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Secrets of economic indicators: hidden clues to future economic trends and investment opportunities Baumohl, Bernard

By: Publication details: New Jersey Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd. 2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 401 pISBN:
  • 9780132447294
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.0112
Summary: Every day, stocks, bonds, and currencies bounce wildly in response to new economic indicators. Money managers obsess over those statistics, because they provide crucial clues about the future of the economy and the financial markets. Now you can use these indicators to make smarter investment decisions, just like the professionals do. You don't need an economics degree, or a CPA... just this easy-to-use book. Former TIME Magazine senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl has done the impossible: he's made economic indicators fascinating. Using real-world examples and stories, Baumohl illuminates every U.S. and foreign indicator that matters. Where to find them. What they look like. What the insiders know about their track records. And exactly how to interpret them. Whether you're an investor, broker, portfolio manager, researcher, journalist, or student, you'll find this book indispensable. Nobody can predict the future with certainty. But The Secrets of Economic Indicators will get you as close as humanly possible. 1. What the numbers really mean... ...to stocks, bonds, rates, currencies, and you 2. Ahead of the curve: spotting turning points 3. Calling recessions and recoveries in time to profit from them 4. Leading indicators: where's the economy really heading 5. Decoding initial unemployment claims, housing starts, the yield curve, and other predictors 6. Beyond the borders 7. Why foreign indicators are increasingly important-and how to use them 8. Making sense of indicators in conflict 9. What to do when the numbers disagree 10. Finding the data 11. Free web resources for the latest economic data Investments Source: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/
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Every day, stocks, bonds, and currencies bounce wildly in response to new economic indicators. Money managers obsess over those statistics, because they provide crucial clues about the future of the economy and the financial markets. Now you can use these indicators to make smarter investment decisions, just like the professionals do. You don't need an economics degree, or a CPA... just this easy-to-use book. Former TIME Magazine senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl has done the impossible: he's made economic indicators fascinating. Using real-world examples and stories, Baumohl illuminates every U.S. and foreign indicator that matters. Where to find them. What they look like. What the insiders know about their track records. And exactly how to interpret them. Whether you're an investor, broker, portfolio manager, researcher, journalist, or student, you'll find this book indispensable. Nobody can predict the future with certainty. But The Secrets of Economic Indicators will get you as close as humanly possible. 1. What the numbers really mean... ...to stocks, bonds, rates, currencies, and you 2. Ahead of the curve: spotting turning points 3. Calling recessions and recoveries in time to profit from them 4. Leading indicators: where's the economy really heading 5. Decoding initial unemployment claims, housing starts, the yield curve, and other predictors 6. Beyond the borders 7. Why foreign indicators are increasingly important-and how to use them 8. Making sense of indicators in conflict 9. What to do when the numbers disagree 10. Finding the data 11. Free web resources for the latest economic data Investments Source: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/

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