Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.632
EAN: 9780131721296
ISBN: 0131721291
Label: FT Press
Manufacturer: FT Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 11, 2006
Publisher: FT Press
Sales Rank: 41493
Studio: FT Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
"A guide that will turn readers into smart and savvy investors. Appel, author of several successful books on investing and editor of the leading technical analysis publication Systems and Forecasts, offers readers even more hot investment tips in his latest offering. Here, he shows readers how to read and recognize the economic climate, and demonstrates how to invest accordingly. After teaching how to understand the character of the market, Appel offers tried-and-true strategies that will help you make high-return, low-risk investments using mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and real investment trusts. He also provides solid advice on how to invest in foreign markets, taking advantage of often overlooked investment opportunities abroad. Investments in real estate, precious metals and other commodities also receive coverage, and Appel offers useful web resources for further research. The author has more than 40 years of experience, and his love of teaching the trade is conveyed through his enthusiasm and thorough explanations.Both amateurs and experienced investors who are looking for a competitive edge will appreciate this information-packed guide to making wise investments in any economic climate. " --Kirkus Reports In Opportunity Investing, you are shown which investments provide the best returns in varying economic climates, how to recognize and take advantage of investment opportunities overseas as well as investment opportunities within the United States. Specific strategies for identifying the strongest mutual funds and stock market sectors are provided, as well as strategies for periods when interest rates either rise or fall. Tools are provided to identify periods when stocks and/or other investment options are likely to advance, periods when market outlooks are more cloudy, and strategies that suggest changes in portfolio allocation that may be made accordingly. Other areas discussed include real estate, precious metals and other commodities, and investments that bring in high and steady levels of income.




Rating: - Shows there is always a bull market somewhere
This book does an outstanding job explaining how to use different investment vehicles at the right time to find opportunities and achieve results. The author advises to only take on appropriate risk for your situation, diversify, buy your investments for a good value, and stick with your winners. He explains the proper use of open and close ended mutual funds, REITs, ETFs, commodity mutual funds, gold, stocks and bonds. High inflation? Invest in commodity and natural resource mutual funds. Moderate ... Read More

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Rating: - A Step beyond Asset Allocation and Annual Rebalancing
For all of us that are interested in taking a more active role in our investments, the processes in this book are a good next step. There is a rare balance of acceptance of risk and potential gain in the author's suggested quarterly re-allocation method. The method is not a "read the market" approach, which virtually no one can do consistently, if at all. It is rather a method to use recent fund performance as a purchase / reallocation guideline for short periods of time (as in quarterly). It is ... Read More

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Rating: - Important Investment Guide for the Novice and Expert alike
Being a financial advisor, I've come across books that range from the very basic to the ridiculous.

Appel's book, although more conventional then his previous titles, lays out a comprehensive, although extremely practical and relevant strategy for 1) understanding how the markets both stocks and bonds work and 2) giving the investor various options to use that although do involve time and some monitoring, provide a solid blue-print step by step guide that will allow them to more intelligently ... Read More

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Rating: - Practical Investing Guide for Self-directed Investors
Gerald Appel is a well-known author, technical analyst (and developer of the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator) who has written a practical guide to investing while dispelling a number of Wall Street myths on along the way. His book's purpose is to help readers who have limited time on their hands become active intelligent investors, as well as to help those individuals who are willing to put in more time and effort.

In the book, Appel covers specifically which vehicles to ... Read More

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Rating: - Good book
Really like this book. Covers sector rotation, etf's, how to position yourself to profit regardless of the market. Good, usable information. Yes it is backtested info. Use at your own risk. I like it!

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