The secrets of economic indicators : hidden clues to future economic trends and investment opportunities

Bernard Baumohl brilliantly, clearly, and yes, entertainingly, describes what every investor and business partner should know about economic indicators. This is an extraordinary and insightful work. --Robert Hormats, Former Vice-Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International) This is the real deal. Baumohl miraculously breathes life into economic indicators and statistics. --The Wall Street Journal This is the most up-to-date guide to economic indicators and their importance to financial markets in print. For anyone trying to follow the economic data, this should be next to your computer so that you can understand and find the data on the Internet. --David Wyss, former Chief Economist, Standard and Poors Every businessperson or investor should keep a copy of Baumohls book close at hand. It is great, at long last, to have someone who has eliminated what may have been so perplexing to so many and to have done so with such remarkable clarity. --Hugh Johnson, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Hugh Johnson Advisors Bernie Baumohl has written a must-read educational and reference book that every individual investor will find indispensable for watching, monitoring, and interpreting the markets. --Allen Sinai, President and Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc. The #1 Plain-English Guide to Interpreting and Using Economic Data--Now Fully Updated! New analyses based on up-to-the-minute data New easy-to-understand graphics New real-time indicators for anticipating global economic swings New forward-looking domestic economic markers More than 80,000 investors, strategists, and policymakers have used this unique book to make smarter decisions and more profitable investments! Now, renowned economic analyst Bernard Baumohl has completely updated his best-seller to reflect the newest global and U.S. indicators and data. Baumohl identifies powerful new indicators of emerging economic shifts, eliminates indicators that have lost predictive value, and explains key points using powerfully intuitive new visuals. The Secrets of Economic Indicators, Third Edition, is simpler, clearer, more relevant, and even more indispensable! If you want to translate economic data into better decision-making and higher profits, The Wall Street Journal says one book is the real deal: Bernard Baumohls The Secrets of Economic Indicators. Now, Baumohl has thoroughly updated his classic best-seller to reflect todays most valuable U.S. and foreign economic indicators and offer new insights into what they mean. This brand-new third edition introduces many new, forward-looking economic markers, including those that monitor small business plans, freight traffic shifts, Web searches, and even gambling. Baumohl identifies new real-time foreign indicators that help anticipate swings in Eu...