| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 129 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols; Introduction; Protect; Wealth; Inflation; In Summary; CHAPTER 1 Financial Fitness What Does It Mean to Be Financially Fit?; Balance Sheet; Mr. and Mrs. Unfit; Miss Borderline; Mr. and Mrs. Fit; Cash Flow Statement; Increasing Income: An Alternative View; Reducing Expenses: An Alternative View; In Summary; CHAPTER 2 Inflation: What's the Problem? If Your Finances Are Fit, Why Should You Worry? |
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The Problem of Reduced Purchasing Power and Negative Real Interest RatesWhy Inflation Is Inevitable; Drilling Down on the CPI; The Single-Currency "Problem"; Who's in Charge, You or the Financial Industry?; Mr. and Mrs. Fit Visit a Broker/Advisor; How the Market Has Really Done; In Summary; CHAPTER 3 Step 1: Set Up an Emergency Fund Protect the Purchasing Power of Your Emergency Cash; Increase Your Emergency Fund by the Same Rate That Your Expenses Go Up; The Simple Solution: Precious Metals; An Inflation-Proof Emergency Fund That Maintains Purchasing Power; How GoldMoney Works |
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Mr. & Mrs. Fit Establish an Emergency FundGold vs. the Dollar; An Alternative Solution, for People with Home Equity to Spare; In Summary; CHAPTER 4 Step 2: Make Savings and Working Capital Work for You How to Maintain an Acceptable Real Rate of Return in Different Interest Rate Environments; A Positive Real Interest Rate Environment: What to Do; A Low or Negative Real Interest Rate Environment: What to Do; Historical Results; In Summary; CHAPTER 5 Step 3: Generate a Good Risk-Adjusted Return on Investments How to Successfully Manage Your Own Investment Accounts |
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How to Measure Risk-Adjusted Return EffectivelyLet's Look at Return; Let's Look at Risk; Don't Even Think About Trying to Manage Your Retirement Account; Mr. and Mrs. Fit Visit a Casino; If You Do Want to Manage Your Own Investment Accounts, Don't Use FARCE; "Trading" vs. "Investing"; Market Selection; Instrument Filter; Setup Conditions; Entry Signal; Position Sizing; Exit Strategy; Putting It All Together; A Simplified Trend-Capturing Method; Market Selection; Instrument Filter; Setup Conditions; Entry Signal; Position Sizing; Why Only 2% Risk per Trade?; Exit Strategy |
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Mr. and Mrs. Fit Become Part-Time Portfolio ManagersIn Summary; CHAPTER 6 Taking Control Procrastination Is a Leading Cause of Failure, So Take Action Now; Achieve Financial Fitness; Create an Emergency Fund; Fund a Savings Account; Manage Your Investment Accounts; What Could Go Wrong?; It's No Longer Legal for Citizens of Your Country to Own Precious Metals; GoldMoney Or Your Metals Broker Goes Out of Business; Some of the Major Currencies Become Defunct; Some of the Precious Metals ETFs No Longer Exist or Have Very Low Volume |
| Summary |
Provides a financial action plan, outlining effective strategies for investments which will protect wealth from the long-term effects of inflation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index |
| Subject |
Saving and investment -- Effect of inflation on -- United States
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Wealth -- United States
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Investments -- United States
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Finance, Personal -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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Informatique.
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Finance, Personal
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Investments
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Saving and investment -- Effect of inflation on
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Wealth
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Inflation (Finance) -- United States.
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Investments -- United States.
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Personal finance.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011410937 |
| ISBN |
9781430238232 |
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1430238232 |
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