Index
A
Absolute Investment Management
Achuthan, Lakshman
Aftershock
Aftershock (Wiedemer)
Aftershock wisdom investing
Buffett, Warren
conventional wisdom, key to
denial, protecting status quo with
falling bubble economy, investing in
Dynamic Diversified Aftershock Portfolio, creating
hedge funds
key to
deflation, myth of
future inflation
money printing
natural growth rate, myth of
productivity growth, slowing
“Airbags,” temporary
American Stock Exchange (Amex)
America’s Bubble Economy (Wiedemer)
Annuities. See also Insurance, whole life, and annuities
Argentina, economy in
B
Bank of England
Berkshire Hathaway
Bernanke, Ben
Best, A. M.
Bond ladder
Bonds
active management
mortgage-backed securities
T-bills and Treasury notes, short-term
TIPS
in Aftershock and beyond
before and during Aftershock
confidence in
conventional wisdom on
why it is wrong
exiting
failure, three stages of
stage 1: recent past and now
stage 2: short-term future
stage 3: medium-term future
risk
credit
interest rate
time
technical details
call
certificates of deposit (CDs)
corporate bonds
money market funds
mortgage-backed securities
municipal bonds
savings bonds
sensitivity to rising interest rates
STRIPS
TIPS
U.S. Treasurys
zero-coupon bonds
types of
total return
calculating
capital gains
changes in
coupon
Book value
Bubble blindness
Bubble economy. See also U.S. economy
Aftershock wisdom
America’s
consumer discretionary spending bubble
dollar bubble
private debt bubble
real estate bubble ...