American economy for years, the authors ignore or minimize the numerous alternative explanations and countervailing effects that are also at work. Unfortunately, our world cannot be reduced to a single explanatory factor. While the boom is part of the mix, I feel the book over-promises the reader about how to prosper. Much of its content is just another version of the conventional wisdom on personal finance, packaged in a lame family-interest story. This book may make you feel better, but I'm not sure it will help you prosper -- that is, if you've been paying much attention these last 50 years or so.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding, insightful and enjoyable read!, August 12, 1998

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Bill Gillett, RHU, REBC ([e-mail]) (Wappingers Falls, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pig and the Python: How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom (Paperback)

As a financial consultant, I would highly recommend this book to all interested readers without hesitation. Cork and Lightstone have sucessfully captured and portrayed the importance of long-term planning (more importantly, they outline the steps necessary to make educated decisions regarding your long-term planning). At present time, we are being sucked into a quagmire of contrasting opinions from a variety of prominent economists as the US market is experiencing periods of extreme volatilty and Asia has yet to decide its future. These messages are confusing to the average investor. Cork and Lightstone remind us of the importance of focusing on our long-term goals and, especially, paying close attention to trends that are developing around us. This book is an excellent primer on the trends that are being set, and have been set, by the aging baby boomers. Anyone who is looking to create positive changes in their life, this book is a must read, but don't stop here. It's ! always more fun to learn when the messages are wrapped within a an enjoyable/readable storyline (much like The Wealthy Barber). "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance" and if you wish to succeed in life, here's another gem of knowledge!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Just Wonderful!, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pig and the Python: How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom (Paperback)

Being in the financial service field, sometimes understanding your client's need and their goals can be overwhelming when you talk to them about long term planning. Especially in times of our current economy and the market, feeling what decisions I will make personally and what I experience my client makes can be almost paralyzing. I found this book to be a very, very big eye opener as to what our future may look like years from now. I'm sure like many of you, I've always asked the questions of why are some things so popular now, why are interest rates so low, why is the stock market so bullish, and why are so many American families struggling to make ends meet. I found this book to be a powerful planning tool for my own future and those of others. As the decades come, I can anticipate and understand the changes that would possibility affect our lives. Because in my field we serve our clients to create more wealth for families, this book gives me confidence to follow this mission.