America has lost discipline since abandoning the gold standard. Wasteful spending and wasteful wars have led us down a wrong direction. Read More

Stephen Leeb, Ph.D. is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Complete Investor and Real World Investing.
Dr. Leeb’s books have been notable for predicting the secular bull market that started in the 1980s (Getting in on the Ground Floor, Putnam, 1986); the tech stock crash and rise of real assets, including oil and gold (Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom, McGraw-Hill, 1999); and the surge in oil prices (The Oil Factor: Protect Yourself and Profit from the Coming Energy Crisis, Warner Books, 2004). His national bestseller, The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel (Warner Books, 2006), co-authored with Glen Strathy, outlined the biggest challenges facing the US economy, and accurately predicted the 2008 sub prime mortgage crisis as well as the vicious subsequent economic cycle requiring massive infusions of government stimulus, near zero interest rates and much higher federal debt levels. Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy (Business Plus, 2009) predicted a permanent peak in global commodity production. Dr. Leeb’s eighth and latest book, Red Alert (Hachette, 2011), outlined China’s growing prosperity and the ways in which its demands on increasingly scarce resources threaten the American way of life.
Among his many speaking engagements, he has been the keynote speaker at both a JPMorgan Chase energy conference and a Royal Bank of Canada commodities conference.
Dr. Leeb received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He then earned his master’s degree in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois in just three years, an academic record that stands to date. He is frequently quoted in the financial media, including Investors Business Daily, USA Today, Business Week, The New York Times, NPR and The Wall Street Journal. In addition, Dr. Leeb is a regular guest on Fox News, Bloomberg, CNN and Neil Cavuto.
Analyst Articles
The Russia-Ukraine war has highlighted what happens when access to natural resources is disrupted. Will the world heed the lesson? Read More
We can't expect the enviable combination of solid economic growth and low inflation, such as we had in the 1990s. Investors must be prepared Read More
The investment landscape has changed. In today's high-inflationary environment, what does the past teach us about where to invest? Read More
The common wisdom says that commodities move cyclically. However, in a world of resource scarcity, it's time to rethink the commodity market. Read More
Biden's release of U.S. strategic oil reserves is but a temporary relief. We need to do more to ensure longer-term supply and demand balance. Read More
Our country is losing its grip on hegemony, and that makes investing in commodities more important than ever. Read More
While the Russo-Ukrainian War is being blamed for inflation, prices were rising even before the invasion. This time, things are different. Read More
The Fed has raised interest rates three times this year to fight inflation, but it cannot address the underlying cause. Read More
We think 2022 so far is but a taste of the higher volatility to come. It makes sense to have hedges in place to protect against downturn. Read More