Doug Casey

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Doug Casey
BornDouglas Robert Casey
(1946-05-05) May 5, 1946 (age 78)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Alma mater Georgetown University
RelativesEugene B. Casey (father)

Douglas Robert Casey [1] (born May 5, 1946 [1] in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, speculator, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research. [2] He describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist [3] influenced by the works of writer and philosopher Ayn Rand.

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Early life and education

Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968. [3] [4] He was raised Roman Catholic, but later became an atheist. [5] [6]

He is the son of Eugene B. Casey, a multimillionaire real estate developer. [7]

Career

Casey's 1979 book Crisis Investing was number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 1980 for 29 consecutive weeks. It was the best-selling financial book of 1980 with 438,640 copies sold. [8] [9]

Casey has a wine and residential sporting estate project called Estancia de Cafayate in Salta Province, Argentina. [3]

Casey has recommended investing in gold. [2] [7]

Casey Research

Casey Research publishes a financial newsletter from an Austrian School anarcho-capitalist perspective which advises on the purchase of microcap stocks, precious metals, and other investments. [4]

Views and approach

Casey describes himself as a contrarian. He applies this view to investment, economic interpretations, and government.

He has said, "You've got to be a speculator today. It's no longer possible to work hard and save your money and get ahead in life." [7]

Casey has been critical of an interventionist foreign policy. [10] [11]

Books

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