Monday February 15, 2010
Dr. Stephen Leeb is the editor of The Complete Investor newsletter and the Income Performance Report. Before starting The Complete Investor, Dr. Leeb was the editor of Personal Finance, a publication that was read by more than 120,000 subscribers.
The Complete Investor newsletter has earned awards for Editorial Excellence for 2004 and 2005 by the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association.
Dr. Leeb is the author of seven investment books and financial trends. His national best selling book The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel (Warner Books, 2006), co-written with Glen Strathy.
It outlines the biggest challenges facing the American economy, including warning readers that if home prices suddenly fell it would lead to a vicious cycle that would require massive amounts of government stimulus spending and near zero interest rates to stem.
And if the economy survived, it would emerge with much higher debt levels then before. His New York Times best-selling book The Oil Factor: Protect Yourself—and Profit—from the Coming Energy Crisis (Warner Books, 2004) accurately predicted the surge in oil prices and was rated among the top investment books of the year by Stock Trader’s Almanac 2005.
It also forecasts a longer-term energy squeeze, further price rises and lays out a detailed investment plan for coping in this new world. His previous book, Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom (McGraw-Hill; 1999) predicted the collapse of technology stocks and the growing importance of oil, real estate, and other hard assets in portfolio strategy.
The book was selected by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 1999. Dr. Leeb co-authored both books with his wife, Donna Leeb. Dr. Leeb’s latest book Game Over, How You can Prosper in a Shattered Economy (Hachette Books 2009) focuses on the upcoming scarcity of energy and commodities and the end of cheap oil and materials.
This will create shortages in food, gas and water supplies, creating a situation that will make the 70’s look like a picnic. Without building a substantial alternative energy infrastructure it will be “game over” for America and possibly the whole world. 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 still stands.
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, and CNN and he has appeared on Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Week, Business Insiders, and CNBC.
