Crisis Investing

The economic and monetary disaster, which seasoned Wall Street prognosticator Peter Schiff warned of in the bestselling first edition of Crash Proof, is no longer hypothetical - it is here today. And while most people believe that the economic collapse is over, the reality is that it has only just begun. That's why he's returned with Crash Proof 2.0.

Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides listeners through four centuries of economic disasters - from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Each of his 24 lectures covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly that is worthy of a Hollywood thriller.

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (pronounced "height") lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s.

Every financial strategy begins with the same truth: survival comes before success. Survive First, Invest Later is a practical roadmap for anyone ready to replace financial panic with structure, patience, and control. When crises hit, markets reward those who can endure—not those who react. This book reveals how to secure your foundation before chasing returns. Through thirty concise, hard-hitting chapters, it dismantles the myths that lead people to overextend, overspend, and overestimate their readiness. You’ll learn how cashflow stability, liquidity management, and emotional ...

Too many investment advisors have taken the path of least resistance, not aware of the risk in systematically withdrawing from what, at times, will be a declining portfolio. Investors seeking to accumulate money for their future needs and investors needing to withdraw money now for a present need both have one thing in common: dividend growth investing represents a powerful weapon in the achievement of their objectives.

When fear takes over the market, most people freeze, sell low, and swear off investing forever. Yet history proves that every collapse carries the seeds of the next expansion—and every panic hides the greatest transfer of wealth. Crisis Capitalism for the Average Person shows how ordinary people can turn volatility into advantage by learning to think like disciplined contrarians rather than frightened spectators. Drawing on real cycles from the Great Depression to the pandemic era, this book breaks down how markets behave under pressure and how emotions drive every crash. You’ll learn ...

Economic chaos doesn’t destroy everyone—it reveals who’s prepared. Recession-Proof Yourself is a strategic guide for building unshakable financial and personal resilience when the world turns unstable. It strips away the noise and replaces fear with structure, giving you a clear playbook to stay liquid, adaptable, and confident through any downturn. Each chapter delivers street-smart strategy grounded in timeless financial principles: preparing for volatility, protecting cash flow, eliminating debt, and turning uncertainty into opportunity. Readers learn how to detect false stability,...

In this essential handbook—a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Happiness Project—the co-host of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and bestselling author Phil Town. Growing up, the words finance...

Every collapse hides a transfer of wealth. When panic spreads, assets move quietly from the emotional to the prepared. The Chaos Opportunity reveals how fear, volatility, and uncertainty can become the most predictable sources of profit for those disciplined enough to act when others retreat. This book dismantles the myth that crashes destroy value. They don’t—they redistribute it. Across thirty chapters, readers learn how to read market panic as signal, not catastrophe. You’ll discover how liquidity, patience, and structure convert volatility into compounding opportunity, why courage...

Did Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? Answer: no. Not only is free-market capitalism good for the economy, it is our only hope for recovery. As the nation’s longest-serving CEO of one of the top 25 financial institutions, John Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis.

Recessions aren’t random—they’re opportunities in disguise. The Downturn Dividend reveals how ordinary people can build wealth when others lose theirs by mastering the emotional, financial, and strategic skills that turn panic into profit. This book exposes the real mechanics of economic fear—why markets overreact, why assets get mispriced, and why fortunes shift quietly to those who stay calm and liquid. Through vivid examples from the Great Depression, the 2008 crash, and the pandemic downturn, it teaches readers to recognize the moment when everyone else’s exit becomes their ...

Every economy breaks eventually. Most people break with it. Anti-Fragile Finances teaches you how to do the opposite—how to design wealth that doesn’t just survive disruption but expands because of it. Across thirty focused chapters, this book dismantles the illusion of stability and replaces it with a framework for true financial independence. You’ll learn how to use volatility as raw material for growth, transforming market chaos into opportunity. Through real-world principles drawn from investors, systems thinkers, and the lessons of economic history, it shows that resilience ...

When fear dominates the markets, most investors retreat. The Survival Investor reveals how to do the opposite—how to stay calm, think strategically, and protect your wealth when systems shake. Instead of chasing headlines or reacting to panic, you’ll learn to build a portfolio that thrives through chaos and uncertainty. This book challenges conventional financial thinking with a simple premise: survival isn’t about prediction, it’s about preparation. Across thirty concise, high-impact chapters, it breaks down the psychology, history, and mechanics of crisis investing—from ...

In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, 50 lenders a month were going bust - and the people responsible for the crisis included not just unregulated loan brokers and con artists, but also investment bankers and home loan institutions traditionally perceived as completely trustworthy.

Fed Up! tells the story of a global macro trader working amidst the greatest market panic we have seen since the Great Depression. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, listeners are taken through the late-stage decadence of an exuberant market bubble to the depths of the market crash and into the early innings of a recovery. It provides listeners with a front row seat on trading activity, allowing them to experience the heartbeat of the markets.

In December 2008, the world watched as master financier Bernard L. Madoff was taken away from his posh Manhattan apartment in handcuffs, accused of swindling thousands of innocent victims-including friends and family-out of billions of dollars in the world's largest Ponzi scheme. Madoff went to...

Markets don’t warn before they break—they whisper, then collapse. Portfolio Armour shows how to stay ready long before that happens. This is not a book about chasing returns. It’s a blueprint for investors who value peace of mind as much as profit, teaching how to protect wealth, sustain income, and stay calm while others panic. Across thirty concise chapters, it dismantles the illusions that destroy portfolios—complacency, overconfidence, and blind faith in diversification. You’ll learn how to see risk as a living system, how liquidity becomes power in crisis, and why cash flow, ...

Written by the New York Times best-selling author team of John Mauldin and Jonathan Tepper, Code Red spills the beans on the central banks in the US, UK, EU, and Japan and how they've rigged the game against the average saver and investor. More importantly, it shows you how to protect your hard-earned cash from the bankers' disastrous monetary policies and how to come out a winner in the irresponsible game of chicken they're playing with the global financial system.

Most financial plans are built for calm seas. They look stable until inflation rises, markets swing, or a crisis erupts—then they shatter like glass. The Antifragile Wallet offers a radical alternative: a financial design that does not merely survive volatility but grows stronger because of it. Drawing on history, behavioral research, and practical strategies, this book shows how to transform inflation, downturns, and chaos into catalysts for growth. Instead of relying on prediction or stability, antifragile systems thrive on uncertainty. They bend, adapt, and even strengthen when tested....

In The Coming Economic Collapse, Dr. Leeb shows that the U.S. economy is standing on the brink of the biggest crisis in history.

As the fast-growing economies of China and India push global demand for oil beyond production capacity, Americans will experience a permanent energy shortfall far worse than the one in the 1970s. The result will be severe financial hardship for most people, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for investors to become incredibly rich.

This is an urgent call-to-arms to avert an all-but-certain catastrophe and a survival kit for an era that offers us only two financial choices: poverty or wealth.