Dr. Stephen Leeb
Stephen Leeb, Ph.D.
Chairman, Leeb Group
Investment Committee Chairman
Dr. Leeb is an authority on the stock market, energy trends and personal
finance. As Leeb Capital Management, Inc.'s Investment Committee
Chairman, Dr. Leeb combines his knowledge of macro-economic trends
and current market conditions with detailed information about specific
companies he follows in order to guide the Committee's investment
decisions. These decisions are then implemented within the portfolios
under the Firm's Management.
Dr. Leeb is the author of seven books on investment and financial trends. His
latest book: Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy
(Business Plus, 2009), offers a wealth of prudent and profitable strategies for
surviving what he predicts will be an extended downturn and a sobering look at
the options available to solving the crisis.
The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs
$200 a Barrel (Warner Books, 2006), co-written with Glen Strathy, was a
national bestseller. It outlined the biggest challenges facing the American
economy, and the steps individuals and government can take to forestall them.
His previous best-selling book The Oil Factor: Protect Yourself – and
Profit– from the Coming Energy Crisis (Warner Books, 2004) accurately
predicted the surge in oil prices and was rated among the top investment books
of the year by Stock Trader’s Almanac 2005. Defying the Market: Profiting
in the Turbulent Post-Technology Market Boom (McGraw-Hill, 1999)
predicted the collapse of technology stocks and the growing importance of oil,
real estate, and other hard assets in portfolio strategy. The book was selected
by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 1999. Dr. Leeb
co-authored both books with his wife, Donna Leeb.
Timer Digest has rated Dr. Leeb among the top market timers for both stocks
and bonds several times over the past decade, and Dr. Leeb’s The Complete
Investor newsletter has earned an award for Editorial Excellence for 2004 and
2005 by the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association. Prior to founding
The Complete Investor, Dr. Leeb was the longtime editor of the widely
acclaimed Personal Finance financial newsletter, in which his investment
advice at one point reached over 120,000 subscribers twice per month.
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 still stands. He is frequently quoted in
the financial media, including Investors Business Daily, USA Today,
Business Week, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. In
addition, Dr. Leeb is a recurring guest on Fox News and Bloomberg, and he
has appeared on Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Week, Business Insiders,
and CNBC.