The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends

For the individual investor, technical analysis made easy Host of the popular CNBC program "Tech Talk with John Murphy," and author of several bestselling books on the subject, John Murphy is the biggest name in technical analysis today. Now Murphy introduces readers to the art and science of visual analysis. He explains the principles of technical analysis in terms that non--professionals can understand, and shows individual investors how to track the ups and downs of stock prices by visually comparing charts--instead of relying upon abstruse mathematical formulas and rarefied technical concepts. He also introduces readers to his widely acclaimed Intermarket Analysis--a proven analytical approach based on understanding the impact that all the different markets have on each other and what that means to investors. * A simple yet comprehensive guide to technical analysis for the individual investor from a renowned expert * Features dozens of easy--to--read charts and graphs with step--by--step instructions on how to understand and interpret them * Includes leading software demo disks JOHN J. MURPHY (Oradell, New Jersey) heads his own consulting firm, JJM Technical Advisors, and is the author of the landmark books, Technical Analysis of the Futures Market and Intermarket Technical Analysis (both from Wiley).