Constance M. Brown - All About Technical Analysis: The Easy Way to Get Started

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PART ONE
WHAT IS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, AND WHO CAN BENEFIT?

Chapter 1
Could Charts Have Called the Enron Collapse?

Chapter 2
What Is Technical Analysis and Who Uses It?

Chapter 3
Can Mutual Fund Investors Use Technical Analysis?

PART TWO
HOW TO CREATE CHARTS

Chapter 4
How to Get the Data into Your Computer

Chapter 5
Weekly, Monthly, and Intraday Time Intervals: How to Display the Data

Chapter 6
How Asian Traders Prefer to Display Data

Chapter 7
Why the U.S. Dollar Dictates the Longevity of an American Equity Bull Market

Chapter 8
Help! Short- and Long-Term Interest Rates Are Really Confusing

Chapter 9
Why a North American Needs International Market Data

Chapter 10
Wait a Minute! Isnt That Real Estate Data?

PART THREE
HOW TO READ THE DATA TO MAKE A DECISION

Chapter 11
A Big-Picture Summary of the Different Approaches within Technical Analysis

Chapter 12
Directional Patterns and Signals within the Data

Chapter 13
Why Are There Holes in My Data?

Chapter 14
Understanding Trends and Basic Market Geometry

Chapter 15
Using Market Geometry for Price Projections

Chapter 16
Ways to Detect Market Extremes Using Price, Breadth, and Sentiment

Chapter 17
The Hottest Stock since Green Ketchup! How to Listen to the Media with a Technical Mindset

PART FOUR
HOW TO HANDLE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

Chapter 18
Price Targets for Stocks Just Listed and Other Challenges

PART FIVE
LESSONS FROM GLOBAL MARKET SHOCK WAVES

Chapter 19
Lessons from Global Market Shock Waves

PART SIX
WHY DOES TECHNICAL ANALYSIS WORK?

Chapter 20
What Do Seashells, Hurricanes, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average All Have in Common?

Chapter 21
A Universal Higher Order and How All Things Are Indeed Connected

PART SEVEN
MARKET CYCLES AND LONG-TERM CYCLES OF IMPORTANCE

Chapter 22
Market Cycles and Long-Term Cycles of Importance

PART EIGHT
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH RISK EXPOSURE IN MIND

Chapter 23
A Broker Has Just Recommended that You Buy a Stock. What Do You Do Next?

Chapter 24
The 27 Million Dollar Lunch

Appendix A
The Growth of Technical Analysis in Universities and Colleges