Book description
Barton Biggs was a Wall Street legend, trusted by investors around the globe. Now, in his last book, Biggs offers savvy insights into the innermost workings of the markets—today and for the years to come. Packed with keen insights, global experiences, and opinionated stances on investing, Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets explores the ongoing downward economic spiral and where it's headed, to help readers keep their money safe and secure.
Offering a unique look at the current state of the markets, why they continue to be depressed, and where we can go from here, Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate guide to how investors—and the general public—should be handling their finances.
The last book from investment legend Barton Biggs
Offers investors and business readers of all levels of experience new insights into the current economic crisis
Presents news ideas for readers looking to make the most of their money in the face of ongoing market turbulence
Insightful and creative, Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to understand what's up with the market, where it's headed, and how to respond.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Mid-2010
- FDR’s Fiscal Policy Redux
- Staying Close to the Shore
- Stay Long but Watch the Ticks
- This Is No Time to Get Wobbly, George!
- Make No Mistake: More QE Is Big Stuff
- The Best and the Brightest Are Still Licking Their Wounds
- Nobody Can See His Own Backswing
- Fire and Ice
- Miss at Least One Meeting a Day
- Stick to Your Guns
- Stage Two of a Cyclical Bull Market
- The First Word in Analyst Is Anal
-
2011
- Be Long Term but Watch the Ticks
- Shake Well Before Using
- Fancy Dinner and Candlelight
- Stevie Cohen Tells a Good Story
- The Canary in the Coal Mine?
- Still Hanging in There
- The Market Is a Discounting Mechanism
- The Madness of Crowds
- Earthquakes and Equities
- The Riddle of Japan
- Start Buying the Dips
- Babbling Away
- Swensen and Yale
- The “Atlantic Crisis”
- Turn Off Your Bloomberg and Tune Out the Babel
- The New Face of China
- Harvesting the “Grapes of Our Own Wrath”
- No More Water, the Fire Next Time
- The Valley of Death
- Lest We Forget
- “If You’re Going through Hell, Keep Going!”
- Begin Thinking about Buying
- Agnostic Optimist
- My Bet Is that the Rally Is Still a Work in Process
- The Truth Will Set You Free but Chardonnay Isn’t Bad Either
- Investing in a World Lit Only by Fire
- Private Equity
- Another Tsunami
- 2012
- Conclusion
Product information
- Title: Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118299999
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