The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From
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Most savvy investors know that they should pay attention to economic indicators if they want to make the best possible investment decisions. However, while they're looking at conventional indicators like unemployment rate and housing starts, smart investors are looking a range of other indicators that are helping them beat the market. Simon Constable and Robert Wright provide an entertaining guide to the indicators that you aren't following-but should be. From the VIX index (which tracks level anxiety among investors) to the Vixen index (which tracks the number of attractive waitresses in your hometown), these sometimes curious, but always interesting, indicators can help you understand how get an unfair edge over other investors by having a better sense of where the economy is-and where it's going. The guide includes an analysis of 50 economic indicators as well as what to watch for, what to do when movement happens, the risk level involved in taking action, and the profit possibility-presented in prose designed to entertain and train the brain, titillate and stimulate the senses, and outrage and engage the emotions. Just a few of these indicators are: The Big Mac spread: An indicator that explores what different currencies, like the Japanese Yen or the British pound, would be worth if a Big Mac burger cost the same in every country. The Crack spread: Neither about drugs nor about construction workers, this tracks refinery profitabilty. The Baltic Dry index: This indicator tracks the cost of moving freight along 20 key shipping lanes around the globe-something that, ironically, involves a lot of water travel. This guide appears just in time to give cautious investors the confidence to re-enter the markets as the world economy emerges from the shadows of the financial crisis. It will help investors to foresee the next downturn before it hits and give guidance to the self-help investor who no longer trusts stockbrokers-and appeal to the trivia seeker, beginning students of economics, and veteran investors alike.
Author: Simon Constable
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 135mm x 203mm, 263 g
Published: 2011, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States
Genre: Finance & Accounting
Description
Most savvy investors know that they should pay attention to economic indicators if they want to make the best possible investment decisions. However, while they're looking at conventional indicators like unemployment rate and housing starts, smart investors are looking a range of other indicators that are helping them beat the market. Simon Constable and Robert Wright provide an entertaining guide to the indicators that you aren't following-but should be. From the VIX index (which tracks level anxiety among investors) to the Vixen index (which tracks the number of attractive waitresses in your hometown), these sometimes curious, but always interesting, indicators can help you understand how get an unfair edge over other investors by having a better sense of where the economy is-and where it's going. The guide includes an analysis of 50 economic indicators as well as what to watch for, what to do when movement happens, the risk level involved in taking action, and the profit possibility-presented in prose designed to entertain and train the brain, titillate and stimulate the senses, and outrage and engage the emotions. Just a few of these indicators are: The Big Mac spread: An indicator that explores what different currencies, like the Japanese Yen or the British pound, would be worth if a Big Mac burger cost the same in every country. The Crack spread: Neither about drugs nor about construction workers, this tracks refinery profitabilty. The Baltic Dry index: This indicator tracks the cost of moving freight along 20 key shipping lanes around the globe-something that, ironically, involves a lot of water travel. This guide appears just in time to give cautious investors the confidence to re-enter the markets as the world economy emerges from the shadows of the financial crisis. It will help investors to foresee the next downturn before it hits and give guidance to the self-help investor who no longer trusts stockbrokers-and appeal to the trivia seeker, beginning students of economics, and veteran investors alike.
The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From