Books For Traders

January 2000



 
The 100 Best Stocks To Own In America: Sixth Edition (419 pages, $22.95 paperback, 1999, ISBN 0793131693), by Gene Walden, published by Dearborn, A Kaplan Professional Company. For more than a decade, investors have turned to the previous editions of this book as a trusted source for selecting stocks with outstanding long-term growth. The top 10 picks of the last edition all boasted double-digit returns -- their average return over a two-year period was more than 97%! Completely updated, the sixth edition of this classic includes 22 new stocks and covers scores of inside stories and insights that bring these best buys of the market into even sharper focus. Only the top companies make the cut. Starting from 2,000 stocks, the stocks that make the 100 best have proven their worth to investors. 
    Dearborn

    US orders: 800 829-7934 
    international orders: Dallas French 312 836-4400 
    fax 312 836-1021 
    https://www.dearborn.com

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An S-Shaped Trail To Wall Street: Survival of the Fittest Reigns at the Stock Market (201 pages, $49, paperback, 1999, ISBN 29700021609) by Theodore Modis, Ph.D., published by Growth Dynamics. This book presents a new way of thinking about the stock market. You can understand the forces behind the stock exchange by treating stocks as species competing for investors' money, in the same way that rabbits compete for grass on a range. Survival of the fittest is more fundamental than speculation. Stocks compete for investors' dollars as species compete for food in nature. Price does not constitute a competitive variable because it does not correspond to some kind of "food" the way dollars and shares do. Dollars can be spent once. Shares can be bought by only one person at a time. There is nothing that prevents every stock from having the same price. 
    Growth Dynamics

    Rue Beau Site 2 
    Geneva 1203 
    Switzerland 
    phone 41 22 345 5624 
    fax 41 22 345 4354 
    https://www.growth-dynamics.com 

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The Dynamic Option Selection System: Analyzing Markets And Managing Risk (269 pages, $59.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 047132051X), by Howard L. Simmons, published by John Wiley & Sons. Options are among today's most versatile and potentially rewarding investment vehicles. They can also be difficult to master. In this comprehensive guide to options, the author gets you up and running with the knowledge and skills you need to exploit options' full potential as profit-making or hedging instruments. This book is a primer for canny individual investors getting started in options, and a cornucopia of valuable insights and ideas for experienced traders. 
    Wiley Book Order Department

    800 225-5945 
    732 469-4400 x2497 
    https://www.wiley.com

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Hit And Run Lessons: Mastering The Trading Strategies (147 pages, $75 paperback, 1999, ISBN 189375605X), by Jeff Cooper, published by M. Gordon Publishing Group. This trading manual lets you spend a few weeks looking over the shoulder of a professional trader during trading hours. The manual gives you the blow-by-blow analysis that goes into each of Cooper's trades. Using annotated lessons, it guides you through individual trades made from his strategies, and gives traders access to his thoughts as he prioritizes among dozens of market conditions to choose the stocks that are most likely to follow through the next day. 
 
    M.Gordon Publishing Group

    213 955-5777 
    fax 213 955-4242 
    https://www.mgordonpub.com

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Index Your Way To Investment Success: Build Your Portfolio With Professional Techniques (269 pages, $16 paperback, 1999, ISBN 0735201358), by Walter R. Good and Roy W. Hermansen, with a forward by John C. Bogle, published by New York Institute of Finance. Shouldn't you know who's managing your money? Can you call the manager directly? Sometimes, a passive approach is a better approach -- especially in today's bull market. Record amounts of investors' dollars are continually flowing into index funds, and returns have been none too shabby! First used by institutional investors, index funds have gained extreme popularity among individual investors as an easy-to-manage investment strategy. This book explains why index funds typically outperform actively managed mutual funds, and how individual investors can develop a well-constructed portfolio of index mutual funds and gauge their performance. 
    New York Institute of Finance

    an imprint of Prentice Hall Press/Simon & Schuster Order Department
    200 Old Tappan Road 
    Old Tappan, NJ 07675 
    fax 800 445-6991 24 hours a day 
    https://www.phdirect.com

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Intelligent Futures Trading (178 pages, $55 hardcover, 1997, ISBN 0930233638), by Chick Goslin, published by Windsor Books. Trading, especially futures trading, produces as few "champions" as any profession. Studies have shown that well over 85 percent of all traders end up losing. Yet, incredibly, every day tens of thousands of otherwise intelligent individuals attempt to compete in this extremely challenging profession of futures trading armed with little more than hunches. This book spells out the momentum-driven trading techniques that form the cornerstone of the author's personal market approach. His momentum method anticipates the direction and duration of imminent new "breaking" price moves by analyzing how quickly, or how slowly, price is changing in the market. 
    Windsor Books

    800 321-5934 (US & Canada) or 516 321-7830 
    fax 516 321-1435 
    https://www.windsorpublishing.com. 

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Stock Trading Wizard: Advanced Short-Term Trading Strategies For Swing And Day Trading (179 pages, $96 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0967386209), by Tony Oz, published by Tony Oz Publications. This book discloses the author's short-term trading strategies in a simple yet comprehensive manner. The book covers the essential elements for short-term trading. It was designed by the author for everyone who is serious about trading stocks for a living. Among other things, the book covers technical analysis, Level II quotes, advanced order execution systems, market psychology, psychology of trading, secrets to successful trading, money management, stock screening formulas, and much more. The author did not stint on paper and included numerous charts and tables in his attempt to paint a clear stock trading system. 
Tony Oz Publications

tonyoz@stockjunkie.com 
https://www.stockjunkie.com

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