Stephen Leeb

Stephen Leeb, Ph.D. is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Complete Investor and Real World Investing.

Dr. Leeb’s books have been notable for predicting the secular bull market that started in the 1980s (Getting in on the Ground Floor, Putnam, 1986); the tech stock crash and rise of real assets, including oil and gold (Defying the Market: Profiting in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom, McGraw-Hill, 1999); and the surge in oil prices (The Oil Factor: Protect Yourself and Profit from the Coming Energy Crisis, Warner Books, 2004). His national bestseller, The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel (Warner Books, 2006), co-authored with Glen Strathy, outlined the biggest challenges facing the US economy, and accurately predicted the 2008 sub prime mortgage crisis as well as the vicious subsequent economic cycle requiring massive infusions of government stimulus, near zero interest rates and much higher federal debt levels. Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy (Business Plus, 2009) predicted a permanent peak in global commodity production. Dr. Leeb’s eighth and latest book, Red Alert (Hachette, 2011), outlined China’s growing prosperity and the ways in which its demands on increasingly scarce resources threaten the American way of life.

Among his many speaking engagements, he has been the keynote speaker at both a JPMorgan Chase energy conference and a Royal Bank of Canada commodities conference.

Dr. Leeb received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He then earned his master’s degree in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois in just three years, an academic record that stands to date. He is frequently quoted in the financial media, including Investors Business Daily, USA Today, Business Week, The New York Times, NPR and The Wall Street Journal. In addition, Dr. Leeb is a regular guest on Fox News, Bloomberg, CNN and Neil Cavuto.

Analyst Articles

This past year has seen unusual, to put it mildly, divergences when it comes to gold. While a broad-based index of raw commodities is up 32%, gold is down 7%. That’s unprecedented by a country mile – normally when commodities are uptrended, gold leads the way. Gold stocks, meanwhile are… Read More

The old adage that it’s a market of stocks, not a stock market, has never been more applicable. We expect a lot of volatility ahead, but within the turbulence there also will be enormous opportunities. Commodities and real assets will likely outperform stocks and bonds, though no asset will be… Read More

Despite the worldwide consensus on the need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, oil remains critical to achieve such a shift, as the current uptrend in oil prices makes plain. Only about 19 months ago, oil traded below $40, forcing sellers to pony up $40 for every barrel… Read More

The table below lists six companies selected for their ability to help make helium 3 fusion a game-changing provider of essentially limitless, clean energy. Four have roles in space, while the other two are major investors in a private company that leads in developing fusion technology. The private company is… Read More

Is space, to borrow a phrase from Star Trek, the final frontier? For us earthlings, space may be Earth’s savior, solving our need for truly renewable energy by letting us mine critical resources on the moon and eventually, perhaps, on other celestial bodies. And if that sounds farfetched, it may… Read More