Boombustology by Vikram Mansharamani

Boombustology by Vikram Mansharamani

PRAISE FOR BOMBUSTOLOGY

Today's markets are increasingly driven by geopolitics; trade, demographics, and natural resources. Context is everything. Boombustology provides an excellent framework for understanding the bigger picture. --PAUL SMITH, President and Chief Executive Officer, CFA Institute

The financial meltdown that triggered the Great Recession has spawned dozens of books analyzing the violent mood swings of financial markets. What's different about Vikram Mansharamani's Boombustology is that it offers investors fresh insights and practical tools they can use to navigate through choppy markets. Readers will better understand the context of their decisions, and may even find they can harness the power of volatility itself to their advantage. --ROBERT L. REYNOLDS, President and Chief Executive Officer, Putnam Investments

For decades, the world has oscillated between boom and bust as the siren songs of successive bubbles have grown louder, enticing more investors towards the rocks. By drawing on a series of lessons learned from several great manias, Vikram Mansharamani does a masterful job of giving us a framework to identify these bubbles and, importantly, steer a safe passage through increasingly dangerous waters. --GRANT WILIAMS, Co-Founder, Real Vision Group

The Second Edition of Boombustology is that timeless and discerning primer on assets in all their forms from Bitcoin to gold to real estate and paper currency and how they converge on the economic bubbles of our time.'' --MATHEW WINKLER, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News

As we move further from the last crisis, a whole generation of new investors has very little perspective on market cycles. Boombustology uses economics, market structure, and unique cultural behaviors to provide vivid explanations of classic bubbles that have occurred around the world and through the ages. The historical context Mansharamani provides is extremely valuable, particularly for investors struggling through this QE-infused, low interest rate environment. I hope the brilliant young people I meet in the investment business take the time to read this book. It has the potential to save them much pain (and money). --RICK SLOCUM, Chief Investment Officer, Harvard Management Company