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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Investing in the Apocalypse: Make Money by Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Peril (Wall Street Journal Guides)Paperback– February 1, 2011
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Series: Wall Street Journal Guides
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: HarperBusiness; Original edition (February 1, 2011)
I thought the book was interesting. It is a pretty easy read, really intended for more beginner investors so if you want to stay away complicated graphs & formulas then this would be a book you would want to read. I've always been fascinated by apocalyptic events and I help people with their finances so maybe that is why I thought this was an interesting book. If you enjoy investing then give it a read.
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88 of 120 people found the following review helpful
I saw this book advertised in the Wall Street Journal and downloaded a sample. I was very impressed with what I saw in the introduction. The author promised to show how to develop effective strategies on investing in the face of calamities and disasters. He promised that he would not just recommend individual stocks, because that would cause the book to become dated quickly.
So, based on this promise, I paid my money and got the entire book. Apparently, who ever wrote the intro never really read the book. Worse yet, if the author of the book also wrote the intro, he forgot what he promised. At any rate, after promising not to just recommend individual stocks, he does just that. Worse yet, he continually recommends a small group of his favorites. There is a lot of verbiage on creating baskets of stock but no details on how to do that.
What put me over the top was his adamant defense of global warming. Whether you believe it or not is irrelevant. To create an investment strategy that discounts the possibility that global warming will not pan out is risky. To recommend an investment strategy that does not allow for the possibility that the tide will turn is irresponsible.
This book was a great disappointment to me, and I suggest you not waste your money buying it, or your time reading it. The author does not deliver serious investment strategy as he promised.
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and made copious notes throughout. This is a book I'll refer to during the inevitable catastrophes. I've been dealing with a difficult investing environment for a couple years, and appreciate a book that explains how to make money when everyone else is selling. James tells the brave investor to Fade-the-Fear. Generally disasters usually aren't that bad, and people from the ordinary investor to the money managers follow the herd and overreact. Generally selling. James lists several inevitable circumstances that will cause wide spread panic, and even specific companies that will profit from these events. I found the book well reasoned, well written, and contains valuable advice, so I gave it 5 stars.
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Altucher and Sease have done the world a service with this great book. Its an easy to read (and use guide) to how to invest when the world is going to pot.
Its true that to some it may seem unseemly to invest in companies likely to profit in the event of a disaster. It shouldn't be. It's what smart investors have done forever. And who better than a veteran investor (Altucher) and a well-respected financial journalist (Sease)? They written a short snappy book that won't leave your head spinning with financial mumbo jumbo and may leave your better equipped to navigate the investing landscape.
If it still leaves you feeling queezy about say, investing in Caterpillar stock after an earthquake, then you can donate your profits to the relevant charities.
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Helpful information on investing under disaster conditions. While most people do not want to profit from another person's misery, money will be made addressing the aftermath and righting the situation or preventing disasters. For example the rebuilding after Sandy. This book gives you some possible companies that will benefit from changing global conditions such as global warming.
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The value-added is the deductive perspective ("if X happens, what does it make sense to do") and the underlying premise, that it's possible to be OK and even prosper regardless of what happens tomorrow. The specific investment ideas may or may not work, although they generally make a lot of sense, but more importantly the premise is spot-on and a great way of thinking about the markets and about life. Highly recommended.
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12 of 20 people found the following review helpful
(go to the above link for the whole review of my reviewers but here's how it starts):
First off, on twitter, someone named Naomi Klein called my book "Gross". I looked her up on wikipedia. Turns out we have a lot in common. She wrote some books (see below picture). She also "spent much of her teenage years in shopping malls." So did I! And she has a lot more twitter followers than me.
I emailed her and asked her if she had actually read the book. She wrote back and was honest. "No," she said, "but the jacket copy is gross". Fine. I like that honesty. A lot of people judge books by their covers and then trash it to their 100,000 followers on twitter. At least she's honest about it. I'm not being bitter. I really do appreciate her honesty in her response. I would've ignored me. ...
[I then proceed to review my Amazon reviewers in the above link].
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