WSJ Guide to the Fantastic Fifty From Big Macs to the Beige Book, 50 Ec Onomic Indicators Smart Investors Watch and Why You Should Too

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ISBN: 9780062001382

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Edition: 2011

Authors: Simon Constable, Robert Wright

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The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is a must-have guide for investors. Dow Jones columnist Simon Constable and respected financial historian Robert E. Wright offer valuable tips and insight to help investors forecast and exploit sea changes in the global macroeconomic climate. Unlike other investment handbooks, Constable and Wright's guide explores the not widely known economic indicators that the smartest investors watch closely in order to beat the stock market-from #x1C;Big Macs#x1D; to #x1C;Zombie Banks.#x1D; Not only valuable and informative, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is also wonderfully…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.43" wide x 7.99" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Theodore Evergates is a professor in the Department of History at McDaniel College.Robert Wright is an associate professor in the Department of History at Trent University.



Introduction


Consumption (C)



Automobile Sales



Chain Store Sales



Consumer Sentiment



Existing Home Sales



Underemployment or Slack


Investment (I)



Book-to-Bill Ratio



Copper Price



Durable Goods Orders



Housing Permits and Starts



Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization



Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Survey



Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Survey



JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index



London Metal Exchange Inventories



Personal Savings Rate



Unit Labor Costs


Government (G)



Federal Government Budget Deficits and the National Debt


Net Exports (NX)



Baltic Dry Index



Big Mac Index



Current Account Deficit



Oil Inventories



Tankan Survey



TIC Data


Multiple Components



Beige Book



Crack Spread



Credit Availability Oscillator



Federal Funds Rate



Fertility Rates



Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita



Libor



M2 Money Supply



New Home Sales



Philadelphia Fed: The Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index



Philadelphia Fed: Business Outlook Survey



Real Interest Rates



Short Interest



Russell 2000



Weekly Leading Index



Yield Curve


Inflation, Fear, and Uncertainty



GDP Deflator



Gold Price



Misery Index



Producer Price Index



Retail Investment Activity



Credit Spreads: The Risk Structure of Interest Rates



Ted Spread



Texas ï¿½Zombie Bankï¿½ Ratio



TIPS Spread



CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)



VIXEN Index


Conclusion: Putting It All Together


Appendix: Useful Economic Indicators Websites


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments