Investing Through the Looking Glass : A rational guide to irrational financial markets / Tim Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Tim, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital market.

Financial institutions.

Investments--United States.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Petersfield, England : Harriman House Ltd, [2016]

Summary:

The investment markets have never been more dangerous. Interest rates are at all-time lows; the sanctity of cash deposits is under threat; government bonds are expensive and offer ultra-low or negative yields; equity markets are largely detached from reality after years of loose monetary policy. Investors need to calibrate themselves to the realities of this extraordinary new environment so that they can protect their wealth and, ideally, prosper.In Investing Through the Looking Glass, longstanding portfolio manager and investment columnist Tim Price identifies and shatters a number of investment myths and misconceptions. He questions whether stock markets inevitably rise over the longer term, whether bonds continue to be relevant as a failsafe low-risk asset, whether professional fund managers represent "smart money", and much more besides.But this is not just a counsel of despair. Having identified the problems besetting today's investor, the focus then moves on to practical guidance to help investors preserve and grow their capital in this age of inflationary and deflationary uncertainty. Tim Price provides ideas on how to find attractive investments in distorted equity markets, on what might be the best-kept secret in finance, and how best to insure portfolios in an environment of heightened systemic risk. Investing Through the Looking Glass presents a route map for navigating one of the most challenging financial environments that anyone has ever seen. For the sake of your wealth, can you afford not to read it?

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Part One - Problems

Chapter One - The Banks

Chapter Two - The Central Banks

Chapter Three - Economists and Financial Theorists

Chapter Four - Fund Managers

Chapter Five - The Bond Market

Chapter Six - The Stock Market

Chapter Seven - The Financial Media

Part Two - Solutions

Chapter Eight - Value Investing

Chapter Nine - Hedge Funds and Trend Following

Chapter Ten - Gold

Conclusion - Safeguarding Your Financial Future

Appendix - The Modern Investor's Manifesto

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857195371

0857195379