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 Exceptional Trading: The Mind Game (211 pages, $39.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0934380546), by Ruth Barrons Roosevelt, offered by Traders Press, Inc. Winning eludes some 80% to 90% of people who trade. Each year, millions of dollars are spent creating, buying, and selling trading systems. Hopeful traders seek the Holy Grail, only to find that their latest acquisition doesn't work, or that they can't work it. Information flow is instant and vast. Computers calculate and grind out data 24 hours a day around the globe. And still traders lose. The good news is that some traders do win. This book examines the clues and shows traders seeking to win how to finetune their own minds the way winning traders do.
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Guide To Mutual Funds 2000 (463 pages, $20.00 paperback, 1999, ISBN 0735201307), by Kirk Kazanjian, published by New York Institute of Finance. According to statistics, one in three Americans now owns shares in at least one mutual fund. How do you pick just one, with more than 9,000 to choose from? This book shows readers in clear-cut language how to sift through the thousands of choices to find the perfect fund. A combination of bible and encyclopedia for mutual fund investors, this annual investment tool is completely updated to reflect the realities of the year 2000. It provides performance data, mutual fund Websites, and detailed profiles of 100 powerhouse performers. Investors can gain a firm understanding of how mutual funds work, their advantages and drawbacks, how to buy them, and the funds that best meet their personal needs and objectives.
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Meltdown: Asia's Boom, Bust, And Beyond (328 pages, $28.00, hardcover, 2000, ISBN 0735201412), by Mark L. Clifford and Pete Engardio, published by Fraser Publishing Company. The ruins of Asia's catastrophic 1997 economic collapse still lie scattered across the far eastern landscape. Empty shopping centers in Jakarta; skyscrapers full of unoccupied office space in Pudong, China; the abandoned elevated rapid-transit system in Bangkok; the rusting iron frameworks of unfinished construction from Korea to Java. What happened? How could a region that had experienced unheard-of economic growth collapse financially overnight? In this book, two experienced observers of Asia's rise and fall tell a riveting story of financial arrogance and greed.
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The Handbook Of Equity Derivatives (696 pages, $95.00 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0471326038), by Jack Clark Francis, William W. Toy, and Gregg Whittaker, published by John Wiley & Sons. Never before has there been so much interest in equity derivatives -- or so much innovation in structuring these products. As new forms of instruments proliferate, their complexity has grown as well. Even equity derivatives professionals are unlikely to know all the details about every existing structure. With equity derivatives making up one of the most important components of the capital markets, it's more crucial than ever for every financial professional, specialist, and nonspecialist alike to understand how derivative instruments behave, how they're structured, and how to use them profitably. This book provides a clear introduction to equity derivatives. 1 Wiley Drive |
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The Mind Of The Market: Spiritual Lessons For The Active Investor (149 pages, $30.00, hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0870341332), by F.J. Chu, published by John Wiley & Sons. In this book, the author refers to the recurrence of "social amnesia" throughout our financial history; that is, the willful repression of things we already knew but forget because they are extremely disturbing. But curiously, the overwhelming quantity and availability of information about our financial markets also trigger a form of social amnesia in reverse: we assume we already know about things of which we have barely a clue. This mental confusion helps to sustain our burgeoning financial services industry. In questioning the complacency and platitudes brought on by a deliriously long bull run, this book seeks no less than to construct a philosophy of mind as applied to the financial mind and action of the markets.
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Stock Index Futures Options: The Ins & Outs Of Trading Any Index, Anywhere (254 pages, $39.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0471295396), by Susan Abbott Gidel, published by John Wiley & Sons. Like so many other areas of the market, stock indices have traditionally been out of reach for the individual investor and small trader. But thanks to the recent creation of E-mini S&P 500 and Dow futures and options contracts, private investors and professional traders can now join the major players actively trading the most popular broad markets. The author provides a comprehensive overview of everything traders and investors need to know about the different types of stock indices and how they are traded. She explains how the index you are trading is designed, calculated, and targeted for a particular type of investor.
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The Predictors: How A Band Of Maverick Physicists Used Chaos Theory To Trade Their Way To A Fortune On Wall Street (309 pages, $25.00 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0805057560), by Thomas A. Bass, published by Henry Holt and Company. The idea of using chaos theory as a predictive tool had long intrigued scientists Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard. They asked themselves, What nearby phenomena look random but actually contain hidden structure? This book is an often hilarious chronicle of how two scientists attempted to decode and model the complex patterns underlying the apparently random movements of the commodity, currency, and equity markets. It's an adventure in the world of money, an odyssey into a universe defined by the mystical convergence of physics and finance. Henry Holt and Company, Inc.BACK TO LIST |
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Strategies For The Online Day Trader: Advanced Trading Techniques For Online Profits (209 pages, $49.95 hardcover, 1999, ISBN 0071351531), by Fernando Gonzalez and William Rhee, published by McGraw-Hill. Electronic day trading is a fast-growing and exciting enterprise. But if you think electronic trading is a game, you won't survive. This book is written for the current trader who is serious about raising his or her level of expertise and becoming an electronic day trader. This realistic look at the world of electronic day trading familiarizes you with the psychology and philosophy behind day trading. McGraw-HillBACK TO LIST |
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