Investing Without Borders: How Six Billion Investors Can Find Profits in the Global Economy

Investing without Borders: How Six Billion Investors Can Find Profits in the Global Economy......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Prelude......Page 21
Introduction: My Mission......Page 25
What’s First?......Page 29
Why America Has Always Dominated: Part One......Page 31
Why America Has Always Dominated: Part Two......Page 33
Why Things Are Changing......Page 35
So Let’s Review......Page 38
Welcome to the New World, Investor 2.0......Page 40
Liar, Liar—Starts the Fire!......Page 43
Rah, Rah, Rah! MatchBook U!—The Curriculum......Page 46
Good Ol’ Matchbook U—The Faculty, Staff, and Graduates......Page 50
And Now, Stay Tuned For the Cleavers......Page 54
Everything ‘Made in China’? So Sorry, Not Soooooo.........Page 57
Structured Notes, Bonds, and CDs......Page 58
It’s All Psycho-Babble......Page 65
The Priesthood......Page 69
So What Do the Winners Do?......Page 71
Six Billion (gulp) Americans? What’s Changed?......Page 76
Simplicity = Apple + Π......Page 77
Transactional Analysis—Wires in Your Brain......Page 81
Getting Snookered by Chi Chi......Page 83
How Do You “Think Rich”? Simple, You Just Think!......Page 84
Crisis Hotline—The Back-Story......Page 85
You Decide by Making Decisions......Page 87
Why Make Your Own Decisions Anyway?......Page 88
Free That Billionaire Inside You!......Page 90
Coffee, Tea, or Water?......Page 92
More Water......Page 93
Marine Decision-Making A la Paul Van Riper......Page 95
Brainpower: Escape from the Herd!......Page 99
A “Real Estate Lady”—The Loral Langemeier Story......Page 102
Exercise—Chip Away Until You See David......Page 103
More David-Chiseling......Page 105
The Death of Investor 1.0......Page 108
Most Americans Aren’t Hedging at All......Page 110
Investor 1.0 versus Investor 2.0......Page 111
Instincts and Impulses......Page 112
If He Could Just Buy One Stock......Page 115
“Global Trade Starts Here\"......Page 117
Investor 2.0—Destined for Riches (You are awake, now look around)......Page 119
Investor 2.0 Shows His Skill......Page 124
On the Air—Quiet Please......Page 126
In The Studio with Frank Cappeillo—Part 2......Page 131
The Lake Wobegon Fallacy......Page 134
More from the Studio—Dave Dyer......Page 137
Radio Show PostScript......Page 141
Strategize—Then Make Great Plays (or Play to Your Opponents’ Weaknesses)......Page 145
Strategize—Win by Running Your Own Race......Page 146
Understanding the Indicators......Page 148
Indicators—Wrong-Foot Part 2......Page 150
Strategy Lesson—How We Got to ’09......Page 152
My Strategy at This Time?......Page 157
The Epiphany in the Green Room......Page 159
Rules of Thumb—To Be or Not to Be?......Page 165
Studio Time! “And now, back to you Dan…”......Page 170
A Notation of Ultra-Importance......Page 175
Rule 1 (Never Give Back Your Profits in a Tough Market)......Page 176
Rule 2 (Once You Make a Decision, Stick to It)......Page 180
My Bond Strategy for RIGHT NOW......Page 182
You Are a Professional Money Manager: The Only Question Is Will You Be a Good One or a Lousy One!......Page 185
The Rent’s Not Free, But It’s on the House......Page 187
Interest Rates and Stock Prices......Page 189
Dinosaurs and Bonds......Page 190
More on Bonds......Page 195
I Was Too Dumb to Be Interested in Bonds......Page 196
Convertible Bonds (More Arrows in My Quiver)......Page 197
Convertible Bonds: The Real Nuts and Bolts......Page 199
Common Sense and Fundamentals......Page 203
The Blackstone Story......Page 204
The Rest of the Story......Page 206
Cavemen Don’t Get Rich......Page 208
Coming Full Circle......Page 214
The Last Word—Danger (The Lemming Spell Comes Back)......Page 215
About the Author......Page 217
Index......Page 219