Beschreibung:
This book, which is written from a practitioner¿s perspective, fills the void by providing the reader with a toolkit and guiding principles to manage money when markets are in turmoil. It features ten case studies beginning with the breakdown of the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system through the current situation in which investors are assessing whether China could become the next bubble. Each chapter discusses how the respective crisis or bubble unfolded at the time, the way policymakers and markets responded, and the optimal strategy for positioning portfolios.
The book broadens investors' skills in analyzing financial markets and providing a blueprint for investing when markets are in turmoil
1. Overview: A Framework for Investing During Currency Crises and Asset Bubbles.- 2. Bretton Woods' Collapse Alters the World of Investing.- 3. Oil Shocks Generate Massive Payments Imbalances.- 4. Anti-Inflation Policies: Intended and Unintended Consequences.- 5. Policy Coordination Gives Way to Conflict and Turmoil.- 6. Speculators Attack the Concept of European Monetary Union.- 7. Japan's Bubble Culminates in Two Decades of Deflation.- 8. Asia's Real Estate Boom Spawns Global Contagion.- 9. The Tech Bubble: Some Lessons for Rational Investors.- 10. The Global Financial Crisis: No Place for Investors to Hide.- 11. China's Economic Miracle: Is It the Next Bubble?.- 12. Conclusion: Guidelines for Investing During Crises.