The Wall Street Journal Guide to Investing in the Apocalypse

Make Money by Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Peril

James Altucher, Douglas R. Sease

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9780062001320
• eBook ISBN: 9780062085405
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Financial Risk Management
• Index: Business

SEARCHABLE TERMS

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Note: Page numbers in italics refer to charts and graphs.

aerospace companies, 130–31

AeroVironment(AVAV), 76–77, 87

Africa, 72

aging population, 23, 41

agriculture

and oil demand, 71, 72, 76

and water demand, 49, 53, 55, 59

AIG, 134, 140–41

airlines

and cyberterrorism, 105

and pandemics, 32, 35

Alaska, 65

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, 97

Alpha Pro Technologies, 45, 45–46

alternative energy

back-door strategies for, 76–77, 87, 88–89

biofuels, 71

and fear about global warming, 85, 85–86

and fossil fuel crises, 76, 82–83

front-door strategies for, 88

geothermal power, 83

hydropower, 49, 82

and industrial economy, 68

nuclear power, 82–83, 87–88

solar energy, 82, 86

and subsidies, 86

tidal power, 83

wind power, 76–77, 82, 87

American Ecology (ECOL),88–89

American States Water Company(AWR), 60

Analogic (ALOG), 111–12, 113

anthrax, 35, 101–3, 115

A123 Systems (AONE), 92–93

Apophis(asteroid), 120

aquifers, 53

Arab oil embargo, 3–4

Archer Daniel Midland (ADM), 76

ArcSight (ARST), 114

Argentina, 4

Arizona, 52–53

Ashland Inc. (ASH), 57–58, 58

Asian financial crisis of 1997, 5–6

assassinations, 1–2

Asset Acceptance (AACC), 151

assets, borrowing against, 150

Astec Industries (ASTE), 148

Asteroid 2008 TC3, 117–19

asteroids, 117–32

Apophis asteroid, 120

Asteroid 2008 TC3, 117–19

back-door investing, 130–31

consequences of, 120–23

contingency plans for, 125–26

fading the fear of, 128–30

front-door strategies for, 131–32

investment implications of, 126–32

likelihood of, 123–24, 126

and media-driven fear, 128–29

Near Earth Objects (NEOs), 117–18, 120, 123–24, 128

and stages of grief, 127–28

and timing, 24

AstraZeneca, 41

ATM usage, 113, 114, 134, 142

automobiles

electric vehicles, 67, 71, 83, 84, 92, 93

and emissions technology, 89, 92

hybrid vehicles, 67, 71, 83, 90, 92–93

baby boomer population, 23, 41

back-door investing strategies

for alternative energy, 76–77, 87, 88–89

as apocalyptic investing principle, 22–23, 157–58

for asteroid strikes, 130–31

for energy efficiency, 91

for financ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• One
• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five
• Six
• Seven
• Eight
• Conclusion
• A Quick Guide to Apocalyptic Investing
• James Altucher’s Apocalyptic Reading List
• Searchable Terms
• About the Authors
• Credits
• Copyright
• About the Publisher