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Contents

Prologue
The New Science: How Simple, Predictable Principles Drive Complex Change

1 The Investment Opportunity of a Lifetime
Uncanny Parallels with the "Tech Wreck" of 1919-1922 and the Roaring Twenties "Bubble Boom" That Followed

2 The Bubble Boom
Why the Five Conditions That Create Technology Bubbles Will Continue in This Decade

3 Taking Advantage of Strong Recurring Cycles to Reduce Risk in Volatile Markets
The Most Comprehensive Forecast and Simplest Investing Model Ever

4 Demographics and the Outlook for Real Estate
Home Prices Will Continue to Underperform Stock Prices and the Economy for the Rest of This Decade

5 Life Planning
How the Economy's Life Cycle Will Intersect with Your Own

6 The Outlook for Investment Markets
Large-Cap, Small-Cap, and International Stocks; Long- and Short-Term Bonds

7 Optimum Portfolio Strategies for the Great Boom Ahead and the Great Bust to Follow
Understanding Risks and Returns in the Different Seasons of Our Economy

8 The New Millionaire Economy
Creating Wealth by Understanding the Rise in Mass Affluence

Epilogue
The Ultimate Bubble: Human Population Is Peaking After Thousands of Years of Exponential Growth

Index

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