Knight Panic, Prosperity, and Progress

Five Centuries of History and the Markets
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-74617-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

A detailed guide to financial market performance duringfinancial crises
With the financial markets seemingly careening from one crisisto another, it's vital for today's investors and traders tohave an historical perspective on market performance during timesof great turmoil. In this book, Tim Knight provides an exhaustiveanalysis of financial market behavior prior, during, and followingtumultuous events since 1600.
Making copious use of charts and basic technical analysis,Knight demonstrates how external shocks tend to create extremereactions in the financial markets and how these predictablereactions provide opportunities for investors and traders toprofit. Knight traverses five centuries of financial markethistory, from Tulipmania in the 1600s to the contemporary sovereigndebt crisis. He looks at each event from the prism of the financialmarkets, examining the market climate prior to the event, duringthe event, and following the event.
* Draws essential lessons from history providing investors andtraders with guidelines to better navigate markets in today'stumultuous times
* Offers valuable insights on understanding and anticipatingmarket responses to shocks and crises
* Companion website with a Q&A section contains charts fromkey moments in past financial crises and asks readers to choosewhether to go long, short, or step aside
If you're looking for a better way to make it today's dynamicmarkets, look no further than this timely book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knight, Timothy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Tulip Madness 1
Chapter 2 The Mississippi Scheme 9
Chapter 3 The South Sea Bubble 29
Chapter 4 American Revolution in the Colonies 37
Chapter 5 The Panic of 1837 49
Chapter 6 California Gold 63
Chapter 7 The American Civil War 75
Chapter 8 The Panic of 1893 97
Chapter 9 The Rich Man's Panic of 1907 113
Chapter 10 Billion-Dollar Bread--The Weimar Hyperinflation131
Chapter 11 The Roaring Twenties 145
Chapter 12 The Great Depression 157
Chapter 13 Postwar Prosperity 189
Chapter 14 Energy, Politics, and War 199
Chapter 15 Precious Metals and the Destruction of a Billionaire219
Chapter 16 Latin American Debt Crisis 245
Chapter 17 The Reagan Revolution and Crash 255
Chapter 18 The Rising and Setting Sun of Japan 269
Chapter 19 The Savings and Loan Debacle 295
Chapter 20 Fall of the Soviet Union 309
Chapter 21 The Asian Contagion 321
Chapter 22 Russian Crisis of 1998 339
Chapter 23 Captured by the Net 353
Chapter 24 The Great Recession 415
Chapter 25 History in the Making 443
About the Author 449
Index 451

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Knight is a money manager and founder ofwww.SlopeofHope.com, a popular trading blog started in 2005 that isone of the most active forums for discussion among traders on theInternet. Previously, he was founder of Prophet Financial Systems,a web-based service that was bought by Ameritrade and wasconsistently rated the number one website for technical analysis byboth Barron's and Forbes. Prior to startingProphet, Knight was vice president of technology products forMontgomery Securities and worked at Apple in Strategic Planning.Knight has traded for over 25 years, primarily using technicalanalysis and price charts as the basis for his decisions, and heowns and operates a short-bias hedge fund from his home town ofPalo Alto, California.