finding investment opportunities by tracking global market trends Conrad, Bud creator text nju Hoboken, N.J Wiley c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xviii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. The budget deficit drives the growth of all debt -- The trade deficit and U.S. dependency on foreign investments -- The big costs of health care, social security, and the military -- The Federal Reserve prints our money (stop the presses!) -- The importance of debt for predicting our economy -- The big-picture model of our economy -- What can the 1929 Great Depression teach us about today's crisis? -- What the United States can learn from Japan's lost decade(s) : 1989-2009 -- What the United States can learn from German and other European hyperinflations, and from China today -- The stock market may be dead for another decade -- Energy in the 21st century : the end of the petroleum age -- Food, grain trading -- The demise of the dollar -- interest rates : the trade of the decade -- Gold is the only real money -- Forecast for the future -- Looking over the horizon to see the best investments. Bud Conrad. Includes index. n-us--- Financial crises United States United States Economic conditions 21st century United States Economic policy 2009- Crisis financieras Estados unidos Estados unidos Condiciones económicas Siglo XXI Estados unidos Política económica 2009- HB 3722 C754p 2010 330.973 9780470460351 (cloth) 0470460350 (cloth) 2009051050 DLC 091218 20230410105357.0 110619