Timing the Market – How To Profit in the Stock Market Using the Yield Curve, Technical Analysis and Cultural Indicators

Acknowledgments.
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>PART I: Yield Curve Analysis.</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Demystifying the Investment World.</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Back of the Envelope Forecast Model.</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Money Markets Matter.</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Long–Term Bonds Give Advance Warning.</p>
<p>Chapter 5: Expected Returns for the Stock Market.</p>
<p>Chapter 6: Bond Quality Spreads.</p>
<p>Chapter 7: Federal Funds Rates.</p>
<p>Chapter 8: Summary of Yield Curve Analysis.</p>
<p>PART II: Technical Analysis.</p>
<p>Chapter 9: Market Breadth: Advancing Issues in the Dow.</p>
<p>Chapter 10: The Volatility Index.</p>
<p>Chapter 11: The Put/Call Ratio.</p>
<p>Chapter 12: Moving Averages.</p>
<p>Chapter 13: Using Moving Averages: The MACD Line.</p>
<p>Chapter 14: Leverage: Short Positions and Margin Debt.</p>
<p>Chapter 15: Summary of Technical Analysis.</p>
<p>PART III: Cultural Indicators.</p>
<p>Chapter 16: Changing Standards of Feminine Beauty.</p>
<p>Chapter 17: Demographics.</p>
<p>Chapter 18: Corporate Spending.</p>
<p>Chapter 19: War and Rumors of War.</p>
<p>Chapter 20: Summary of Cultural Indicators.</p>
<p>PART IV: Choosing Investments.</p>
<p>Chapter 21: Asset Classes.</p>
<p>Chapter 22: Mutual Funds.</p>
<p>Chapter 23: Exchange–Traded Funds.</p>
<p>Chapter 24: Security Selection.</p>
<p>Chapter 25: Final Summary.</p>
<p>PART V: Capitalism at Work.</p>
<p>Chapter 26: Outrageous Wall Street Stories.</p>
<p>Chapter 27: America! America! God Shed His Grace on Thee.</p>
<p>APPENDIXES.</p>
<p>2.1 Yield Curves and the S&amp;P 500 Index, 1960 2004.</p>
<p>2.2 Chapter 2 Return Calculations.</p>
<p>3.1 U.S. Treasury Bill Spreads, 1960 2004.</p>
<p>3.2 Chapter 3 Return Calculations.</p>
<p>6.1 Speculative Bond Spreads (Ba1 and Lower Rated), 1991 2003.</p>
<p>7.1 Federal Funds Rates during 1987, 1998, 2001 Bear Markets.</p>
<p>7.2 Chapter 7 Return Calculations.</p>
<p>8.1 Ten–Year Note Total Return Index, 1960 2004.</p>
<p>9.1 All 30 Dow Industrial Stocks Fell on July 19, 2002.</p>
<p>9.2 Chapter 9 Return Calculations.</p>
<p>16.1 Playmate of the Year, S&amp;P 500 Index, and the Russell 2000 Index, 1960 2000.</p>
<p>16.2 Monthly Playmates and the S&amp;P 500 Index, 1982 2004.</p>
<p>19.1 Gross Domestic Product and War, 1800 2004.</p>
<p>19.2 S&amp;P 500 Index and War, 1800 2004.</p>
<p>19.3 War in Iraq and the S&amp;P 500 Index, 1990 1991.</p>
<p>19.4 War in Iraq and the S&amp;P 500 Index, 2002 2003.</p>
<p>19.5 Chapter 19 Return Calculations, 1960 2002.</p>
<p>20.1 Part Three Return Calculations, 1960 2005.</p>
<p>21.1 Changes in Housing Prices, 1970 2004.</p>
<p>21.2 Returns Including Treasury Bills, 1960 2004.</p>
<p>21.3 Year–End Prices of Gold, 1800 2004.</p>
<p>21.4 Returns Including Gold, 1974 2004.</p>
<p>21.5 Euro Exchange Rates and U.S. Business Cycles, 1969 2004.</p>
<p>23.1 Gold and Nasdaq Return Calculations, 1974 2004.</p>
<p>23.2 Nasdaq Composite, 1984 2005.</p>
<p>24.1 Nasdaq and Centex Return Calculations, 1990 2005.</p>
<p>24.2 Nasdaq and Placer Dome Return Calculations, 1990 2005.</p>
<p>Sources and Suggested Reading.</p>
<p>Index.</p>
<p>About the Author.</p>