Esoteric Investor, The: Alternative Investments for Global Macro Investors

This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

The Esoteric Investor reveals huge new investment opportunities hidden in the coming age wave, pension crisis, and today's massive demographic, economic, and regulatory shifts. Pioneering investor Vishaal B. Bhuyan shows how to profit from reverse equity transactions, commodities you've never considered, and longevity risk markets—the $24 trillion market you've never heard of!

Introduction     1

 

Part I: Investing in Demographics

Chapter 1        Building the Demographic Framework     7

Chapter 2        Longevity and Mortality Risk Markets     27

Chapter 3        Reverse Equity Transactions     55

 

Part II: The Tuna Trade

Chapter 4        The Bluefin Tuna     85

Chapter 5        Tsukiji Fish Market     133

Chapter 6        Fishing for Maguro     167

 

Part III: Blue Gold

Chapter 7        Water: Who Has It, and Who Doesn’t     181

Chapter 8        Mimicking the Water Cycle: Making Water Potable     193

Chapter 9        The Politics and Geopolitics of Water     209

Chapter 10      Investment Implications and Opportunities     225

Bibliography     241

Index     283