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Technical Analysis Plain and Simple by Michael Kahn
  • Technical Analysis Plain and Simple

  • Charting the Markets in Your Language

  • by Michael Kahn
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    • Product code: 23768
    • ISBN: 0131345974, ISBN13: 9780131345973, 309 pages, hardback
      Published by FT Prentice Hall on 2006 , 2nd
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    Description of Technical Analysis Plain and Simple

    Technical analysis is a hot topic for investors right now and offers powerful, objective tools for picking stocks and making money - but most explanations of the subject simply confuse investors instead of enlightening them. In this clear, practical book, Barron's columnist Michael Kahn introduces technical analysis in simple English. Kahn explains exactly how technical analysis works, then teaches you how to read charts and translate what they tell you into real buy and sell decisions.

    The fully updated Second Edition contains many new examples reflecting major market changes since the First Edition: 9/11, equities bear markets, commodities bull markets, changing interest rates, and more. Step by step, Kahn illuminates the basic theory of technical analysis, demystifies its jargon, outlines its core techniques, and shows how to use it to complement (not replace) the reader's current approach to stock selection. He explains trendlines, chart patterns, and corrections; reveals what makes a stock look promising; and helps to assess potential risk and reward.

    Reviews

    "This book is an excellent primer. As a proponent of the art-versus-science school of technical analysis, his primary focus is on the practical aspects of chart reading and how to translate the intelligence derived from charts into investment decisions. If you have ever wondered what technical analysis is, or how you could start doing it, this is a good place to start."
    - John Bollinger, CFA, CMT, President, Bollinger Capital Management

    Contents of Technical Analysis Plain and Simple

    Acknowledgments
    About the Author
    Preface
    About This Book
    How to Get the Most From This Book

    Part I: A Few Things You'll Need to Know Before You Begin

    1. Required Background
    2. What Is Technical Analysis?
    3. What Is a Chart?
    4. Jargon You Cannot Avoid


    Part II: The Core of Chart Analysis

    5. Concepts
    6. What Are Supply and Demand in the Markets?
    7. The Trend Is Your Friend and So Are Trendlines
    8. See the Forest and the Trees
    9. Chart Patterns - When the Market Needs a Rest
    10. Chart Patterns - When the Market Is Changing Its Mind
    11. Chart Patterns - Explosions
    12. Corrections in Perspective


    Part III: Technical Analysis in the Real World

    13. What Is There Other Than Price?
    14. Volume
    15. Time
    16. Sentiment
    17. Fundamental Analysis Really Is Technical Analysis
    18. Just What Makes a Stock (Bond, Commodity) Look Good?
    19. Risk Versus Reward - Is This Stock Really Worth It?
    20. This Isn't Brain Surgery


    Part IV: The Actual Process of Investing

    21. OK, Now Do It!
    22. How to Know if You Are Wrong
    23. Sometimes Being Wrong Is Good
    24. When to Sell
    25. Bear Markets
    26. A Word About Your Ego


    Part V: Tools and Case Studies

    27. What Do I Really Need to Get Started?
    28. Building Your Technical Toolbox
    29. Final Advice
    30. Case Study - The Perfect World
    31. Case Study - The Real World
    32. How Good Is Your Broker's Stock?


    Part VI: Further On Down the Road

    33. Introduction to Candlesticks
    34. Cycles
    35. Elliott Waves
    36. Technical Terms You May Have Heard
    37. Debunking the TV Analyst

    Fun with Jargon
    Closing Thoughts
    Index

    About Michael Kahn

    Michael N. Kahn has been charting the markets for more than two decades as a product designer, analyst, and teacher. He writes extensively for wide investment audiences, both in his proprietary newsletter Quick Takes Pro and in columns for Barron’s Online and was formerly the chief technical analyst for BridgeNews, a division of Bridge Information Systems, a leading source of global financial information, transaction and network services.

    Kahn is a widely sought-after guest on financial television networks for both his accuracy and his ability to clearly explain markets. He is a board member of the Market Technicians Association, and author of Technical Analysis Plain and Simple, First Edition (FT Prentice Hall) and Real World Technical Analysis (CRB Publishing).

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