None of these books will help for the major issues or challenges confronting investors in 2012. Any one of the half-dozen plus major issues would or could in any other normal year result in a major financial crisis and/or recession.<p>The books that could help would include tips such as significant diversification of risk, having more in short-term cashable assets (excluding Euro debt), cash in more than one currency (and probably not much in euros), reducing debt & credit card levels, bank balances in more than one bank & preferably more than one country too and be ready to sell equity, or even buy or re-buy, on any given market day.<p>This is just a short list, more could be added to it, but many of these tips are what most investors likely need if they want to survive 2012 with an investment gain.