Trading catalysts : how events move markets and create trading opportunities
 Author: Webb, Robert Ivory, 1952-
 Format: Book
 Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Financial Times, c2007.
 Language: English
 Summary:
Webb (financial trading, University of Virginia) explains how natural disasters, such as storms and epidemics, as well as human events, such as elections and terrorism, can influence prices in financial markets. He shows how understanding these trading catalysts can give traders an edge in anticipating the market's reaction to events. Webb uses real market examples, with... (see more)
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  • xix, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • ISBN: 0130385565 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780130385567
  • OCLC Number: 70129113
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Market Conditions and Sentiment
  • Chapter 3. Talk Isnt Cheap
  • Chapter 4. Geopolitical Events
  • Chapter 5. Weather and Natural Disasters
  • Chapter 6. Market Interventions
  • Chapter 7. Periodic Economic Reports
  • Chapter 8. Size Matters
  • Chapter 9. Bubbles, Crashes, Corners, and Market Crises
  • Chapter 10. The Accidental Catalyst
  • Index
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Title Summary
Webb (financial trading, University of Virginia) explains how natural disasters, such as storms and epidemics, as well as human events, such as elections and terrorism, can influence prices in financial markets. He shows how understanding these trading catalysts can give traders an edge in anticipating the market's reaction to events. Webb uses real market examples, with moment-by-moment details of changes in market prices, to illustrate the speed, duration, direction, and intensity of the effects of various trading catalysts on market prices. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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