Customer Reviews of Technical Analysis and Behavioural Finance in Fund Management

• There are many books on Technical Analysis but very few on how real traders employ these ideas. In a world where fund managers trading techniques are normally closely guarded secrets, this book is filled with detailed descriptions of how they use TA techniques and which ones they find the most effective. The fund managers in the book all have very different approaches and use a range of TA methods and all have a different take on how best to employ them. The book is conducted in an interview style. The questions have some commonality but are also tailored to each manager making each interview insightful and avoiding repetition. The inclusion of the Behavioural Finance section acts to counter balance the heavily quantitative TA sections reminding us that markets are ultimately a human endeavour and not just a stream of numbers. Most TA books are focussed on what the techniques are whereas this book if focussed on how they are used by industry practitioners. That makes this book an invaluable and complementary addition to any TA’s library.Dr Paul NetherwoodPartnerBeach Horizon LLP
• by Dr Paul Netherwood on 08/07/2010