Investing Smart: How to Pick Winning Stocks with Investor's Business Daily

Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
QUICK-SCAN INDEXES......Page 12
FOREWORD, by William J. O’Neil......Page 16
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 20
INTRODUCTION: THE GREAT CONVERSATION......Page 22
PART ONE.   MASTERING THE LANGUAGE......Page 26
HOW TO READ THE FIRST PAGE: A NEWS DIGEST......Page 28
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR MARKET SECTORS......Page 31
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR INDUSTRY GROUPS......Page 36
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHART ANALYSIS......Page 40
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR THE MARKETS......Page 42
CHAPTER TWO.   THE INTELLIGENT TABLES SMART THINKING ON WINNING STOCKS......Page 62
THE INTELLIGENT TABLES......Page 69
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR INDIVIDUAL STOCK PERFORMANCE......Page 70
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO FURTHER MONITOR NASDAQ STOCKS......Page 79
CHAPTER THREE.   THE MONEY GAME......Page 84
RISK-RELATED RETURNS......Page 85
ASSET ALLOCATION......Page 86
THE CONDITIONS OF INVESTMENT IN STOCKS......Page 89
TO DIVERSIFY (OR NOT TO)......Page 92
WHEN YOU SELL ALSO COUNTS......Page 93
A MATTER OF DISCIPLINE......Page 95
INVESTOR, KNOW THYSELF......Page 96
PART TWO.   ANALYSIS OF THE STOCK MARKET......Page 100
CHAPTER FOUR.   ECONOMIC VITAL SIGNS......Page 102
THE BUSINESS CYCLE (GDP)......Page 103
FORECASTING A BUSINESS CYCLE......Page 106
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COMPOSITE INDICATORS......Page 110
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR THE BUSINESS CYCLE......Page 111
THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM......Page 115
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE......Page 121
INFLATION......Page 126
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR INFLATION......Page 131
CHAPTER FIVE.   THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MARKET BEHAVIOR......Page 138
THE SUBSTRATE OF MARKET SENTIMENT INDICATORS......Page 141
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR MARKET SENTIMENT......Page 144
CHAPTER SIX.   THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF CORPORATIONS......Page 154
CORPORATE EARNINGS......Page 155
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR COMPANY EARNINGS......Page 157
PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO......Page 161
DIVIDEND YIELDS......Page 163
BOOK VALUE......Page 164
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY FOR FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS......Page 165
CHAPTER SEVEN.   THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF MARKETS......Page 172
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO DRAW TRENDLINES......Page 173
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY FOR TIMING THE MARKET WITH MOVING AVERAGES......Page 176
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY FOR TIMING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS WITH MOVING AVERAGES......Page 180
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR THE NYSE A-D LINE......Page 184
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO MONITOR VOLUME OF TRADING......Page 185
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY TO DETECT CHART PATTERNS......Page 187
HOW TO USE INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS......Page 190
THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR’S PERSONAL LIBRARY......Page 196
INDEX......Page 198
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 202