Investor's Guide to Charting: Analysis for the Intelligent Investor - Softcover

Blair, Alistair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273662031 ISBN 13: 9780273662037

Publisher: Ft Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Charting is a complex and sometimes derided world, but one that nonetheless commands an enormous following. Some basic knowledge of charting is essential for any keen investor, and this fully revised and updated edition of Alistair Blair's Guide to Charting is the independent, introductory overview of technical analysis for the private investor. Guide to Charting is packed with purpose-drawn charts and worked examples, and explains in detail how charting theories work. Written with the private investor's viewpoint in mind the book's coverage will give you all that you need to start practicing technical analysis and, unlike other books on the subject, will also interest the more sophisticated, experienced practitioner by --

Comparing technical analysis with fundamental analysis; Examining the records of some of charting's most renowned exponents; Applying technical analysis to recent FTSE company price charts; Providing alternative interpretations of 'live' charts; Identifying both successful and failed recommendations by professional chartists. An insight into the world of charting, this text includes information on where to start, timescales, basic components of a price chart and different types of chart. It should be of interest to investors who are less than fully conversant with technical analysis.

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About the Author

Alistair Blair is the No Free Lunch columnist for the Investors Chronicle magazine and writes about business and investment for many other publications. In 1999, he was voted the Periodical Publishers' AssociationÂ’s Business Writer of the Year. After reading PPE at Oxford and completing an MBA at Manchester Business School, Alistair gained practical experience of the City by working at Hill Samuel and Fidelity. top Reviews "A thought-provoking book. If you're interested in investment you should read it whether you bracket chartism with astrology or not." Sir Christopher Hogg, Chairman, Reuters "Alistair Blair makes charting make sense. You'll soon discover why chartists believe 'the trend is your friend' and why this book should be your constant companion." Matthew Vincent, Editor, Investors Chronicle

Review

"The best introduction I've seen" - The Daily Telegraph, July 2006 "A thought-provoking book. If you're interested in investment you should read it whether you bracket chartism with astrology or not." Sir Christopher Hogg, Chairman, Reuters "Alistair Blair makes charting make sense. You'll soon discover why chartists believe 'the trend is your friend' and why this book should be your constant companion." Matthew Vincent, Editor, Investors Chronicle --na

Edition details

• Publisher: Ft Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0273662031
• ISBN 13: 9780273662037
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256