Doug Casey
Douglas R. Casey is a venture capitalist,[1] an American investment advisor and writer.[2] He is the founder and chairman of Casey Research.[3] He is a libertarian and an anarcho-capitalist.[4] He is known for advising how to profit from periods of economic turmoil.[5]
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Education
Casey is a graduate of Georgetown University where he was a classmate of Bill Clinton.[4][6] He was raised Roman Catholic.[7]
Projects
Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina.[4]
Career as author
Casey's 1979 book Crisis Investing was a national bestseller. It was at number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 1980 for multiple weeks. It was the best-selling financial book of 1980 with 438,640 copies sold.[8][9]
Casey contributes his opinions to websites including WorldNetDaily, LewRockwell.com and the Daily Bell. He has also been published in libertarian magazine Liberty magazine.[citation needed]
Casey Research
Casey Research provides a libertarian newsletter which advises on the purchase microcap stocks, precious metals, and other investments.[6]
Books
- The International Man (1976). Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-932496-09-6
- Crisis Investing : Opportunities and profits in the coming great depression. (1979). Hardcover: ISBN 0-936906-00-6. Paperback: ISBN 0-671-42678-8.
- Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s (1993). Paperback: ISBN 0-8065-1612-7.
- Totally Incorrect: Conversations with Doug Casey (2012). Paperback: ISBN 0-988-28513-4.
- Right on the Money (2013). Paperback: ISBN 978-1-118-85622-2. John Wiley & Sons[10]
Opinions
In 2007 the Financial Times noted that Casey pointed out the credit crunch saw close correlation between gold and equity prices. He said this was because hedge funds sold both gold and equities for liquidity.[11]
Casey has been noted for recommending gold as an investment. At FreedomFest 2014 he told Daniela Cambone that he predicted retail price inflation, and saying that he did not think that the price of gold was being suppressed.[12]
Criticism
In 2012 Salon magazine questioned Casey's stance that the The Constitution caused the US Civil War.[13]
References
- ↑ "Book Discussion on 'Right on the Money'" Presenters: Peter Sien, host and Doug Casey. BookTV. FreedomFest. Las Vegas, NV. 2015-07-09. 0:14 minutes in Retrieved 2016-01-01. C-Span website
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