Aftermath, James Rickards
Aftermath, James Rickards
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Aftermath
Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos

Author: James Rickards

Narrator: James Rickards

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/23/2019


Synopsis

A Wall Street Journal bestseller

Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated--and what smart investors can do to protect their assets 

What goes up, must come down. As any student of financial history knows, the dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely--especially since asset prices have been artificially inflated by investor optimism around the Trump administration, ruinously low interest rates, and the infiltration of behavioral economics into our financial lives. The elites are prepared, but what's the average investor to do?

James Rickards, the author of the prescient books Currency Wars, The Death of Money, and The Road to Ruin, lays out the true risks to our financial system, and offers invaluable advice on how best to weather the storm. You'll learn, for instance:

  *  How behavioral economists prop up the market: Funds that administer 401(k)s use all kinds of tricks to make you invest more, inflating asset prices to unsustainable levels.
  *  Why digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are best avoided.
  *  Why passive investing has been overhyped: The average investor has been scolded into passively managed index funds. But active investors will soon have a big advantage.
  *  What the financial landscape will look like after the next crisis: it will not be an apocalypse, but it will be radically different. Those who forsee this landscape can prepare now to preserve wealth.

Provocative, stirring, and full of counterintuitive advice, Aftermath is the book every smart investor will want to get their hands on--as soon as possible.

About The Author

James Rickards is the author of the acclaimed national bestseller Currency Wars, which has been translated around the world. He is a portfolio manager at the West Shore Group and an adviser on international economics and financial threats to the Department of Defense and the US intelligence community. He lives in Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Writemoves on August 13, 2019

I picked this book up on a whim when I was at Barnes and Noble. This seems to be a cautionary tale on how the economy not only in the United States but also globally can go wrong. Rickards offers some general investment ideas on how investors can protect themselves. Very interesting read. Aftermath n......more

Goodreads review by Pedro on July 29, 2019

This is the best of the four; it repeats some thoughts and reasoning first established in the other 3, but even these are presented with more depth and flair. The book is a fundamental reflection on the zeitgeist, with relevant conclusions and potentially life saving, concrete advice. For some 20 do......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on August 26, 2019

My first time reading Rickards and I am impressed. This book ties together economic trends, history and financial advice. This book analyzes economic trends up till 2018 with some discussion on the Trump policies. Rickards has a great easy to read style despite a deep technical analysis of economics......more

Goodreads review by Khalid on September 12, 2021

How would you preserve your wealth before an impending economic collapse? One word: Preparation. That is the overall solution I understood after reading James Rickards' "Aftermath". While certainly not one of his best books, Mr. Rickards still makes worthwhile points on the dangers of economic crashe......more

Goodreads review by Valentin on August 16, 2020

It is a very controversial book. I’ll start with the bad: - Rickards is quite emotional in his writing. Not the good kind of emotional that makes you feel stuff. The kind where you want to put the book down, pick up the phone, and tell the author to just stick to the facts. - His storytelling isn’t gre......more


Quotes

"The discussion of why the US middle classes are under pressure, the case for universal basic income and similar ideas is one of the best I have read: humane, lucid and relevant. Rickards has gone and done it again."Wealth Briefing Asia