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It is "fair" to "good", augments vocabulary that is unknown........2007-07-30
Been of the non-real estate profession, it has enlightened my reading arsenal, well at least I hope so. Also, I'd like to thank you for not having any problems during delivery. Once again thanks. Hubert M.
Wealth of info!.......2007-07-27
Wow, what a book!! Tons of info!! Highly recommend to anyone shopping for a mortgage.
It depends on context........2007-05-22
If you are in the industry, great reference book.
However, if you are a first time buyer, this book has a lot of technical terms within the definitions! So technical, it can make you head spin!
excellent reference.......2007-02-06
This as an almost indispensible tool for anyone involved in real estate transactions. If you own a home, or you're planning to buy one, you will want to have this book as a guide to the myriad types of loans available, and the dizzying amount of real estate terms that are used. All of it is explained in plain English. It can be used by real estate professionals and laymen alike.
I find this book also useful for notary signing agents. Although we're not required (or supposed) to discuss the loan terms with the borrower at the closing, it still helps to know what all of these terms mean.
What I like about the book is the organization. All of the topics are in alphabetical order, making it easy to find the information you need quickly. There are many cross references and references to web sites. And unlike an ordinary encyclopedia, there are opinions from the author. If you've read his articles or visited his website, then you're already familiar with the wisdom he shares with his readers.
This is one encyclopedia you'll want to read from A to Z.
BEST BOOK FOR MORTGAGE PROS.......2007-02-06
This is a great little book. We have a few copies at my office for all my employees to refer to when they can't get online. Love it.
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- Nothing special
- Moore research quality
- Great idea, but...
- Great computer analysis; wish I was a computer so I could understand it!
- Excellent Seasonal Spread Trading Reference
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A well-researched guide to the most profitable spreads in the futures market
The Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Spreads is divided by product category-energy, natural gas, meats, soybeans, corn/wheat, currencies, interest rates, and metals. The precise performance of each spread is identified-over the previous 20 years-and combined with a graph that displays visually the price performance of the spread. For each of the 175 trades identified, there is an explanation of the trade, its history, and advice on how traders should approach the trade.
Steve W. Moore (Eugene, OR) has been trading and researching the futures markets for more than 25 years. He formed Moore Research in 1990 to provide traders with historical research and seasonal analysis to better trade the commodity markets. Jerry Toepke (Eugene, Oregon) is Editor of Moore Research Center, Inc. Nick Colley (Eugene, Oregon) is Research Director of Moore Research Center, Inc.
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Nothing special.......2007-03-08
Good book for starting into spreads. They tend to just give a small sample of seasonal spreads in the book and by this year(2007) the tables will be outdated. More of a basic intro book that tries to sell their(MRCI) data service where they show many more seasonal spread trades to look at.
Moore research quality.......2006-12-29
As a subscriber for years of Moore research, I find it nice to have the spreads in one place....a book. Moore research quality. The only drawback is that 2006 data is not included, so this is a "perishable" item. Fair enough, it's still worth buying every couple of years or so.
Great idea, but..........2006-09-28
It is a great idea to publish a book like this. When I received this book I was happy, but a few minutes later I was already disappointed. I own a few actual statistics from the same company (Moore Research Center) and couldn`t believe, that they have hidden the most important statistics. For example feeder cattle: in their statistic they published 2 trades with a winning chance of 100 %. In this book they published zero! For example lean hog: in their statistic: 9 trade-opportunities with a winning chance of 100 %. In this book: only 2! They filled this book with 80 % chances. I don`t know, why they have hidden the higher chances?! Somehow I have the impression, this company don't want to tell us the trades with the highest probability. What a pity!
Great computer analysis; wish I was a computer so I could understand it!.......2006-05-13
This book is packed with great spread analysis. The insight, however, is just fair to "middling" (Ha!Ha! - look up middling!). And I found the writing extremely poor, for it was confusing. Thank God (and the writers) for this because it made me dissect the spreads to understand them. I've only scratched the surface, but my confusion has IMHO given me some valuable insights:
Writing comments:
(1) "Specific" contracts are not identified and symbols are not used (the very first spread "Buy Nov crude, Sell Apr crude" means, for example, buy Nov04, sell Apr05). Be sure you are trading what it recommends!
(2) Definitions: Above is a "bull spread" but bull spread is not cleared defined. The same can be said for "Red" Dec Corn. The definition of "Red" is done by inference ("next year's `Red' crop."), BUT a clear and concise definition for "Red" is given on page 358, or 270 pages LATER!
(3) Confusing: On page 88, a paragraph starts "Long old-crop July/short new-crop December is a classic bullish corn spread.". This spread is NOT really discussed in the book. Rather, you are to trade the opposite - a bearish spread ("Buy Dec/Sell Jul"). Since "bull and bear spreads" were never well defined and the book "talks in inverse", I was utterly lost on page 88 of the book.
Then I started "dissecting" and here are a few warnings:
(4) Beware the exit date, it can be the last day of trading.
(5) Beware low volume, which the book only sometimes discusses. I've been trying to get into a feeder cattle spread for several days but can't (the book mentions its methodology is to test the surrounding dates to ensure they work OK too. I'm setting the spread by "normal widths/ranges" rather than by specific dates, and thin volume is preventing my trade from happening).
Now for "the money"... real insights:
(6) Look at the tables and THINK about them.
(7) Re-read #6 above... again... and again... and again. That good ole 1st spread (#1 above), "Buy Nov crude, sell Apr crude", is both deceptive and revealing. In 1990, I was in Kuwait when Iraq invaded, so perhaps this is why I noticed, but this spread generates $17120 in profits (20yrs x $856 avg). 1990 is responsible for almost half those earnings, a whopping $7940. The non-invasion years are still not bad, but it's a "totally different spread", if you will.
Here's some REAL MONEY:
(8) Backwardation: When the nearby contract sells for more than the far contract (generally due to tight supplies). Note: while there is "a Keynesian debate" over what is normal, most accept that the far contract should be priced higher. In any spread, you're trying to buy the cheap and sell the expensive. I have not yet seen the book discuss backwardation (I'm jumping around by trade date), but if it did I'm sure the book would say "If a market is in backwardation, you get to buy the expensive while it is cheap and sell the cheap while it's expensive"! Confused (LOL)? In the book's "Buy Dec soybean oil/Sell Aug" table (p158), which is 100% correct (all trades were profitable), I noticed that the most profitable spreads where those where the entry price started out as a negative (i.e. backwardation). Total profit of 20 spreads is $4854, but the seven "negative" (backward) spreads generated $3822. In other words, trading this spread ONLY when the spread starts in backwardation generates a per trade profit of $546 vs. the other 13 averaging $79 per trade. Huh! Wow! I have noticed more examples where backwardation is a big factor in generating profits (corollary: Spread all backward markets?).
The truth be told, I love this book, but not for the writing and only somewhat for the trade ideas. The seasonal insight is worth its weight in gold (still LOL!). But the greatest value I received from the book came, counter intuitively, because it is so poorly written. It made me think - and work - and in doing so I have gained invaluable insight (I'm NOT giving you ALL my insights, aka "trade" secrets).
Remember, trading futures is not easy and few people actually make money doing so. This book should help you - but it's not a system to be traded blindly. With all due respect to Eric, if trading futures was this easy, it would have been arbitraged away by now (and this is not a pun, this is serious business). Rather, it's a starting point, a reference. I believe this book will help my trading (I'm still analyzing) and I believe it can help yours.
Excellent Seasonal Spread Trading Reference.......2006-04-18
The book is full of seasonal trading ideas and statistics and gives an excellent understanding of the most important markets and there seasonal behaviours. It is recommendet to each serious spread trader. All the statisticall entries and exits shown in this book together with the right chart reading (i.e. Joe Ross, Trading Spreads and Seasonals) is all a spread trader needs.
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- Enjoyed. Good read
- Not bad
- Incomplete Geography
- Great Detail...A bit Dry...
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Much more than a reference, Business provides fascinating perspectives on the culture of business, which is arguably becoming the most potent force in society around the globe. The centerpiece of Business is a collection of over 150 original essays and thought pieces, commissioned especially for this volume from among the world's most dynamic business authors. From Warren Bennis on the four critical aspects of leadership to Charles Handy on the future of business to Peter Bernstein on the case against the long run, readers will learn what's on the minds of today's thought leaders. Business also includes colorful, and often surprising, biographies of the pioneers who have left their indelible marks on the business landscape: from the larger-than-life "robber barons," such as financier J.P. Morgan and oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, to today's high-tech and media titans, Bill Gates and Martha Stewart; from the groundbreaking research of W. Edwards Deming on quality and Abraham Maslow on psychological needs to today's high-profile strategy gurus, Gary Hamel and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
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Let the collective wisdom of generations of trailblazers be your guide to achieving business literacy -- a working knowledge of the key thinking, writing, people, and trends that define business today -- and ultimately the business intelligence to thrive in a world of complexity and possibility.
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Enjoyed. Good read.......2006-01-23
Picked up on a lot of great new concepts in business enterprise. The entrepreneurial parts
are sound. A good read.
Not bad.......2005-07-11
I loved reading this book. Was excellent reading during the 4th of July.
Incomplete Geography.......2004-01-13
This book contains a "World Business Almanac" with significant information on all countries of the world - all countries, that is, except Madagascar! Imagine my surprise having bought this book as a general resource and being able to find out economic and other information on all countries, including North Korea and Cuba, but to find Madagascar missing!
Great Detail...A bit Dry..........2003-07-04
I enjoyed this book, and I think it will have great value for anyone who wants to learn more about Business. On the other hand, for those of us who are entrepreneurs, or have the spirit of creating, the book is a little dry. But still recomended.
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Size Does Matter................2003-06-24
This book is massive and holds a wealth of information unsurpassed by any management/business book I've encountered. The layout is exceptional and is unassuming as it's driven by icons and clearly organized. The book has a top-notch advisory board. The little extras listed under "For More Information" such as websites and books are invaluable. They've done all the legwork for you. Also, each section highlights possible application of the concept discussed in a section called "Making It Happen" and the numerous management checklist make this book very applied. If there is a lacuna in your knowledge base it will surly be filled with Business the Ultimate Resource. Additionally, the bios and details of business gurus are helpful in understanding what it takes to be successful in a global market. Yes, this book does have a global perspective from illustrating the Japanese methodology of Kaizen to business opportunities in Mozambique. So, if you are looking for an exceptional reference book that overshadows Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace by 670 pages this is it!
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- Keep this reference by your side to help your data tell its story
- excellent reference guide for graphs/charts
- A great source for graphical ideas.
- Alphabetical arrangement not very useful
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Keep this reference by your side to help your data tell its story.......2006-09-10
I think anyone who solves serious problems by analyzing data will want to own a copy of this book. Being able to organize data into the right visual image can often make no less a difference than that between seeing the answer to the problem vs. getting lost in the complexity and variation in the data.
This is a uniquely comprehensive encyclopedia of graphical techniques with just enough detail on each technique to help you choose the right one for each situation.
There are no long, detailed explanations of principles. What you get are a few illustrations of each type of graph, with a general description of the strengths of that particular technique and several variations to show how it could be applied to different situations which share some central similarity.
One review criticized the alphabetic listing of the techniques, which is a reasonable critique in general. However I think the weakness is mitigated significantly by the way the graphs are grouped together into broad categories once you get to those. The alphabetically listed individual headings are mainly for cross-reference. It seems clear to me that the book wasn't intended to be read from front to back alphabetically, but that the reader would have a rough idea what sort of graph they needed, would start with the heading for that category, and then when neccessary, would refer to the cross-referenced section alphabetically.
In any case, I found it useful to place sticker-tabs on the pages for the main categories of graph that I care most about, and use those tabs as my starting place for choosing the right graphic. There are about ten broad categories of graphs I usually care most about, such as bar, area, column, line, and point graphs, control charts, statistical distribution charts, and time/activity charts. In addition there are about another dozen or so big categories of topics about graphs in general, such as choosing the right aspect ratio, the right font, and the right scale.
Don't get the wrong idea here, none of these topics is covered in great detail, this book is wonderful *index* to visual techniques for showing data for operational purposes but it is not a detailed how-to or an academic treatise on the individual techniques. Also, the book is not intended for creating flashy presentation or marketing graphics, nor does it cover argument maps, truth maps, or any other single sort of conceptual maps in any great detail (although it does touch on the topic in general).
A welcome bonus is that the bibliography is particularly well selected, and not just a list of popular books on graphs. Some of his references are difficult to get and I suspect that some of these sources may even out of print, but some of them like Tukey's work and William Cleveland's texts are well worth searching for.
This is an indispensible encyclopedia of operational information graphics for helping you to help data tell its own story in its clearest and most revealing light, whether you are trying to manage the quality of a process or track down the source of a problem. The examples are extremely well chosen and representative, and the explanations are concise and helpful in a way that lets you use this as a quick reference and not just as a textbook.
excellent reference guide for graphs/charts.......2005-10-14
this is an excellent book if you are working with different types of graphs or charts. we use it as the bible while programming gui tools to create graphs. if you are looking to make meaningful graphs, this book can clue you in to the different types of graphs that will best illustrate your data.
A great source for graphical ideas........2004-11-17
This book is 400+ pages, and I would estimate it contains
5-10 graphics examples per page. If you've got "writer's block"
and can't think of a new way to graphically present your data,
then this is the book for you. Just thumb through it until
something catches your eye, and then read the details about
that kind of graph. Maybe not 100% 'comprehensive' as the
title implies ... but pretty darn close! ;)
For people like me who have to do a lot of different kinds
of graphs, this book is a great resource to have on your shelf.
Alphabetical arrangement not very useful.......2004-10-15
Three stars is perhaps harsh, but this book would be much more useful if it had been structured differently. Open this book
and on the first page the entries start rolling: "Abscissa", "Abscissa axis", "Abstract graph", etc. Most readers will be
exhausted before reaching the letters D or E...
Having compiled this exhaustive list of information graphics, one would expect the author to provide some kind of an
overview, guidelines, or some useful grouping of the different types of graphics. The closest thing to such insights is
found in the brief preface (pp. 4-5) and the "Graph" entry (pp. 164-177).
I have to disagree with the reviewers describing this book as helpful "to select the best graphic or chart to convey
information in the most efficient way". When you "turn to this book and and pick the most appropriate graphic type", which
alphabetical entries are you going to look up? And which entries are you going to miss?
This book does serve a purpose as a catalogue and a 4 page bibliography, but the best books for learning how to create
informative and efficient graphics are those written by Edward Tufte and William Cleveland.
Encyclopedic Work About Data Presentation.......2004-07-27
This is not a how-to-book. Harris has written a definitive book about data presentation. Topics are organized alphabetically and cross-referenced. Almost every entry is accompanied by illustrations and sometime many of them. I have other books that describe data presentation but they are incomplete compared with Harris's book. I have not seen such an array of presentation illustrations in one place before. Some of the illustrations show plots that I frequently use with interesting additions; for example, the diagonal in pairwise scatter plots typically names variables, Harris has an illustration with histograms for each variable on the diagonal. What a great idea! Almost everyone knows how to construct pie charts. Harris's discussion of pie charts is six pages long. After a brief introduction, he gives a description and terminology, general characteristics, methods to incorporate descriptive and quantitative information, reference angles, showing changes over time, varying the size of circles proportional to the overall value of the data, highlighting slices of the pie, improving legibility, grouping sections of the chart, using pie charts instead of histograms, encodeing additional quantitative data, adding depth, overlapping pie charts, decographs, belt charts, and cirlce graphs. Who could have imagined that lowly pie charts were so versatile and communicative? Some have dogmatically asserted, "Pie charts are a very bad way of displaying information." Although I generally agree, Harris has given me much to think about and I will not be so averse to using them in the future.
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Book Description
Today's most all-inclusive reference of technical indicators--what they are and how to use them to add value to any trading program
Technical analysis has become an incredibly popular investors' tool for gauging market strength and forecasting short-term direction for both markets and individual stocks. But as markets have changed dramatically, so too have technical indicators and elements. The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators provides an alphabetical and up-to-date listing of hundreds of today's most important indicators. It defines what each indicator is, explains the philosophy behind the indicator, and of the greatest importance provides easy-to-understand guidelines for using it in day-to-day trading.
Broad in both scope and appeal, this one-of-a-kind reference painstakingly updates information from the previous edition plus defines and discusses nearly 100 new indicators.
Customer Reviews:
Consider This A Should Have Text.......2007-04-29
The second edition of "The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators" is a significant change from the first edition; the 15 years between the editions, commonness of personal computers and the software applications to perform the technical analysis of market equities (stocks) has made accessible to the private investor what was once the province of the institutions. The popularity of the various software tools given to those investors has also enabled them, without some experienced guidance, the ability to gain that experience the painful way. Mr. Colby has provided an excellent text to guide those exploring all of this new information, a way to construct models and simulations, adhering to his professional guidance, and the cyclopedia of information and some mathematics, to get dependable and desired results from testing historical data. Mathematical explanations are easily followed as text or formulae, and sometimes with the inclusion of the programming with MetaStock software. The math is easily followed and should be well understood by anyone involved in this aspect of market analysis. I have both the first and second editions, and keep each in a prominent spot on the shelf of my library. One should keep in mind, this book is an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary.
Very useful book.Very good service and delivery from Amazon........2006-11-04
Very useful book.Very good service and delivery from Amazon.
Indicator formulas are not in Metastock, only some trading sytems are.......2006-05-22
For the earlier review commenting that the formulas are only in Metastock I must comment that this is not the case.
The indicators in the book are described in varying ways:
1. Most of the indicators (and the method of their calculation) are described in prose. Sometimes there are no mathematical formulas visible, as the calculation is only described in the text.
2. Very often the mathematical formula for the indicator is printed out. From these formulas it is quite straightforward to implement them in your selected calculator (be it in your head, Excel, any programming language..)
3. For the most used and known indicators, the calculation is layed out in detail with printed step-by-step excel-sheets. For example, it is impossible for you not to undestand from the book how to calculate Exponential Moving Averages.
However, the book does not only include definitions about market indicators, but also examples of their implementation. For most of the indicators a trading system is proposed (that is, exact rules when to buy or sell using the data given by the indicator), and the implementation of these systems are indeed described in Metastock language. Still the described systems are quite easy to understand even without Metastock background. The meaning of some of the metastock function calls may take some figuring out, but usually given the context of the text the code is quite easy to understand. Personally I am also a programmer and have never used Metastock, and still find all of the book most usable.
The only negative aspect of the book I can say is that the level of description on the indicators varies quite widly. Some indicators may get several pages, while others are passed by with 10 lines of text. It would have been nice if all the indicators would have been given the same level of treatment, with at least simple mathematical descrioption for each. I usually prefer simple mathematics, and it was little disturbing to notice that sometimes formulas are described only in text.
To conclude, this is after all a very comprehensive book, and by far the best collection of data on market indicators I have seen. Highly recommended dependless whether you are using metastock or not.
The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators.......2006-03-20
I have been in Technical analysis for more than 4 years and have many books on the subject but of all the books I have "The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators" is the most misguided title ever. Motivation for this statement is that the book is almost like an empty vessel. The author relates to numerous indicators and indicates how successful or unsuccessful they are but without explanations which make it difficult to comprehend. Also nowhere in the book does he indicate how these indicators should be used which, in my opinion, should be the essence of a book with this title. The author attempts to correct this on his website at: www.robertwcolby.com.
The Encyclopedia of Technical Market Indicators, Second Edit.......2003-07-14
A must for the serious investor. A concise and easy to understand examination of technical market indicators. Mr. Colby's book is invaluable when determining the usefulness of indicators. This book is about as close as you can get to a "one stop shop" for technical research.
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