Stephen Leeb

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

And Amazon’s relentless push into the cloud By Stephen Leeb When it comes to long-term thinking (see p.1), two stocks joining Growth Portfolio this month are among the best of the breed. One is Broadcom Ltd. (AVGO), a tech company and big connectivity franchise in a world rushing to… Read More

By Stephen Leeb Ph.D. The prestigious British magazine Nature argued in a recent editorial that if democracy were to fall in the West scientists must own up to some of the blame. Wow. The mere mention of democracy’s fall in such a prestigious journal should send frissons of fear through… Read More

The U.S. must play catch-up in a big way By Stephen Leeb A few striking numbers help explain why we’re committed to investing in alternative energies. For starters, over the next 20 years renewable energies are projected to grow by nearly 7 percent a year, far outpacing growth in any… Read More

China’s BYD has the edge over Tesla By Stephen Leeb The rivalry between the U.S. and China plays out on many different fronts. One is a battle for leadership of the electric vehicle (EV) market. China’s BYD (1211.HK, BYDDF), through its subsidiary BYD Auto, is the world’s biggest manufacturer… Read More

At least, it’s not enough to get the best programmers By Stephen Leeb We are selling IBM (IBM) from both our Growth and Income/Value Portfolios (see p.6). We know we are going against Warren Buffett on this one, but our analysis suggests that while IBM will likely get its act… Read More

Adapt, and Own Gold By Stephen Leeb Ph.D. About 50 years ago Eric Hoffer, a man who transitioned from penniless migrant worker to one of the great modern American philosophers, wrote: “It is my impression that no one really likes the new. We are afraid of it. It is not… Read More

Everyone gains when it improves By Stephen Leeb Poor productivity figures continue to plague the U.S. economy. In 2015’s last quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, productivity growth was negative 3 percent. It is a terrible number, even worse than expectations. These dismal numbers follow a string of… Read More

And watching its own profits burgeon as a result By Stephen Leeb Cognizant (CTSH) was an obvious choice to make our p.2 list of investment-worthy companies that help make the world a more productive place. This leading IT consulting company is dedicated to showing other corporations how to use… Read More

How to Profit from Its Buildout By Stephen Leeb Ph.D. Chances are you have not heard of an author named J.J. Smith. She’s the author of the 18th best-selling Amazon book. She published her 192 page book, “10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse,” about 18 months ago. It offers… Read More