Forecasting Financial Markets - 6th Edition by Tony Plummer (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Forecasting Financial Markets" provides compelling insight into the psychology of trading behavior and shows how following the herd can have disastrous results. Plummer explains why it is critical for leaders to have the ability to make decisions independently of the crowd.

Book Synopsis

Forecasting Financial Markets provides a compelling insight into the psychology of trading behaviour and shows how "following the herd" can have disastrous results. It demonstrates how your ability to make money in the world's financial markets depends critically on your ability to make decisions independently of the crowd. Given the impact of the global credit crunch, it has become even more essential to be able to distinguish between short-term and longer-term trends at a time when panic selling and 'fire-sale' purchases are common.

Forecasting Financial Markets details the three dimensions essential to achieve successful trading, including an ability to understand the forces at work in logical terms, recognize (and neutralize) any emotional responses to market fluctuations, and design an investment process or trading system that generates objective 'buy' or 'sell' signals.

Taking the author's latest research into account, this important book provides you with an in-depth assessment of the phenomenon of cycles, patterns of economic and financial activity, and how to use cycles as a forecasting tool - including the author's forecasts for when the global economy will emerge from its current downturn.

Review Quotes

"[A] fine, well-detailed introduction to investment psychology... Investment and business libraries at the college level will find this a fine classroom supplement." - The Midwest Book Review

"A brilliant, original, insightful work... deserves to be read by all serious technical analysts." -- Futures Magazine

"This book will entertain and intrigue keen investors." -- Financial Times

About the Author

Tony Plummer is a director of Helmsman Economics Ltd, and is a former director of Guinness Flight Hambro Global Fund Managers Ltd, Hambros Fund Management PLC, and Hambros Bank Ltd. He carries out independent research into the patterns and rhythms of global markets as well as giving global lectures on crowd psychology and technical analysis.