The Economic Indicator Handbook: How to Evaluate Economic Trends to Maximize Profits and Minimize Losses Hardcover - 2017 - 1st Edition

From the rear cover

In today's vastly interconnected markets, in an age when digital capabilities generate and distribute information in a flash, understanding the macroeconomic forces at work every day is essential to managing risk and getting in front of the next big movers. These underlying trends shift economies the same way earnings releases move stocks, which makes following economic indicators a core practice of successful investors and traders. The Economic Indicator Handbook conveniently offers an illustrated tour of all the major indicators to habitually watch.

Written by famed Bloomberg economist Richard Yamarone, this authoritative guide opens up the full potential of Bloomberg Professional service's market-moving news, independent research, and unparalleled data across financial asset classes. In an engaging and completely practical treatment, you get a single, comprehensive source of everything you need to make more informed decisions and highly accurate forecasts based on a higher-level understanding of time-proven indicators. History does repeat itself, and you can train yourself to see the signs of what's to come with this visual resource--from nuts-and-bolts guidance for accessing specific information on the Bloomberg terminal to explaining how various indicators are calculated, when they appear in the financial news cycle, and how they impact markets. Start putting knowledge into action and make more from the markets with:

• A complete list of under-the-radar indicators very few economists know about
• End-of-chapter questions to support self-learning and retention
• Personal insights from the author's network of top practitioners around the world

Maximizing profits and mitigating losses is easy when you know where prices are moving, and The Economic Indicator Handbook is your key to piecing together market sentiment.

From the jacket flap

In today's vastly interconnected markets, in an age when digital capabilities generate and distribute information in a flash, understanding the macroeconomic forces at work every day is essential to managing risk and getting in front of the next big movers. These underlying trends shift economies the same way earnings releases move stocks, which makes following economic indicators a core practice of successful investors and traders. The Economic Indicator Handbook conveniently offers an illustrated tour of all the major indicators to habitually watch.

Written by famed Bloomberg economist Richard Yamarone, this authoritative guide opens up the full potential of Bloomberg Professional service's market-moving news, independent research, and unparalleled data across financial asset classes. In an engaging and completely practical treatment, you get a single, comprehensive source of everything you need to make more informed decisions and highly accurate forecasts based on a higher-level understanding of time-proven indicators. History does repeat itself, and you can train yourself to see the signs of what's to come with this visual resource--from nuts-and-bolts guidance for accessing specific information on the Bloomberg terminal to explaining how various indicators are calculated, when they appear in the financial news cycle, and how they impact markets. Start putting knowledge into action and make more from the markets with:

• A complete list of under-the-radar indicators very few economists know about
• End-of-chapter questions to support self-learning and retention
• Personal insights from the author's network of top practitioners around the world

Maximizing profits and mitigating losses is easy when you know where prices are moving, and The Economic Indicator Handbook is your key to piecing together market sentiment.