The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments [Hardcover]

Charles Goyette (Author)

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"America's debt is a powder keg about to blow, and the fuse was lit by the rush of bailouts and stimulus spending."

Is your money inflation-proof? It had better be. On the heels of the most recent economic crisis, America is headed toward another: high inflation and dollar devaluation.

Charles Goyette reveals the governmental errors that led to the current economic crisis and the bumpy road ahead. The signs are clear: Federal debt is compounding while growth has stalled, and America's foreign creditors are questioning the dollar's reserve currency status. Meanwhile, the "hidden" federal debt, much larger than the official debt, makes things even worse.

So what can you do to safeguard your assets when the dollar heads south? This book is the essential guide for protecting yourself--and even profiting--in this time of financial turbulence. In clear detail, Goyette explains the alternative investments--from gold and silver to oil and agriculture-- that will remain strong in the face of mounting inflation. The Dollar Meltdown gives you the tools to maintain the value of your savings and captilize on the coming opportunities.

Don't get left holding the bag after decades of government irresponsibility. The Dollar Meltdown shows you how to take the safety of your finances into your own hands.

About the Author

Charles Goyette, a former radio talk show host in Phoenix, has studied and practiced alternative investing for many years. He frequently appears in the media to discuss the intersection of economics, politics, and investing. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (October 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591842840
• ISBN-13: 978-1591842842
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #211,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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101 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just another book of impending doom, but one of solutions, November 10, 2009

By	L. M. Fuke (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

This review is from: The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments (Hardcover)

Charles Goyette is not just another doomsayer. He has a number of strategies based on unconventional financial instruments so that a well-heeled reader can preserve his hard-earned cash.

It's really hard to imagine a crumbling America, but the signs of dollar decay are frankly staring right at us. Being myopic is not the way to survive; being open to new ideas most certainly is the means to survive, perhaps even thrive in economic disaster.

At the very least please read this book with an open mind; certainly be skeptical of his conclusions, but please BE RECEPTIVE TO ALTERNATE FINANCIAL STRATEGIES. We Americans are treading in treacherous waters. We have never been this deeply in debt; we have never been so bereft of hope.

Politicians seem intent on bail-outs of banks, even auto manufacturers. No one is going to bail YOU out. Read this book; it may be the only parachute available for less than twenty bucks.

I am not ordinarily a Gloomy Gus, but I am a realist. I am sixty years old and have worked hard all my life. It's shocking how my investemnts have shrunk. This dog needs to learn new tricks, too. "The Dollar Meltdown" is a good place to start.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting times..., November 20, 2009

By	worker bee - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments (Hardcover)

Where We Are, How We Got Here, What Happens Next, What To Do-- these are the four sections of this book.

Think of Goyette as the anti-Greenspan: someone who can take a complicated subject and explicate it in such a way that you can actually understand it. If you want to be able to answer the four questions that constitute the sections mentioned above: Read this book!

The incredible surge in precious metals (and other commodities) is perfectly understandable when you understand the dynamics at work. Explaining the dynamics of the markets is one of the tasks of this book-- it succeeds.

This book is not a dry recitation of economic statistics. Statistics in themselves don't tell you much without a framework, a context, to view them from. What makes this book so fascinating is that is combines an reiteration of WHAT happened with WHY it happened. A nice blend of theory and practice.

If you want to protect yourself and family from the irresponsibility of the political classes and the Banksters, then you will find plenty of strategies in this book that will lessen the pain that we will all feel as we make our way through this depression.

Did I mention that it's well written? People who know Goyette through his work in talk radio in Phoenix are very familiar with his intellectual skills. I'm happy to report that he writes as well as he speaks. Nice work.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Timing, November 28, 2009

By	Charles Maurer (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments (Hardcover)

Charles Goyette has done his readers a great service with this timely book on the current financial crisis and how to best prepare for the worst that is yet to come.

The book is organized into four sections:

I. Where We Are
II. How We Got There
III. What Happens Next
IV. What to Do

Goyette has done his homework, with a wide range of facts, figures, and historical information not often found among the mainstream media and politicians. The section on the true amount of America's debt burden should be a frightening wake-up call for any American concerned about the economic future of this country. But unlike a lot of doom-and-gloom books, Goyette ends on a positive note on how to protect your finances through investing in gold, silver, oil and other commodities.

Highly recommended.