The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market (Wall Street Journal Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062001388 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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With more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is a must-have guide for investors. Wright offer valuable tips and insight to help investors forecast and exploit sea changes in the global macroeconomic climate. Unlike other investment handbooks, Constable and Wright's guide explores the not widely known economic indicators that the smartest investors watch closely in order to beat the stock market--from "Big Macs" to "Zombie Banks." Not only valuable and informative, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is also wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining, making it the most fun to read investors' guide on the market. . WSJ columnist Simon Constable and respected fi
If you're in the phase of your life and your career as an investor where you'd like to better understand the economic news I'd strongly recommend you pick up, peruse and frequently revisit this book. --From the front cover"I can't believe Simon and Robert have revealed the secret tricks that I've been using for years to make money on the markets. All of the hedge funds will go out of business!" -- James Altucher. --From the back cover"The authors have accomplished a rare feat--they've written a book on economics that's readable, and actually enjoyable," Chris Nichols, of Yahoo! Finance writing
Witty tour of key (and not so key) economic indicators Hal Jordan You know you are dealing with a book that's overstating its value just a tad when you see this in the introduction: " we'll show you how the indicators we've chosen can help you see the turns in the economy before they happen. With that prescience you can make changes to your investments ahead of time and avoid the suffering you probably felt during the past couple of years." Now anyone who could actually predict the "turns in the economy" using these indicators -- or any others -- would be recli. Want an easily read, clearly written Ronald E. Parsons Want an easily read, clearly written, little book (5' X 8" -- 281 pgs) to give you the brief lowdown on 50 economic indicators? If so this is the book for you. As a 50-year-plus daily reader of the WSJ I decided to see what some of the up-to-date books say about Market indicators. I bought three of them including the one being reviewed here. At my age (old), I did not want a college education on the subject. I wanted something concise. Of the three chosen this book by Constable and Wright was the. Chris G. Murphy said Good reference on key indicators to pay attention too as a intermediate to long term investor. Authors give a good introduction to various measures to pay attention to in each are of the GDP calculation. This is a good guide for the novice to intermediate investor that wants to learn more about what to look for and how to possibly use this information in your investment decisions. Should start you on the path to the "art" of forecasting and hopefully prevent being on the wrong side of the business cycle.