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    Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book)
    Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book)
    Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book)
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    Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book)

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    The must-read summary of Stephen Leeb and Donna Leeb's book: "Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen Leeb and Donna Leeb's book "Defying the Market" shows how technology is experiencing a slowing down of pace and progress. In their book, the authors explain how this slowdown, combined with other factors, will lead to inflation once again becoming a major factor in the global economy. For this reason, any investment strategy formulated for the next 10 to 15 years should be tailored so as to benefit from the effects of this inflation. By reading this summary, you will learn the four key elements that will lead to a successful investment portfolio for the upcoming decade.

    Added-value of this summary:
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    • Expand your investment knowledge

    To learn more, read "Defying the Market" and discover how you can take advantage of the technological slowdown and upcoming inflation to make profitable investments.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateFeb 15, 2013
    ISBN9782806239594
    Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book)

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      Defying the Market (Review and Analysis of the Leebs' Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: Defying The Market by Stephen Leeb & Donna Leeb

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      MAIN IDEA

      The most significant trend in technology today is a slowdown in the pace of progress. In other words, the new generation of widely used products coming out today are not presenting leaps in performance substantial enough to present a compelling case for existing users to upgrade. In fact, many of the latest products and services (like cellular phones and the Internet) are not so much new discoveries as enhancements of existing technology.

      The slowdown in technological progress, combined with the political imperative for national economies to grow, the industrialization of the emerging countries and the diminishing levels of Earth’s natural resources means that inflation will once again become a major factor in the global economy. And in an inflationary financial environment, any investment strategy that has produced notable gains over the past 10 years will be entirely unsuitable.

      In short, an investment strategy for the next 10- to 15-years should be positioned so as to benefit from the effects of inflation. That means an investment portfolio should have four key elements:

      Stocks and financial securities that will increase in value should policymakers slip up and deflationary conditions eventuate.

      Consumer franchises - stocks that have such wide name recognition they can add

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