May 2001


New Thinking In Technical Analysis: Trading Models From The Masters (287 pages, $55 hardcover, 2000, ISBN 1576600491), edited by Rick Bensignor, published by Bloomberg Press. Though Bensignor pulled this book together, the writers were a dozen top financial authorities who reveal their techniques and strategies for successful trading. This book offers tools to improve investment performance, each from a unique and time-tested perspective. It is a straightforward, user-friendly, application-rich presentation of market dynamics forecasting, enhanced with more than 170 charts and illustrations. 
    Bloomberg Press
    100 Business Park Drive
    Princeton, NJ 08542-0888
    800 388-2749 ext. 4670
    fax 917 369-8175
    Press@bloomberg.com
    www.bloomberg.com/books
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7 Chart Patterns That Consistently Make Money (70 pages, $19.95 softcover, 2000, ISBN 1883272610), by Ed Downs, published by Marketplace Books. It's a fact: The most successful traders use technical analysis and chart patterns almost exclusively. Why? Because chart patterns work. They consistently -- and accurately --  help determine when to get in and out of the market for maximum profit-taking and loss avoidance. But which patterns should you use? Which are the most effective? Ed Downs is the founder of OmniTrader and editor of SignalWatch. In this book, he reveals his seven best choices. He cuts to the chase to get the list of charts down to those you need to know. 
    Marketplace Books
    contact: The Traders' Library
    PO Box 2466
    Ellicott City, MD 21041
    410 964-0026
    fax 410 964-0027, or 800 272-0003
    www.traderslibrary.com
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The Big Tech Score: A Top Wall Street Analyst Reveals Ten Secrets To Investing Success (234 pages, $27.95 hardcover, 2001, ISBN 0471395927), by Mike Kwatinetz and Danielle Kwatinetz Wood, published by John Wiley & Sons. On today's Wall Street, stocks are more volatile than ever, and high-tech investments -- despite their popularity and potential meteoric success -- are considered particularly risky. However, with the proper know-how, it is possible to master the rewarding but serious business of high-tech investing. This book also offers an insider's look at some of the most well-known companies of the past decade.
    Wiley Book Order Department
    1 Wiley Drive 
    Somerset, NJ 08875 
    800 225-5945 
    732 469-4400 x2497 
    www.wiley.com
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The Research Driven Investor: How To Use Information, Data And Analysis For Investment Success (305 pages, $27.95 hardcover, 2001, ISBN 007135462X), by Timothy Hayes, published by McGraw-Hill. During the last five years of the 20th century, US stock market investors found it virtually impossible not to earn double-digit returns. Market veterans know that investors will need knowledge, technical ability, and strategic discipline to sustain these returns. This return to reality will require investors to know what they are doing. This book explains how to develop a steady, accurate, market outlook; reveals the issues essential to developing an effective winning strategy; then introduces you to a proven, wide-ranging array of investment tools for turning that strategy into trading returns. 
 
    McGraw-Hill
    11 West 19th St.
    New York, NY 10011
    614 755-4151
    fax 212 337-4092
    www.mcgraw-hill.com
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Stock Market Wizards: Interviews With America's Top Stock Traders (338 pages, $28 hardcover, 2001, ISBN 0066620589), by Jack D. Schwager, published by HarperBusiness. Focusing exclusively on successful players in the stock market, Schwager delivers informative profiles and trading strategies from 15 traders and investors who have ridden the most dynamic bull market in US history to stunning success. What separates them from ordinary investors, and even the vast majority of professional fund managers? And what lessons can the average trader or investor learn from these exceptional traders? Schwager gets the answers from phenomenally successful traders. The final chapter distills the essential advice and insight from all the interviews into a list of 65 market lessons. 
    HarperBusiness
    A division of HarperCollins Publisher
    10 East 53rd St.
    New York, NY 10022
    800 331-3761
    www.harpercollins.com
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TheStreet.com Guide To Smart Investing In The Internet Era: Everything You Need To Know To Outsmart Wall Street And Select Winning Stocks (332 pages, $37.95 hardcover, 2001, ISBN 0385500947), by Dave Kansas and the writers of TheStreet.com, published as a Currency Book by Doubleday. With this book, TheStreet.com has laid bare its guide to investing in the stock market. Written with refreshing clarity and a touch of attitude by the editor in chief, and featuring contributions from TheStreet.com's columnists and specialists, this book reveals the ins and outs of investing in stocks and offers a crash course in how revolutionary long-term changes to the New Economy will affect stocks' value and future growth. The book provides the tools and information the individual investor needs to secure a competitive advantage against the big Wall Street firms. 
    Doubleday is an imprint of Random House.
    Orders are taken online (www.doubleday.com),
    or they will help you locate a bookstore near you.
    They no longer sell directly to customers
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A Vision For The Future: In Conversation With Financial Strategists (184 pages, $24.95 softcover, 2000, ISBN 0471497851), by Luc Keuleneer, Dirk Swagerman and Willem Verhoog, published by John Wiley & Sons. The early years of the new millennium witness a vastly different financial landscape to that of even a few years ago. Those who have failed to keep pace are those who will fall behind. In this book, giants of the financial world such as Tom Copeland, Harry Markowitz, and Merton Miller discuss their view on financial strategy and look ahead to future trends. 
    Wiley Book Order Department
    1 Wiley Drive 
    Somerset, NJ 08875 
    800 225-5945 
    732 469-4400 x2497 
    www.wiley.com
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