Financial Recovery in a Fragile World - How to Survive and Thrive in Uncertain Times (Paperback)

"Do you need to understand the financial recovery and your stake in it? Need a whole new financial strategy for the post-crisis future? Want to fortify your portfolio and all other areas of your financial life against the next downturn? Need to hold your financial advisors to task? You can have all of that and more with this comprehensive guide to the new world economy and the individual's place in it, written by three of Canada's leading authorities in tax efficient wealth management. Recent economic stability in Canada has been impressive but is it here to stay? Join the authors in exploring the link between the global economy and your family's portfolio. Consider how much we can really expect from China. Are some China analyses fraught with uber-expectations? Are political risks in the Middle East threatening economic stability? What are the Black Swan Factors and the likely impact of India. The authors also check into the Eurozone crisis, so powerful that it has called the future of the Euro into question. Closer to home, they look at the good news-bad news relationship with the United States and answer the question ?Is the worst yet to come What are the action plans you and your advisors need to build given all of this change in a fragile world. Consider the challenges for: Individuals: It's going to take a Village: Recovery is about Behavioural Change: Learn how to drop the baggage of old expectations, embrace new reality, work towards smooth sailing. Families: How get out of debt, spot opportunities, maintain dignity for the vulnerable; Investors: How to preserve, protect and grow wealth after the financial tsunami; Governments: How to deal with debt too large for generations to pay off, and which is expanding faster than the growth rate in GNP; "