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Trying to trade stock, bond, commodity and currency markets without intermarket awareness is like trying to drive a car without looking out the side and rear windows—very dangerous. In this guide to intermarket analysis, the author uses years of experience in technical analysis plus extensive charts to clearly demonstrate the interrelationshps that exist among the various market sectors and their importance. You'll learn how to use activity in surrounding markets in the same way that most people employ traditional technical indicators for directional clues. Shows the analyst how to focus outward, rather than inward, to provide a more rational understanding of technical forces at work in the marketplace. ... Read more

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Must Read
This is a book that everyone should read. Even if you don't trade this is a great book about economics and will help anyone to understand what moves the markets and why. There are numerous charts in this book comparing different markets to each other in a plain easy to understand format. As a technical book goes this one is easy to comprehend will give the reader a much greater knowledge of the markets and the economy in general. As a trader myself this is one of the best books out on this subject I know of and one of the best books I have read on trading period. As an example a few years ago lots of economists were talking deflation. If you had of read this book you would have known that we were not heading into a period of deflation but inflation. What is presented in this book is not an exact science but will give the reader insight to what the future economic situation will be.

If you liked this book, you'll love his new book....
Those who were reluctant to accept the benefits of intermarket analysis after reading Intermarket Technical Analysis (1991) will find making the paradigm shift much easier after reading his latest book published in February 2004 called Intermarket Analysis. Murphy has the benefit of some monumental market events in the last three decades to demonstrate his case and he uses them to great effect.

As John pointed out in an interview for Stocks & Commodities magazine I did with him in December 2003, it was his original goal to write the quintessential intermarket book but then found the topic so involved that each chapter could have become a book. There is just so much to discuss. Attempting to cover anything but a small snippet in a review is sheer folly. It is also impossible to do the book justice.

Markets have become so interdependent in the last decade, a correlation that continues to strengthen with time. If those who suffered financial ruin between 2000 and 2002 had read Intermarket Technical Analysis, how many of them could have avoided huge losses and even profited from what occurred? We will never know for sure but is it a risk they anyone can afford to take, especially when considering that the cost of avoidance (cost of the book) is less than $50?For those serious about making money in the market and keeping it, his new book, Intermarket Analysis is an absolute must!

Matt Blackman - Technical writer/review and regular contributor to Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Mag, Traders Mag (Europe), Working Money, Traders.com Advantage, SFO Magazine

The textbook on market forecasting
You'll learn a lot from this book.Most investors sit obsessively focused on the market averages.They'll cut on their TV and see the ticker on CNBC be in the green and feel elated or else they'll see it red and get worried.Murphy's book will show you how a study of the bond, currency, and commodities markets along with an analysis of the stock market will help you see the big picture and get a better feel for where the economy and all of the markets are going.The past 3 years has proven to us that just because the stock market has a rally doesn't mean we are on the verge of a big economic boom or a new bull market.

Murphy demonstrates how each of these four sectors interact with one another and the business cycles and if you can grasp the lessons he teaches you then you'll have a clearer understanding of what drives the financial markets.Once you understand these cycles you will be able to forecast the intermediate term trend of the markets.It really isn't that complicated.

The only negative about this book is that it reads like a textbook.It takes a theory of how these markets rotate with one another and demonstrates it with example after example.It takes work to get through the book, but the payoff is well worth it.In fact the lessons in this book are critical to anyone who wants to become a successful investor.In today's environment of rapid boom and bust in which market timing is critical they are more important than ever.Even though it is 10 years old, this is the best book on the subject.

Covers insights many miss
This book and its concept dwells into the area of the financial markets and how they affect each other. Its theory meshes with various other market theories in that if one market goes up, another may respond differently. This is one of the handful of books i would recommend to anyone beginning to get serious about the financial markets. I first picked this up in a state library, much to my amazement it was brand new and never borrowed, much like a lot of the information in it.

Badly needs updating & poorly executed
This book is old (1991) and does not cover the important
facet of sector rotation or how to intrepret this book into a meaningful stock play.Murphy in this book does not even hint at it, thus allot of this information is not truly useful.The concept is superb but the execution quite flawed.

Instead get the other Murphy book:Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and ApplicationsOR Martin Pring's new edition to his updated Complete Technical Analysis.Even Murphy's chapter in New Thinking in Technical Analysis: Trading Models from the Masters
was better than this book, despite its short 25 page conciseness.
Funnily his video on this topic DOES update the book and cover Sector Rotation so Murphy obviously is aware of the oversight.

This book is boring with no payoff.There is too much repitition with no real payoff (sector rotation); if you are truly interested in this important field of study look elsewhere. ... Read more

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Praise for INTERMARKET ANALYSIS

"John Murphy has done it again. He dissects the global relationships between equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities like no one else can, and lays out an irrefutable case for intermarket analysis in plain English. This book is a must-read for all serious traders."
–Louis B. Mendelsohn, creator of VantagePoint Intermarket Analysis software

"John Murphy’s Intermarket Analysis should be on the desk of every trader and investor if they want to be positioned in the right markets at the right time."
–Thom Hartle, President, Market Analytics, Inc.

"This book is full of valuable information. As a daily practitioner of intermarket analysis, I thought I knew most aspects of this invaluable subject, but this book gave me several new ideas. I thoroughly recommend it for beginners and professionals."
–Martin Pring, President of Pring.com and editor of the Intermarket Review Newsletter

"Mr. Murphy’s Intermarket Analysis is truly the most efficient and unambiguous way to define economic and fundamental relationships as they unfold in the market. It cuts through all of the conflicting economic news/views expressed each day to provide a clear picture of the ‘here and now’ in the global marketplace."
–Dennis Hynes, Managing Director, R. W. Pressprich

"Master Murphy is back with the quintessential look at intermarket analysis. The complex relationships among financial instruments have never been more important, and this book brings it all into focus. This is an essential read for all investors."
–Andrew Bekoff, Technical Strategist, VDM NYSE Specialists

"John Murphy is a legend in technical analysis, and a master at explaining precisely how the major markets impact each other. This updated version provides even more lessons from the past, plus fresh insights on current market trends."
–Price Headley, BigTrends.com, author of Big Trends in Trading ... Read more

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Excellent Overview of Market Interaction
This is one of the best books on finance I have ever read - (I have over 200 books on finance).Most finance books only analyze that portion of the market relevant to their system.This book does a great job of pointing out the interactions that affect the different investment markets and how these interactions affect investment categories such as stocks, bonds etc.


Key features of the book:


1.Factors that affect different investment categories such as bonds, currencies, stocks.

2.How these factors impact stocks, bonds, currencies etc.

3.How interactions between stocks, bonds, currencies then affect the financial markets.

4.Provides a list of key factors to watch in order to detect shifts in the markets.


Finally, Intermarket Analysis is not your typical dry finance book with page after page of equations and text.Instead, the author John Murphy, has filled this book with visually attractive charts and graphs which do a great job of conveying his message.

the big picture of global markets
John Murphy's Intermarket Analysis is a thesis that markets such the currency, commodities, bond, stocks, and market sectors are and have been inter-related.

This is a pretty good book.This book offers a very big picture of the global markets.If you're trading experience only encompasses the past 3 years, this book give a bigger picture from 1980 and 2003.

Note that this book was copyrighted at 2004, so there is no mention of the 2007-2008 crash.Nevertheless, this book shows relationships between markets and offers ideas on why one influenced the other.

Before reading this book, I mostly looked at daily, hourly, and 30 min charts.After reading this book, I now look at the daily, weekly, and monthly charts.Also, I was pretty weak on what happened during the 80's, 90's, and early 00's.This book explains a lot about those years.

I would recommend this book to intermediate investors who want to understand the behavior of markets and who want to learn the direction of markets from 1980 to 2003.If you're a beginner investor, you might want learn basic technical analysis.This book is not a primer.

comprehensive but chronological as compared to factual
I like your book Mr Murphy but could you rewrite it in a spreadsheet tabular format for more clarity ??

INTERMARKET ANALYSIS
I should have bought this book and the 1st one when they came out. Kept thinking they where not for me, as I day trade. But after I put this information into my thinking ,"themes" came to my trading like the oil air line trade,
or a better understandxing of the gold trade, when it should show up eg switch from deflation to inflation.
Or the us dollars affect on the market.

Also every kid in school should get these books. You understand why you have a job, when you have to move for work.
It is not your fault that your industry is laying off people, and what you should do about it. They sector pyramid
lays out a time line that makes sense. One you can follow the daily news with, and have a keen understanding.

Plainly Introduced
Intermarket Analysis is a bridge between TA and economics.
Simply and clearly written, the subject is expounded. There
are sufficient charts except for the last 3 chapters or so. Sam
Stovall's sector rotation is of particularinterestto me.

The idea can be repetitive but I do not mind it.The reasons
are firstly, itmakesreading easier (no need to flip back to
pprevious chapters) and secondly, it reinforces key ideas.

I have 2 questions. How high is hyperinflation and how low
constitutes deflation?
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I've been following Capers work for more than 20 years and he has once again done a great service for the software industry. Applied Software Measurement is both comprehensive, candid, and realistic. I've made extensive use of Capers data in my new book, "Managing the Black Hole: The Executive's Guide to Software Project Risk"
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Caper's Thrid Edition of Applied Software Measurement continues the tradition of being indispensable reference materials for the software process improvement professional.I own two copies, one for my suitcase when I travel and one for the office (no kidding). ... Read more

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interesting treatment of model validation
When I was working at Oak Ridge National Lab in the late 1970s, I worked with other scientists and statisticians on data and model validation.Toby Mitchell a specialist in experimental design was developing sampling techniques to use in model validation.He has since passed on.One of the techniques he used was Latin hypercube sampling.The authors of this text are from Italy and Canada. They have computer science and mathematical backgrounds but are not statisticians.Yet once you start reading book you will see that they appreciate both the deterministic and the stochastic aspects of modeling.

What they do, they call Global Sensitivity Analysis.They are very bright and are lucid in their explanations and description of philosophical issues.This is not something that those of us who do statistical modeling are very familiar with but it is important to know.It is especially gratifying to see that these authors are always wary of modeling assumptions and look for novel ways to test them.They point out that validating models is complicated.Many models that we construct are complex and even when we are aware of this and test aspects of the model. we often take some things for granted and accept aspects of the model as a given. I really enjoyed reading the afterword where these issues are well brought out.

Specific methods include th elementary effects method discussed in Chapter 3 that is based on the work of Max Morris in a 1991 paper in Technometrics.In Chapter 4, they cover variance-based methods which relies on the work of Sobol and others.They illustrate the applications of these methods with an infection dynamics model.

The main idea is to determine which factors affect the output variables as well as which interaction effects play a role.In the last chapter the authors make recommendations as to when to apply each technique.

At the beginning of the sections they raise questions that they answer in the section.This approach and the problem sets followed by complete and clear solutions makes the text readable and enjoyable even for novices. ... Read more

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Great Introductory Book
This is a great book for beginners and non-finance people. It teaches you the basic principles in a straight forward manner with easy to follow examples and great discussions about the practical applications. The appendices at the end of the chapters are a good read as well. ... Read more

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The book begins with a self-contained introduction to the calculus of differential forms in Euclidean space and on manifolds. Next, the focus is on Stokes' theorem, the classical integral formulas and their applications to harmonic functions and topology. The authors then discuss the integrability conditions of a Pfaffian system (Frobenius's theorem). Chapter 5 is a thorough exposition of the theory of curves and surfaces in Euclidean space in the spirit of Cartan. The following chapter covers Lie groups and homogeneous spaces. Chapter 7 addresses symplectic geometry and classical mechanics. The basic tools for the integration of the Hamiltonian equations are the moment map and completely integrable systems (Liouville-Arnold Theorem). The authors discuss Newton, Lagrange, and Hamilton formulations of mechanics. Chapter 8 contains an introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. The final chapter deals with electrodynamics. The material in the book is carefully illustrated with figures and examples, and there are over 100 exercises.

Readers should be familiar with first-year algebra and advanced calculus. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in delving into geometric analysis and its applications to mathematical physics. ... Read more

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Well written review
It was required reading book for my biogeochemistry class. I would say this book covers a lot of topics and is well written. It described concisely the general picture of the global biogeochemistry. So if someone is interested in reviewing general concepts and idea about global biogeochemistry, I would certainly recommend this book. Although being short was advantage of the book, it is also its drawback. Therefore sometimes someone might find that you need more information in order to fully understand mechanism behind certain process or calculation. If you are already familiar with the concept and got general idea, then this book might bore you. Otherwise, I would say, this is right book for someone who is just interested in seeing big picture and ignoring the details.

Biogeochemistry
This book, while slightly dated now, as much science has been done since it was published is still very thorough on the subject.

Solid science
I bought this book to prepare for my comprehensive exam. Book consists of two parts: first part describes the generalities of physical/chemical/biological properties of atmosphere, soils, oceans; it also contains the description of the specifics of each cycle (main biogeochemical elements) in all those environment. The second part describes the cycles on the global scale, with up-to-date references to today`s situation on carbon dioxide concentration and prospects on global climate change. Very good material andvery good explanation.

Good Overview of the Subject
I actually took Biogeochemistry from Dr. Schlesinger last fall and I do feel that the book is a good survey of alot of geochemical cycles and is presented at an undergraduate level.
However, some of the information, particularly about methane, was severely broken up throughout the text to the point where it was difficult to put together complete chemical cycles of some elements..
Nevertheless, it gives the reader the broad brush strokes necessary to get up to speed, particularly if you do not have a strong science background. For those who are very familiar to the sciences, you can get much more complete information from review papers than is presented here.

Such a good textbook
I had to buy this for a Biogeochemical Cycles class.The book is great!It's actual readable, which I was never expecting.It's interesting and understandable.The first reviewer is right that it doesn't get too complex, but references out the more difficult parts.I appreciated not having to read the way-too-hard stuff on my first introduction to this subject. ... Read more

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Through an analysis of the intra-company flows of 100 global business service firms, Taylor measures the connections between cities and also their relative connectivity to the global economy. ... Read more

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Now updated and revised with all new charts and key information on the euro.The introduction of the euro and the recent explosion of electronic trading has changed the outlook of the foreign exchange market dramatically.Global currency trading offers staggering rewards for those with the knowledge to capitalize on it.

This updated guide provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for beginners and experienced traders alike on how to use technical analysis-with revised charts and graphs-to cash in on these enormous opportunities.The only guide of its kind to focus solely on all aspects of technical analysis, Luca explains and illustrates:The fundamentals of technical analysis and how it applies to foreign exchangeWhat one must learn about trends and trend patternsHow the major players in foreign exchange analyze their chartsThe quantitative methods of analysis-including all types of moving averages, oscillators, and other indicatorsThis book provides a thorough, yet easy-to-grasp explanation and analysis of point and figure charting, candlestick charting, the Gann methods, and the Elliot Wave principle.Also included is an updated CD-ROM that lets readers test the methods presented and apply them to real trading-and quickly increase proficiency in charting and chart analysis. ... Read more

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Technical Analysis Applications In The Global Currency Markets Second Edition
Having always been intrigued by the FX market but also having never traded a day in my life I bought this book and his other with the intent of learning the basics.I wanted to get an overall view of wha the FX was and how I could trade in it.I believe it has done what I wanted and helped me to greatly understand the MANY different aspects of trading.I would say that it covers the basic aspects while only slightly delving deeper into some of the more complex issues. I believe one of the greatest things about this book is that it has helped me to figure out which directions I need to pursue as well as which I don't.I have read some other comments on this book and am rather appalled that people actually take the time to make negative and unsubstantiated claims about the author, his knowledge and experience.If you are disattisfied with the book, state your reasons why and perhaps make a constructive recommendation.Otherwise, all you're doing is wasting my time.This book is probably not for someone who is experienced and has a fair command of their trading.For someone who is looking for a clear, concise discourse on the basics this is definitely the book for you.

To be critical is to be constructive.
If this book is very bad, I am glad to learn it from people who consider themselves knowledgeable and who have read it.But should it be possible for such critics to propose another reference which they appreciated the content.It would be much more instructive for readers who are shopping for quality books.

Not any help at all...
As a Foreign Currency Dealer, I was NOT helped from this book at all! Actually the title is misleading since he does NOT concentrate on FX, he only shows some graph examples using FX crosses instead of stocks... The author just refers to a lot of TA indicators only reviewing their typical Buy and Sell signals that are written in every TA book, and furthermore the sections are very bad structured. Really very very disappointed!!!

Very Very good book
This is a very good book. If you want to start trading currency online(like me) you must read this book first.

excellent value!!
I haven't completed the book but if I never read another page it's well worth what I payed compared to some prices of other simular books on the market. I don't know what the initial cost was, but those who wrote the unfavorable reviews should have waited to purchase. Maybe they would have been more positive. ... Read more

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As globalization continues apace, market segmentations are diminishing, distance is shrinking and the boundaries between nation states are becoming increasingly blurred. National economies are closely interlinked through manychannels and we rarely view things from a single country’s view, adopting a global perspective instead. It is therefore imperative to understand how the world economy functions.

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A world of economic knowledge
If you think international trade and finance can only be viewed in the light of MacDonalds, Starbucks and the Gap, then you might not like this book - stick to your Krugmans and your Salvatores.

However, if you think there is a world outside the United States and that different countries' concerns need to be taken into account, then this book is for you.

Statistically impressive and brilliantly written, this book is the current benchmark for anyone wanting to know about the world economy as a whole. ... Read more