About the Author

You’ve probably seen Bert Dohmen on Louis Rukeyer’s Wall Street Week, CNN’s Moneyline, CNBC, or Neil Cavuto’s show on FOX News, or read his views in Barron’s, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Business Week, etc. Over the past 30 years, he has been a favorite speaker at the largest investment conferences.

Bert Dohmen is not a "perma-bear,"i.e. someone who is always negative on the markets, predicting the end of the world. In fact, most of the time he is an optimist, especially when gloom and doom hangs over Wall Street.

Therefore, it is even more relevant that he now sees the most significant problems of his entire career in the global financial system. Bert has never been a broker, does not manage money, and has no conflicts of interest. He can call it the way he sees it, not having to worry about being “politically correct” in his market views and forecasts.

What prompted him to write this book was the urgency of the situation. Even in August 2007 the attitude amongst policy makers, Wall Street analysts, and economists was one of complacency and denial of reality.

However, Bert pointed out that all the arguments of the bulls regarding good economic growth, corporate profits, low inflation, and reasonable stock valuations, are unimportant during a credit crunch: the only thing that matters is an unprecedented liquidity implosion in the aftermath of the greatest credit bubble the world has ever seen. 

Bert’s warnings over the past year have been that the “ocean of liquidity” theory everyone was talking about was really an illusion. It was actually a credit bubble, something which can disappear overnight, and then cause an avalanche of bankruptcies. The inability of the people in Washington to recognize this danger makes the danger of a meltdown even greater.

Reading this book may save you, or make you, a fortune. It’s the most important read of the year.

Bert Dohmen founded the Dohmen Capital Research Group in 1977. The firm’s investment advisory services have received awards of excellence, as well as #1 ratings. Dohmen Capital’s only business is to analyze the major global investment markets for the best opportunities, and then issue forecasts to its clients. There is no conflict of interest, no axe to grind, and no compulsion to just be bullish. Over the past 30 years, the forecasts have often called important market tops and bottoms within one or two days.

Bert Dohmen has forecasted every bear market and shown his clients how to profit. He uses sophisticated technical analysis for his timing. This discipline measures the change in the supply/demand equation for an investment or an index over different time periods. Logically, only a change in supply/demand can change the price of a stock or the trend of the market.

The firm’s services include Bert Dohmen’s WELLINGTON LETTER, now in its 31st year, SMARTE TRADER for short term stock traders, and several other subscription services.