Comments on: Book Review: The Great Depression Ahead http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/ Helping you invest and prosper Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Do self-help books actually help? - Thicken My Wallet http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-447249 Do self-help books actually help? - Thicken My Wallet Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:02:48 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-447249 [...] Canadian Capitalist once commented about Dent (to paraphrase), if Dent had known that random events in the past were not so random, then the past [...] [...] Canadian Capitalist once commented about Dent (to paraphrase), if Dent had known that random events in the past were not so random, then the past [...]

]]> By: World's No.1 problem is greed http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-425869 World's No.1 problem is greed Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:47:57 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-425869 My favorite cycle he mentions was the "8-9 year terrorist cycle". C'mon seriously?...(I should have stopped reading at that point). Obviously grasping at straws for a catalyst for an 09 crash. My favorite cycle he mentions was the “8-9 year terrorist cycle”. C’mon seriously?…(I should have stopped reading at that point). Obviously grasping at straws for a catalyst for an 09 crash.

]]> By: Wealth Manager http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-405513 Wealth Manager Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:12:17 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-405513 I created a tool to track the performance of DENT, an ETF co-managed by Harry Dent and AdvisorShares. Check it out here. http://www.icarra.com/viewPortfolio.php?id=7318 I created a tool to track the performance of DENT, an ETF co-managed by Harry Dent and AdvisorShares. Check it out here.

http://www.icarra.com/viewPortfolio.php?id=7318

]]> By: Unbowed by failed July crash warning, Harry Dent pushes it back to 2011-2012 | Wealthy Boomer | Financial Post http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-304023 Unbowed by failed July crash warning, Harry Dent pushes it back to 2011-2012 | Wealthy Boomer | Financial Post Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:24:40 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-304023 [...] latest doomsayer book, The Great Depression Ahead, will surge. Before buying it, see this properly skeptical review by the Canadian Capitalist [...] [...] latest doomsayer book, The Great Depression Ahead, will surge. Before buying it, see this properly skeptical review by the Canadian Capitalist [...]

]]> By: Who really makes money predicting the end of the world? http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-211881 Who really makes money predicting the end of the world? Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:57:35 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-211881 [...] Harry Dent predicated Japan’s economic fall and America’s boom in the 1990’s. Since then, he has sold a lot of books making widely inaccurate predictions based on his research. In 2006, Dent predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit 40,000 by the end of 2009 (it hovers around 10,000). After the bubble burst, he changed his tune and called for a great depression ahead. [...] [...] Harry Dent predicated Japan’s economic fall and America’s boom in the 1990’s. Since then, he has sold a lot of books making widely inaccurate predictions based on his research. In 2006, Dent predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit 40,000 by the end of 2009 (it hovers around 10,000). After the bubble burst, he changed his tune and called for a great depression ahead. [...]

]]> By: Thicken My Wallet » Blog Archive » Who really makes money predicting the end of the world? http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-211687 Thicken My Wallet » Blog Archive » Who really makes money predicting the end of the world? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:47:04 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-211687 [...] Harry Dent predicated Japan’s economic fall and America’s boom in the 1990’s. Since then, he has sold a lot of books making widely inaccurate predictions based on his research. In 2006, Dent predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit 40,000 by the end of 2009 (it hovers around 10,000). After the bubble burst, he changed his tune and called for a great depression ahead. [...] [...] Harry Dent predicated Japan’s economic fall and America’s boom in the 1990’s. Since then, he has sold a lot of books making widely inaccurate predictions based on his research. In 2006, Dent predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average would hit 40,000 by the end of 2009 (it hovers around 10,000). After the bubble burst, he changed his tune and called for a great depression ahead. [...]

]]> By: Weekly Blog Reviews April 20- See-Saw Edition | Financial Highway http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-189898 Weekly Blog Reviews April 20- See-Saw Edition | Financial Highway Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:35:23 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-189898 [...] Canadian Capitalist reviews Harry Dent’s new book The Great Depression Ahead [...] [...] Canadian Capitalist reviews Harry Dent’s new book The Great Depression Ahead [...]

]]> By: CanadianInvestor http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-189869 CanadianInvestor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:12 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-189869 However, one of the tenets of behavioural finance to counter over-confidence is to listen to and read views in opposition to one's own. That cycles of market and economic boom and bust exist is in little doubt. It is identifying correctly the drivers and timing of these cycles that is the challenge. Trying to find other cycles everywhere - like commodities and geopolitical cycles - probably isn't useful. However, one of the tenets of behavioural finance to counter over-confidence is to listen to and read views in opposition to one’s own. That cycles of market and economic boom and bust exist is in little doubt. It is identifying correctly the drivers and timing of these cycles that is the challenge. Trying to find other cycles everywhere – like commodities and geopolitical cycles – probably isn’t useful.

]]> By: Matt http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-189864 Matt Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:56:27 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-189864 I was wondering why Harvey Dent's name was ringing a bell with me! Heads - Dow 40,000 Tails - Greatest Depression I was wondering why Harvey Dent’s name was ringing a bell with me!

Heads – Dow 40,000
Tails – Greatest Depression

]]> By: Dividend Growth Investor http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/book-review-the-great-depression-ahead/#comment-189861 Dividend Growth Investor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:07:17 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=2143#comment-189861 Hmm, even a broken clock is correct twice a day, isn't it? Hmm, even a broken clock is correct twice a day, isn’t it?

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