What drives financial markets.
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| Author / Creator: | Kettell, Brian. |
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| Imprint: | [London] : Financial Times : Prentice Hall, 1999. |
| Description: | xi, 244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Market fundamentals Making sense of market information |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4253161 |
Table of Contents:
- When analysts, dealers and investors are subject to information overload, how can they realistically isolate and interpret the relevant market signals
- needed to build a coherent financial strategy?
- Given the reality of increased market volatility it is increasingly
- important to understand which are the most influential economic and psychological
- indicators and how, in turn, they impact on the prices of financial assets
- What Drives Financial Markets contains an accessible set of rules by which financial analysts, dealers and investors can observe and respond to new economic indicators
- This book illustrates the interaction between fiscal, psychological, political and economic factors that drives
- financial markets, highlighting the key role of market sentiment
- Emphasis is placed on interpreting relevant signals in order to be ale to act swiftly and profitably
- The book defines the four criteria on which to judge the value of an indicator: relevance, timely release, availability and stability
- It also gives clear analysis of how the business cycle affects financial markets, as well as discussing the influence exerted by such institutions as the US Federal Reserve
- Readers will understand and analyze the driving forces and impact of economic changes, identify long-term trends as opposed to short term volatility, and make appropriate investment decisions