Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to Zombie Banks, the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market
by Constable, Simon; Wright, Robert E.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-05-03
Publisher(s): Harpercollins
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Summary
The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is a must-have guide for investors. Dow Jones columnist Simon Constable and respected financial historian Robert E. Wright offer valuable tips and insight to help investors forecast and exploit sea changes in the global macroeconomic climate. Unlike other investment handbooks, Constable and Wright's guide explores the not widely known economic indicators that the smartest investors watch closely in order to beat the stock market-from #x1C;Big Macs#x1D; to #x1C;Zombie Banks.#x1D; Not only valuable and informative, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators that Really Matter is also wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining, making it the most fun to read investors' guide on the market.
Author Biography
Robert E. Wright, PhD, is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He has authored or coauthored eleven books and has written for Barron's, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Los Angeles Times, and other prominent publications.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Consumption (C) | |
| Automobile Sales | p. 3 |
| Chain Store Sales | p. 8 |
| Consumer Sentiment | p. 13 |
| Existing Home Sales | p. 18 |
| Underemployment or Slack | p. 23 |
| Investment (I) | |
| Book-to-Bill Ratio | p. 31 |
| Copper Price | p. 36 |
| Durable Goods Orders | p. 41 |
| Housing Permits and Starts | p. 46 |
| Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization | p. 51 |
| Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Survey | p. 56 |
| Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Survey | p. 61 |
| JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index | p. 66 |
| London Metal Exchange Inventories | p. 71 |
| Personal Savings Rate | p. 76 |
| Unit Labor Costs | p. 81 |
| Government (G) | |
| Federal Government Budget Deficits and the National Debt | p. 89 |
| Net Exports (NX) | |
| Baltic Dry Index | p. 97 |
| Big Mac Index | p. 102 |
| Current Account Deficit | p. 108 |
| Oil Inventories | p. 113 |
| Tankan Survey | p. 118 |
| TIC Data | p. 123 |
| Multiple Components | |
| Beige Book | p. 131 |
| Crack Spread | p. 136 |
| Credit Availability Oscillator | p. 141 |
| Federal Funds Rate | p. 146 |
| Fertility Rates | p. 150 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita | p. 156 |
| Libor | p. 161 |
| M2 Money Supply | p. 166 |
| New Home Sales | p. 171 |
| Philadelphia Fed: The Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index | p. 176 |
| Philadelphia Fed: Business Outlook Survey | p. 181 |
| Real Interest Rates | p. 186 |
| Short Interest | p. 191 |
| Russell 2000 | p. 196 |
| Weekly Leading Index | p. 201 |
| Yield Curve | p. 206 |
| Inflation, Fear, and Uncertainty | |
| GDP Deflator | p. 213 |
| Gold Price | p. 218 |
| Misery Index | p. 223 |
| Producer Price Index | p. 227 |
| Retail Investment Activity | p. 231 |
| Credit Spreads: The Risk Structure of Interest Rates | p. 235 |
| Ted Spread | p. 241 |
| Texas ôZombie Bankö Ratio | p. 246 |
| TIPS Spread | p. 250 |
| CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) | p. 255 |
| VIXEN Index | p. 260 |
| Conclusion: Putting It All Together | p. 265 |
| Appendix: Useful Economic Indicators Websites | p. 275 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 279 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 281 |
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