Global Shocks

An Investment Guide for Turbulent Markets

Nicholas P. Sargen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2026 | 2. Second Edition 2026
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-13111-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Markets are unpredictable, but your strategy doesn t have to be. This revised and expanded edition of Global Shocks equips individual investors with a practical framework for navigating financial crises and market shocks. Written from a practitioner s perspective, it offers clear guidance and real-world insights to help you protect and grow your portfolio when volatility strikes.

Through 12 compelling case studies from the collapse of Bretton Woods to the COVID pandemic and recent trade tensions you ll learn how crises unfold, how policymakers respond, and how investors can position for resilience and opportunity. Explore patterns in interest and exchange rates, understand the difference between currency crises and asset bubbles, and discover strategies to limit losses and capitalize on recovery.

Timely lessons. Actionable strategies. A must-read for anyone investing in uncertain times.

Autor

Nicholas P. Sargen is an international economist turned global money manager. He has been involved in international financial markets since the early 1970s, when he began his career at the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He subsequently worked on Wall Street for 25 years, holding senior positions with Morgan Guaranty Trust (VP- International Economics Department), Salomon Brothers Inc. (Director of Bond Market Research), Prudential Insurance (CIO for Global Fixed Income Advisors) and J.P. Morgan Private Bank (Chief Investment Strategist). In 2003 he became Chief Investment Officer for the Western & Southern Financial Group and its affiliate, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. Nick subsequently served as Chief Economist from 2014 until 2019. He currently is an economic consultant to Fort Washington.

Sargen has written extensively on international financial markets. He has authored three books: Global Shocks, Investing in the Trump Era, and JPMorgan s Fall and Revival, all published by Palgrave Macmillan. Sargen is also a regular contributor to The Hill and Forbes.com. He appeared frequently on business television programs throughout his career on Wall Street, and was a regular panelist on Louis Rukeyser s Wall Street Week. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA and PhD in Economics from Stanford University. He is also affiliated with the University of Virginia s Darden School of Business.

Inhalt

1. Overview: A Framework for  Investing During Currency Crises and Asset Bubbles.- 2. Bretton Woods' Collapse Alters the World of Investing.- 3. Oil Shocks Generate Massive Payments Imbalances.- 4. Anti-Inflation Policies: Intended and Unintended Consequences.- 5. Policy Coordination Gives Way to Conflict and Turmoil.- 6. Speculators Attack the Concept of European Monetary Union.- 7. Japan's Bubble Culminates in Two Decades of Deflation.- 8. Asia's Real Estate Boom Spawns Global Contagion.- 9. The Tech Bubble: Some Lessons for Rational Investors.- 10. The Global Financial Crisis: No Place for Investors to Hide.- 11. China's Economic Miracle: Is It the Next Bubble?.- 12. The COVID-19 Pandemic.- 13. The Current Trade War.-14. Conclusion: Guidelines for Investing During Crises.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2026
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 210 p. 30 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: bubbles and crashes • Financial Bubbles • Financial Crisis • Financial History • Financial Markets • Investing • Investing in Turbulent Markets • Investments and Securities • Market instability
• ISBN-10: 3-032-13111-1 / 3032131111
• ISBN-13: 978-3-032-13111-9 / 9783032131119
• Zustand: Neuware