Investor’s Library: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, and Income Investing (Collection)

Investor’s Library: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, and Income Investing (Collection)

by Marvin Appel, Harry Domash, Michael N. Kahn
Released January 2011
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780132678179

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Book description

Three outstanding investing guides packed with strategies for reducing costs and improving returns in today’s tough investment environment.

Three books packed with wealth-building, cost-cutting help for today’s investors and markets. Don’t pay someone to pick stocks! Do it better yourself, with Harry Domash’s #1 guide to stock analysis! Next, Michael Kahn completely demystifies technical analysis and shows you exactly how to apply it--easily, painlessly, profitably. Then, Marvin Appel helps you use bonds and income-producing equity strategies to meet your income needs without unacceptable risk. Advice you’ll use, from experts you can trust!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, includingHarry Domash, Michael N. Kahn, and Dr. Marvin Appel.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Fire Your Stock Analyst!: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
      1. Guru Acknowledgments
      2. Academic Acknowledgments
      3. Special Acknowledgment
    3. About the Author
    4. Introduction
    5. What’s in This Book
    6. What’s Different?
    7. Notes on Examples
    8. Accounting Shortcuts
    9. Frequently Mentioned Websites
    10. Part I. Getting Started
      1. 1. The Analysis Process
        1. Identifying Potential Candidates
        2. Concentrate on the Strongest Candidates
        3. Quick Prequalify
        4. Detailed Analysis
        5. When to Sell
        6. Summary
      2. 2. Evaluating Risk
        1. Portfolio Risk
        2. Risk Factors
        3. Spotting Strong Industries in a Weak Market
        4. Company-Specific Risks
        5. Company-Specific Risks Described in Subsequent Chapters
        6. Summary
      3. 3. Screening
        1. Morningstar
        2. Google
        3. Zacks
        4. Portfolio123
        5. Google Growth Screen
        6. Zacks Growth/Momentum Screen
        7. Portfolio123 Down & Out Value Stock Finder
        8. Portfolio123 Growth Stock Screen
        9. Zacks’ Bulletproof Stocks
        10. The Zen of Screening
        11. Premade Screens
        12. Summary
    11. Part II. Analysis Tools
      1. 4. Analysis Tool #1: Analyze Analysts’ Data
        1. Who Are the Analysts?
        2. Analysts’ Ratings
        3. “Sell” Is a Four-Letter Word
        4. Note
        5. Consensus Ratings
        6. Do Strong Buys Outperform Sells?
        7. Number of Analysts
        8. Sentiment Index
        9. Analysts’ Estimates
        10. Note
        11. Earnings Surprise
        12. Sales Forecasts
        13. Guidance Changes
        14. Research Reports
        15. Summary
      2. 5. Analysis Tool #2: Valuation
        1. Implied Growth
        2. Growth at a Reasonable Price
        3. Pro Forma Earnings
        4. Dividends
        5. Summary
      3. 6. Analysis Tool #3: Establish Target Prices
        1. The Process
        2. Summary
      4. 7. Analysis Tool #4: Industry Analysis
        1. The Business
        2. Industry Growth Outlook
        3. Analysts’ Forecasts Are Good Enough
        4. Convert Earnings Growth to Sales Growth
        5. Industry and Sector Terminology
        6. Industry Concentration
        7. Picking Winners in an Emerging Fragmented Industry
        8. Industry Scuttlebutt
        9. Summary
      5. 8. Analysis Tool #5: Business Plan Analysis
        1. Introduction
        2. Overblown Competitive Advantages: Factors That Should Make a Difference But Often Don’t
        3. Business Plan Scorecard
        4. Business Plan Scorecard
        5. Summary
      6. 9. Analysis Tool #6: Evaluate Management Quality
        1. Key Executive and Board Quality
        2. Clean Accounting
        3. Earnings Growth Stability
        4. Stock Ownership
        5. Summary
      7. 10. Analysis Tool #7: Analyze Financial Fitness
        1. Financial Fitness Counts
        2. Pinpointing Financially Challenged Companies
        3. Simplify the Problem
        4. Detecting Potential Busted Cash Burners
        5. Detailed Fiscal Fitness Exam
        6. Bond Ratings
        7. Use Bond Prices to Identify Risky Debtors
        8. Summary
      8. 11. Analysis Tool #8: Profitability and Growth Analysis
        1. Where Do Earnings Come From?
        2. Analyzing Sales (Revenue) History
        3. Doing the Math
        4. Analyzing Margins
        5. Comparing Margins
        6. High Versus Low Margins
        7. Analyzing Overhead Expenses
        8. Profitability Ratios
        9. Cash Flow Analysis
        10. EBITDA Versus Operating Cash Flow
        11. Summary
      9. 12. Analysis Tool #9: Detect Red Flags
        1. Sales Growth Trends
        2. Accounts Receivables and Inventories
        3. Days Sales (Revenues) Outstanding
        4. Statement of Cash Flows
        5. Yellow Flags
        6. Summary
      10. 13. Analysis Tool #10: Ownership Considerations
        1. Institutional Ownership
        2. Insider Ownership
        3. Summary
      11. 14. Analysis Tool #11: Price Charts
        1. Trends
        2. Moving Averages
        3. Value Investors
        4. Growth Investors
        5. Avoid Downtrends
        6. Compare Short- and Long-Term Moving Averages
        7. The Risk Zone
        8. Chart Types
        9. Trading Volume
        10. Summary
    12. Part III. The Analysis Process
      1. 15. Quick Prequalify
        1. Concentrate on the Strongest Candidates
        2. Company Overview
        3. Valuation Ratios
        4. Real Revenues + Real Earnings + Real Growth = Real Stock
        5. Check the Buzz
        6. Summary
      2. 16. The Value Investing Process
        1. Concentrate on the Strongest Candidates
        2. Cycles
        3. Normalizing
        4. The Value Analysis Process
        5. When to Sell
        6. Summary
      3. 17. The Growth Investing Process
        1. Concentrate on the Strongest Candidates
        2. Note
        3. Growth Candidates
        4. The Process
        5. When to Sell
        6. Summary
      4. 18. Analysis Scorecards
        1. Value Stock Analysis Scorecard
        2. Value Stock Analysis Scorecard
        3. Growth Stock Analysis Scorecard
        4. Growth Stock Analysis Scorecard
    13. Part IV. Appendixes
      1. Appendix A. Industry Information
      2. Appendix B. Economic Data
      3. Appendix C. Earnings Reports and Conference Calls
        1. Reported Earnings
        2. Summary
      4. Appendix D. Detecting Scams, Frauds, and Pump and Dump
        1. Summary
      5. Appendix E. How to Read Financial Statements
        1. Income Statement
        2. Balance Sheet
        3. Statement of Cash Flows
        4. Finding the Data
        5. Pro Forma Accounting Versus GAAP
      6. Appendix F. Glossary
    14. Index
    15. Financial Times Press
  4. Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language, Third Edition
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Author
    4. Preface
    5. About This Book
    6. Core Themes
      1. Making Money, Not Correct Market Forecasts
      2. What Makes a Stock Look Good?
      3. Choosing the Right Tools
      4. Flexible Analysis for the Real World
    7. What This Book Is About
      1. Enhancing Your Returns
      2. Avoiding Bad Trades
      3. Probabilities
    8. What This Book Is Not About
    9. How to Get the Most from This Book
    10. You Don’t Have to Abandon the Fundamentals
    11. Technical Analysis Is Portable
    12. Part I. A Few Things You’ll Need to Know Before You Begin
      1. 1. Required Background
        1. The Past
        2. Technical Market Theory
        3. The Pillars of Technical Analysis
        4. For Fundamentalists
      2. 2. What Is Technical Analysis?
        1. Components
        2. What Is the Market?
      3. 3. What Is a Chart?
        1. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
        2. What Good Is That?
        3. Tea Leaves? Crystal Ball?
        4. What About Earnings?
        5. Conclusion
      4. 4. Jargon You Cannot Avoid
        1. Bar Chart
        2. Support and Resistance
        3. Trends
        4. Consolidation, Congestion, Correction
        5. Breakout
        6. Continuation Patterns
        7. Reversal Patterns
        8. Moving Averages
        9. Momentum
        10. Divergence
    13. Part II. The Core of Chart Analysis
      1. 5. Concepts
        1. What Is Really Going on to Form the Charts?
        2. Indecision and Alignment of Needs
        3. Taking the Easy Way Out
        4. The Herding Effect
        5. Markets Are Scalable
      2. 6. What Are Supply and Demand in the Markets?
        1. What Causes Support and Resistance Levels to Be Penetrated?
        2. Perceptions Are Reality
      3. 7. The Trend Is Your Friend and So Are Trendlines
        1. Trendlines
        2. Fan Lines
      4. 8. See the Forest and the Trees
        1. Less Is More
        2. Multiple Time Frames
        3. Moving Averages
      5. 9. Chart Patterns—When the Market Needs a Rest
        1. Rectangles
        2. Triangles
        3. Flags
        4. Cup with Handle
      6. 10. Chart Patterns—When the Market Is Changing Its Mind
        1. Head and Shoulders
        2. Double Tops and Bottoms
        3. One-Day Reversals
        4. Triangles and Rectangles
        5. Rounded Tops and Bottoms
        6. Spikes
      7. 11. Chart Patterns—Explosions
        1. Breakaway Gaps
        2. Continuation Gaps
        3. Exhaustion Gaps
        4. Other Gaps
      8. 12. Corrections in Perspective
        1. The Right Way
        2. The Wrong Way
    14. Part III. Technical Analysis in the Real World
      1. 13. What Is There Other Than Price?
        1. The Big Picture
        2. Does the Market Have Bad Breadth?
        3. Sectors and Industry Groups
        4. Momentum
        5. Divergence
      2. 14. Volume
        1. Accumulation and Distribution
        2. Cumulative Volume
      3. 15. Time
        1. Proportion
        2. Cycles
      4. 16. Sentiment
        1. Sentiment Indicators
        2. Measuring Expectations That Drive Markets
        3. Subjective
        4. Social Mood
      5. 17. Fundamental Analysis Really Is Technical Analysis
        1. Intermarket Analysis
        2. The Major Markets
        3. Intramarket Relationships
        4. Prove It!
      6. 18. Just What Makes a Stock (Bond, Commodity) Look Good?
        1. Trend and Momentum
        2. Volume
        3. Relative Strength (the Market, Sectors, and Individual Stocks)
        4. Sector Selection
        5. Basing and Breakouts
      7. 19. Risk Versus Reward—Is This Stock Really Worth It?
        1. How Can Potential Profit Be Measured?
        2. Is That a Good Trade?
        3. Sometimes the Best Trade Is the One You Don’t Make
      8. 20. This Isn’t Brain Surgery
        1. Technician’s License
        2. Let the Market Talk
        3. Theme and Variation
        4. In the Real World, Nothing Is Textbook so Stay Flexible
    15. Part IV. The Actual Process of Investing
      1. 21. OK, Now Do It!
        1. The Questions
        2. No Fear
      2. 22. How to Know if You Are Wrong
        1. Invalidating a Trendline
      3. 23. Sometimes Being Wrong Is Good
        1. Failure That Forewarns
        2. Failure That Cuts Losses
        3. Summary
      4. 24. When to Sell
        1. The Trend Is at Its End
        2. Price Objective Is Reached
        3. Stop Is Hit
        4. Would You Buy It Right Now, at Its Current Price?
      5. 25. Bear Markets
        1. What Happens in a Bear Market?
      6. 26. A Word About Your Ego
        1. Remember Why You Are Investing
    16. Part V. Tools and Case Studies
      1. 27. What Do I Really Need to Get Started?
        1. Real-Time Data
        2. Charting Software
        3. Internet
        4. Your Child’s Geometry Tools
      2. 28. Building Your Technical Toolbox
        1. Technical Tasks
        2. Tools for Each Technical Task
        3. Combination Tools
      3. 29. Final Advice
      4. 30. Case Study—The Perfect World
        1. Are Conditions Favorable for Equity Assets?
        2. What Sectors of the Market Are Good?
        3. What Stocks Within the Good Sectors Are the Best to Buy?
        4. Risk Assessment
        5. Pull the Trigger
      5. 31. Case Study—The Real World
        1. Summary
      6. 32. Case Study—Bizarro World
      7. 33. How Good Is Your Broker’s Stock?
        1. When Your Broker’s Recommendation Looks Like Nothing Special
        2. Breakout Warning
        3. Confirmation Required
        4. What Makes a Stock Look Good?
        5. Compare It to the Market
        6. Compare Them to Each Other
    17. Part VI. Further on Down the Road
      1. 34. Introduction to Candlesticks
        1. Reading Candlesticks
        2. Basic Candlestick Shapes
        3. Reversal Indicators
        4. Continuation Indicators
        5. Dojis
        6. Trading with Candlesticks
      2. 35. Cycles
        1. What Is a Cycle?
        2. Summary
      3. 36. Elliott Waves
        1. Introduction
      4. 37. Technical Terms You May Have Heard
        1. Open Interest
        2. Bollinger Bands
        3. Relative Strength Index (RSI)
        4. Stochastics
        5. RSI Versus Stochastics
        6. Fan Lines
        7. Fibonacci Retracements
        8. MACD
        9. Tick
        10. Trin (Arms Index)
        11. Pivot Points
        12. Point and Figure
      5. 38. Debunking the TV Analyst
        1. Summary
      6. Fun with Jargon
        1. Double Reverse Whirligig
        2. Bear Trap
        3. Dead-Cat Bounce
        4. Whipsaw
        5. Catapult
        6. Saucers
        7. Candlestick Terms
      7. Closing Thoughts
  5. Higher Returns from Safe Investments: Using Bonds, Stocks, and Options to Generate Lifetime Income
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Author
    4. Chapter 1. Introduction
      1. How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?
      2. Let’s Get Started...
    5. Chapter 2. Basics of Bond Investments
      1. What Is a Bond?
      2. Why Bonds Are Safe
      3. How Much Money Have Bond Investors Made in the Past?
      4. For Bonds, Past Is Not Prologue
      5. Which Type of Bond Is Right for You?
      6. Interest Rate Risk
      7. How Much Is Your Bond Really Paying You?
      8. Why Long-Term Bonds Are Riskier Than Short-Term Bonds
      9. How to Buy Individual Bonds
      10. Understanding Bond Listings
      11. Buying Bonds Far from Coupon Payment Dates
      12. Conclusion
    6. Chapter 3. Risks of Bond Investing
      1. How to Measure Risk—Drawdown
      2. Interest Rate Risk
      3. Default Risk
      4. Credit Ratings
      5. Inflation
      6. Liquidity Risk
      7. Market Catastrophes—The Example of Asset-Backed Bonds
      8. Conclusion
    7. Chapter 4. Bond Ladders—Higher Interest Income with Less Risk
      1. How a Bond Ladder Works
      2. Conclusion
    8. Chapter 5. Bond Mutual Funds—Where the Best Places Are for Your One-Stop Shopping
      1. Bond Mutual Funds Can Reduce Your Transaction Costs
      2. Bond Mutual Funds Reduce Your Risk through Diversification
      3. Expenses in Bond Funds
      4. Sales Charges (Loads) in Bond Funds
      5. Other Expenses
      6. The Biggest Drawback to Bond Mutual Funds—No Maturity Date
      7. It Can Be Difficult to Know How Much Interest Your Bond Fund Is Paying
      8. The Gold Standard—SEC Yield
      9. The Hurdle Bond Funds Have to Clear: Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
      10. Swing for the Fences: Pimco Total Return Fund
      11. The Safest of the Safe: FPA New Income and SIT U.S. Government Securities
      12. Conclusion
      13. Appendix: A Word of Caution about Bond ETFs
    9. Chapter 6. The Safest Investment There Is—Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)
      1. How TIPS Work
      2. Market Prices for Previously Issued TIPS: Trickier Than You Might Expect
      3. How to Buy TIPS
      4. What Is a Good Yield for TIPS?
      5. Should You Invest in TIPS or Invest in Corporates?
      6. Conclusion
    10. Chapter 7. High-Yield Bond Funds—Earn the Best Yields Available while Managing the Risks
      1. The Challenge of High-Yield Bond Funds
      2. Who Should Avoid High-Yield Bond Funds
      3. Risk Management: The Stop Loss
      4. Conclusion
    11. Chapter 8. Municipal Bonds—Keep the Taxman at Bay
      1. Comparing Apples with Oranges
      2. Tax-Exempt Mutual Funds Have a Big Hurdle to Clear
      3. Recommended Tax-Exempt Bond Mutual Funds
      4. The Alpine Ultra Short Tax Optimized Income Fund
      5. Earn 7% per Year, Free of Federal Income Tax
      6. Long-Term Municipal Bonds: You Are Paid to Take the Risk
      7. Buying Individual Municipal Bonds—Some Municipal Bond Borrowers Are Safer Than Others
      8. Call Provisions
      9. Bond Insurance
      10. Excellent Source of Municipal Bond Information Online
      11. Conclusion
    12. Chapter 9. Preferred Stocks—Obtain Higher Yields Than You Can with Corporate Bonds
      1. Features of Preferred Stocks
      2. Taxes on Preferred Stock Dividends
      3. Price Risk with Preferred Stocks
      4. Credit Risk with Preferred Stocks
      5. Watching Your Sector Exposure
      6. How to Find Information about Preferred Stocks
      7. Trading Preferred Stocks
      8. Where Do Preferred Stocks Fit into Your Portfolio?
      9. Other Types of Preferred Stocks
      10. Conclusion
    13. Chapter 10. Why Even Conservative Investors Need Some Exposure to Other Markets
      1. The Bond Market Likes Recessions and Hates Expansions
      2. The Stock Market Likes Expansions and Hates Recessions
      3. Conclusion
    14. Chapter 11. Equity ETFs for Dividend Income
      1. The Importance of Dividends
      2. Recommended Foreign Equity ETF: Wisdom Tree Emerging Markets Equity Income ETF (DEM)
      3. Recommended Dividend Portfolio
      4. Conclusion
    15. Chapter 12. Using Options to Earn Income
      1. What Are Stock Options?
      2. Covered Call Writing
      3. Getting Income from Writing Covered Calls
      4. Let’s Look at the Record
      5. How to Implement a Covered Call Writing Strategy
      6. Covered Call Writing against Indexes besides the S&P 500
      7. Conclusion
    16. Chapter 13. Conclusion—Assembling the Program for Lifetime Investment Income
      1. For the Most Conservative Investor—A Program of Predictable Returns with Individual Bonds
      2. For the Investor Who Needs to Spend a Little More and Is Willing to Take Some Risk to Do So—Allocate 25% of Your Portfolio to Stocks
      3. For the Investor Willing to Assume Some Risk and to Monitor His Portfolio—Allocate 25% of Your Capital to High-Yield Bond Fund Trading
      4. Preferred Stocks—Boost Your Interest Income with Less Effort
      5. Conclusion
    17. Endnotes
      1. Chapter 1
      2. Chapter 2
      3. Chapter 3
      4. Chapter 4
      5. Chapter 5
      6. Chapter 6
      7. Chapter 7
      8. Chapter 8
      9. Chapter 11
      10. Chapter 12
  6. Trading with Candlesticks: Visual Tools for Improved Technical Analysis and Timing
    1. Contents
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. About the Author
    4. Introduction
    5. Chapter 1 The Basic Candlestick
      1. Candlestick Chart
      2. The Origin and Meaning of the Candlestick
      3. Key Point
      4. Trend
      5. OHLC Chart
      6. Trading Range
      7. Key Point
      8. Real Body
      9. Shadow
      10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Candlesticks
      11. Key Point
      12. Paper Trading as a Testing Ground
      13. Paper Trading
      14. Key Point
      15. The Skills Every Trader Needs
      16. Risk Tolerance
      17. Key Point
      18. Key Point
      19. Candlesticks: General Observations Concerning Their Use
      20. Sign
      21. Move
      22. Pattern
      23. Key Point
      24. Confirmation
      25. Expanding the Information Pool Effectively
      26. Total Capitalization
      27. Key Point
      28. Endnotes
    6. Chapter 2 Single-Stick Signs
      1. Uptrends and Downtrends
      2. Key Point
      3. Uptrend
      4. Downtrend
      5. The Significance of a Candlestick’s Shape
      6. Key Point
      7. Variations on the Bullish Long Candlestick
      8. Key Point
      9. Marubozu
      10. The Mistake Pattern
      11. Doji
      12. Key Point
      13. Dragonfly Doji
      14. Gravestone Doji
      15. Long-Legged Doji
      16. Key Point
      17. The Spinning Top, Hanging Man, and Hammer
      18. Spinning Top
      19. Key Point
      20. Hanging Man
      21. Hammer
      22. Key Point
      23. The Significance of Tails
      24. Tails
      25. Key Point
    7. Chapter 3 Double-Stick Moves
      1. Reversal Formations
      2. Key Point
      3. Setup
      4. Signal
      5. Two Reversal Moves: Engulfing and Harami
      6. Key Point
      7. Engulfing Pattern
      8. Harami
      9. Key Point
      10. Harami Cross
      11. Key Point
      12. More Reversals: The Inverted Hammer and Doji Star
      13. Inverted Hammer
      14. Key Point
      15. Doji Star
      16. Key Point
      17. Even More Reversals: Meeting Lines and Piercing Lines
      18. Meeting Lines
      19. Key Point
      20. Piercing Lines
      21. Dark Cloud Cover
      22. Key Point
      23. Confirming Patterns: Thrusting, Separating, and Neck Lines
      24. Key Point
      25. Confirming Indicators
      26. Key Point
      27. Thrusting Lines
      28. Separating Lines
      29. Key Point
      30. Neck Line
      31. On Neck
      32. In Neck
      33. Key Point
      34. Reversal and Confirming Moves—Relative Values
      35. Key Point
      36. Key Point
    8. Chapter 4 Complex Stick Patterns
      1. Complex Patterns
      2. Key Point
      3. Key Point
      4. Reversal Trend Change Patterns
      5. Three White Soldiers
      6. Three Black Crows
      7. Key Point
      8. Bull Squeeze Alert
      9. Bear Squeeze Alert
      10. Key Point
      11. Reversal Trend Inside and Outside Formations
      12. Inside Up
      13. Inside Down
      14. Key Point
      15. Outside Up
      16. Outside Down
      17. Reversal Stars and Abandoned Babies
      18. Key Point
      19. Morning Star
      20. Evening Star
      21. Bull Abandoned Baby
      22. Key Point
      23. Bear Abandoned Baby
      24. Complex Trend Patterns
      25. Side-by-Side White Lines Bull
      26. Side-by-Side Black Lines Bear
      27. Side-by-Side Black Lines Bull
      28. Side-by-Side White Lines Bear
      29. Key Point
      30. Complex Gap Trends
      31. Upside Tasuki Gap
      32. Downside Tasuki Gap
      33. Key Point
      34. Upside Gap Filled
      35. Key Point
      36. Downside Gap Filled
    9. Chapter 5 Reversal Pattern Analysis
      1. Recognizing the Bull Reversal
      2. Key Point
      3. Key Point
      4. Recognizing the Bear Reversal
      5. Key Point
      6. The Doji as a Reversal Signal
      7. Key Point
      8. Near-Doji
      9. Northern Doji
      10. Southern Doji
      11. Key Point
      12. Tri-star
      13. Reversal Patterns with Gaps
      14. Key Point
      15. Kicking
      16. Belt Hold
      17. Key Point
      18. Reversals Setting New Support or Resistance
      19. Concealing Baby Swallow
      20. Key Point
      21. Stick Sandwich
      22. Matching Pattern
      23. Key Point
      24. More Resistance and Support Reversals
      25. Three Stars in the South
      26. Three Rivers Pattern
      27. Key Point
      28. Multisession Gap Reversals
      29. Breakaway Pattern
      30. Mat Hold
      31. Falling Three Pattern
      32. Key Point
      33. Ladder Pattern
      34. Key Point
    10. Chapter 6 Volume and Volatility
      1. Volume as a Price Indicator
      2. Key Point
      3. Key Point
      4. Volume Indicators
      5. Key Point
      6. Major Yin
      7. On-balance Volume
      8. Key Point
      9. Money Flow
      10. Accumulation/Distribution (AD)
      11. Money Flow Index (MFI)
      12. Key Point
      13. Volume Indicators and Candlesticks
      14. Key Point
      15. Key Point
      16. Testing Price Volatility
      17. Key Point
      18. Triangles
      19. Symmetrical Triangle
      20. Coil
      21. Key Point
      22. Ascending Triangle
      23. Descending Triangle
      24. Wedge
      25. Rising Wedge
      26. Falling Wedge
      27. Key Point
    11. Chapter 7 Buy and Sell Setup Signals
      1. Swing Trade
      2. Key Point
      3. Contrarian Investor
      4. Key Point
      5. Price Spikes and Reaction Swings
      6. Spike
      7. Key Point
      8. Reaction Swing
      9. Key Point
      10. Percentage Swing Systems
      11. Percentage Swing System
      12. Key Point
      13. Short-Term Gapping Behavior
      14. True Range
      15. Key Point
      16. Gapping Trend
      17. Key Point
      18. Anticipating the Trend During Consolidation
      19. Key Point
      20. Consolidation
      21. Key Point
      22. The Setup Pattern and Swing
      23. Key Point
      24. Key Point
      25. Key Point
      26. Key Point
      27. Support and Resistance in the Swing Trade
      28. Key Point
      29. Key Point
      30. Key Point
    12. Chapter 8 Swing Trading with Candlesticks
      1. A Swing Trading Overview
      2. Key Point
      3. Key Point
      4. Key Point
      5. Quantifying Price Movement with Candlesticks
      6. Key Point
      7. Key Point
      8. The Importance of Convergence and Divergence
      9. Convergence/Divergence
      10. Primary Trend
      11. Key Point
      12. Key Point
      13. Primary Trends and Candlestick-Based Entry or Exit
      14. Key Point
      15. Key Point
      16. Setup Criteria and Action Points
      17. Key Point
      18. Key Point
      19. Key Point
      20. Selling Short in Swing Trades
      21. Key Point
      22. Key Point
    13. Chapter 9 Spotting Trends and Using Trendlines
      1. Identifying the Trendline
      2. Key Point
      3. Reversion to the Mean
      4. Key Point
      5. Key Point
      6. Trendline
      7. Key Point
      8. Trendlines and Candlesticks as Confirmation
      9. Key Point
      10. Key Point
      11. Applying Moving Averages to Candlestick Analysis
      12. Key Point
      13. Key Point
    14. Chapter 10 Technical Indicators
      1. The Value of Confirmation
      2. A Review: Technical Analysis Basics
      3. The Significance of Gaps
      4. Common Gap
      5. Breakaway Gap
      6. Runaway Gap
      7. Exhaustion Gap
      8. A Key Framework: Support and Resistance
      9. Overbought and Oversold Indicators
      10. Relative Strength Index (RSI)
      11. Momentum Oscillator
      12. Overbought/Oversold
      13. Stochastics
      14. Price Oscillator
      15. MACD
      16. Bollinger Bands
      17. The Potential of Candlestick Signals
    15. Appendix Glossary

Product information

  • Title: Investor’s Library: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, and Income Investing (Collection)
  • Author(s): Marvin Appel, Harry Domash, Michael N. Kahn
  • Release date: January 2011
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780132678179