The Evergreen Portfolio: Timeless Strategies to Survive and Prosper from Investing Pros -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Evergreen Portfolio -- The Long Cycle -- Our Future -- Asset Placement -- Reality -- What Can We Do? -- Back to Reality -- The Investment Plan -- Chapter 2: How Did We Get into This Mess? And What Is the Best Way Out? -- Question 1: How Did We Get into This Mess? -- Question 2: Where Are We Now in the Recovery Cycle? -- Question 3: What Is Your Favorite Solution to This Problem? -- Question 4: What Is Your Long -Term Outlook for the Market? -- Question 5: How Should We Invest in This Environment? -- Chapter 3: Know the Signs of the Times -- Adam Smith's Ideal Model -- The Return of Depressing Keynesian Economics -- The Big Three in Economics -- Is the Global Economy Depression Proof or Accident Prone? -- Is the Dollar Going to Collapse? -- When the Rich Get Poorer, Look Out Below -- Investment Strategy in Uncertain Times: Know the Signs of the Times -- Ending On a Positive Note -- Chapter 4: How Fed Policy Fuels Market Cycles -- The Birth of the Modern Federal Financial System -- The Five 17-Year Bull and Bear Markets since the Birth of the Fed -- What Caused the Mega-Crash of 2008? Fed Panic, Credit Fantasies, and "Guns and Butter II" -- Housing: America's Most Speculative Asset Class? -- Conclusion: The Next Move Is Up to the Fed, Congress, and Voters (Like You and Me) -- Chapter 5: Investing and Hedging Strategies for a Topsy-Turvy Financial World -- Wall Street "Myths" -- "Investment Eras" Are Important Influences on Market Behavior -- Flexible Portfolio Method versus Modern Portfolio Theory -- Strategic Asset Allocations for the Times-Prepare for Boom, Bust, or Muddling Through -- Equity Income Investing-the Preferred Core Holding -- Hedging Tactics for Portfolio Risk Management.

Simple or Complex Technical Analysis-Your Choice -- America's New Role in the Shrinking World -- Chapter 6: Conquer the Crash, Condensed -- A Myth Exposed -- Economic Deterioration During the Final Decade of Wave V -- What Are the Signs of a Topping Stock Market? -- Historically Optimistic Psychology -- When Does Deflation Occur? -- Making Preparations and Taking Action -- Chapter 7: The Gone Fishin' Portfolio -- The Unvarnished Truth About Your Money -- The Road to Financial Freedom -- Your Single Most Important Investment Decision -- The Gone Fishin' Portfolio Unveiled -- The Proof Is In the Pudding -- Chapter 8: How You Can Profit from Chaostan -- Geopolitical Threats (from the April 2009 Early Warning Report) -- East Europe-the Baltics (from the May 2009 Early Warning Report) -- Piracy (from the February 1998 Early Warning Report) -- Persian Gulf (from the January 2007 Early Warning Report) -- The Coming War with China (from the June 2000 Early Warning Report) -- If You are a Speculator (from the April 2009 Early Warning Report) -- Closing Thoughts -- Chapter 9: The New Global Investing Strategy -- American Superiority -- Reasons to Internationalize -- The Global Approach -- Where to Find Bargains -- The Balance of Power Shifts East and South -- The Decline in the Dollar -- Growth from Emerging Countries -- Ways to Invest Internationally -- Chapter 10: High-Yield Investing in the Shadow of the Big W -- Recovery or Relapse -- In the Sectors -- Chapter 11: The Case for Growth -- The Growth Shift -- The End of Easy Oil -- An End to Easy Oil -- Chapter 12: Gold Facts -- Gold Facts -- Mining and Production -- Analysis for Gold, Associated Scams, and Quality Control -- Gold as Money and a Measure of Wealth -- Outlook for the Gold Mining Industry -- Chapter 13: The Rare Coin Market -- How to Participate in the Rare Coin Market.

Specific Coin Recommendations -- What Not to Buy -- Two Final Very Important Tips -- Chapter 14: Other Currencies versus the Dollar -- Currency Investing: Adding an Asset Class with Global Clout -- Diversification -- How to View Currencies -- Which Currencies Should We Consider for the Long Run Now? -- The Future of Currencies -- Chapter 15: The 2010 Estate Tax Law: Here to Stay or Going Away? -- Asset Titling -- Formula Clauses in Wills -- Gifting -- Summary -- Epilogue: The Truth about Deficits, Debts, Deleveraging, Deflation, and Derivatives -- The Growing Government Deficit Dilemma -- "Guaranteed Lifetime Security" Undermines Most State Budgets -- Boomers Building Castles of Debt -- Deleveraging Leads to Asset Price Deflation -- Derivatives: Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction -- The Next Move: A Return to "Stagflation" -- A New Investment Strategy for New Times: The Evergreen Portfolio -- About the Authors -- About the Contributors -- Index.