Fracking has been hailed as the solution to America's energy independence. But it comes at a cost in the form of greater expense and energy inputs. Here's what it means for investors. 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
Developing economies now account for more than half of the world's GDP. This unprecedented situation sets the stage for massive demand for copper. Read More
In a tumultuous world it would be foolish not to have some gold. Not only would it fly in the face of relatively recent events, it also would fly in the face of history. Read More
Inflation could be higher than most people expect. What can income investors do to hedge against the crippling effects of inflation? The key is to find stocks likely to raise dividends faster than inflation. Read More
A 100% gain in oil prices within a 12-month period usually means very bad things for the stock market. Whether that will happen again soon may depend on the Permian Basin. Read More
China is doing better than the West thinks. A recent study by Bloomberg concludes that Chinese corporate debt relative to EBITDA is much lower than in the U.S. Another study concludes that China may significantly understate its GDP growth. Read More
Why hasn't gold strongly rallied even though China is buying it hand over fist? Why do I think that the countdown to a massive rally to gold has begun? Read on for answers. Read More
Studies have shown that changing just a few pixels in an image - alterations that are imperceptible to a human - can throw an AI off its game, making it identify a horse as a car, or a plane as a dog. Read More
The West often can't understand China's strategic way of thinking. Chinese "ghost cities" aren't so ridiculous anymore. And now, China has banned crypto-currency trading and yet it still encourages crypto-currency mining. What gives? Read More
Without the basic materials that form the building blocks of technology, the latter cannot exist. China’s near monopoly on many vital metals gives it an edge in the contest for world influence. Read More