Bloomberg Press

Breakthroughs in technical analysis; new thinking from the world's top minds.

Investors tend to fall into two categories: those who are satisfied with fundamental techniques, and those who seek new and different ways to find opportunities and assess them. Practitioner and trainer Keller has assembled a good-sized group of the latter, and they in turn share what they know about aspects of technical analysis in investing. They cover a range of methods and theories, including Drummond geometry for inter-bank trading, the TD Combo methods for spotting significant but obscure trends, interpreting candlestick charts, tracing the dynamics or price and time, working with Gann, understanding options-based technical indicators for stock trading, resuscitating point and figure analysis, applying market profiles to global trends, and taking a "Ten Commandment" approach. The essays are accessible and well-illustrated. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Hedge hunters; hedge fund masters on the rewards, the risk, and the reckoning.

Burton profiles 23 successful hedge fund advisors, both veterans and newcomers, including Michael Steinhardt, Julian Robertson, Lee Ainslie, Dwight Anderson, Jim Chanos, and Richard Perry. She describes their training, work, and lessons they've learned, as well as qualities they think create success. No bibliography is provided. Burton is a reporter at Bloomberg News, covering hedge funds and investment management. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The trader's guide to key economic indicators, rev. ed.

Yamarone aims to connect the theories presented in economic textbooks with the everyday world of Wall Street to demonstrate how to understand the economy for traders and investors, and therefore how to make decisions about investing. He focuses on key economic indicators most relevant to Wall Street, and others from fixed-income and commodity markets, which have been added for this edition. These indicators are constructed by government and private organizations, such as the US Census Bureau and the Institute for Supply Management. Each chapter describes an indicator: the Gross Domestic Product and indexes of leading, lagging, and coincident indicators, consumer prices, manufacturing, housing, retail sales, and others. Major attributes of the indicator, its effects on the markets, its origins and development, how data is obtained, analyzed, and presented, and its use in investment are discussed. Yamarone, an economist, is a director of economic research who has extensive experience analyzing and researching domestic and international economic trends and consulting monetary and fiscal policymakers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)