Neuroinvesting

Rewire your brain for investing success As an investment advisor to high net worth individuals, Wai-Yee Chen has spent years watching her clients make investment decisions—some good decisions and some not-so-good decisions. Though confronted by the same market variables, those clients often make very different choices with very different results. Here, Chen argues that it's usually not the data that affects investor decision-making as much as the way investors themselves think. In NeuroInvesting, Chen argues that investors can change the way they think in order to change the way they invest. She presents four elements that affect investor decision-making and reveals how investors can rewire their brains to make better investing decisions for better returns. Uses neuroscience to explain how successful investors think different Written by an experienced investment advisor who works at one of Australia's premier retail brokers Explains investing using real-world stories about investors from an advisor's perspective When it comes to investing, how you think has a huge impact on how you make investing decisions. Based on the real science of how people think, NeuroInvesting offers every investor a chance to change the way they invest by changing the way they think.

Train your brain to be a real contrarian and outsmart the crowd Beat the Crowd is the real contrarian’s guide to investing, with comprehensive explanations of how a true contrarian investor thinks and acts – and why it works more often than not. Bestselling author Ken Fisher breaks down the myths and cuts through the noise to present a clear, unvarnished view of timeless market realities, and the ways in which a contrarian approach to investing will outsmart the herd. In true Ken Fisher style, the book explains why the crowd often goes astray—and how you can stay on track. Contrarians understand how headlines really affect the market and which noise and fads they should tune out. Beat the Crowd is a primer to the contrarian strategy, teaching readers simple tricks to think differently and get it right more often than not. Discover the limits of forecasting and how far ahead you should look Learn why political controversy matter less the louder it gets Resurrect long-forgotten, timeless tricks and truths in markets Find out how the contrarian approach makes you right more often than wrong A successful investment strategy requires information, preparation, a little bit of brainpower, and a larger bit of luck. Pursuit of the mythical perfect strategy frequently lands folks in a cacophony of talking heads and twenty-four hour noise, but Beat the Crowd cuts through the mental clutter and collects the pristine pieces of actual value into a tactical approach based on going against the grain.

"Successful Wall Street fund manager retired at age 35 guides investors to use intuitive and creative right-brained processes to complement traditional left-brain financial analysis. Author describes his principles based on spiritual insights and provides professional anecdotes to support his. theories"--Provided by publisher.

Let the legends of finance be your money managers! Imagine having the opportunity to ask Babe Ruth how to hit, or Charles Lindbergh how to fly. Investment Titans assembles an unprecedented panel of Nobel laureates and great financial thinkers--including Harry Markowitz, Paul Samuelson, John Bogle, and others--to ask: "How can investors make smart decisions that minimize risk and uncertainty and maximize return?" Their answers are thought-provoking, innovative, and certain to provide profitable insights for readers to use in their own investing. Each contributor's field of knowledge--hedging risk, defeating psychological negatives, picking stocks, choosing strategies--is featured in its own concise, hands-on chapter. The result is a rare, fascinating look inside the minds and techniques of some of today's greatest financial thinkers.

Learn how to tackle personal dilemmas and the deadlock of political discourse by using this book's rational framing techniques.

*Now includes Amibroker code for 20 trading system ideas* How to Beat Wall Street covers everything you need to get started trading in stocks, forex and commodities. This is the perfect book for someone looking for a solid overview of how to trade, from a seasoned professional trader. Plus... 20 powerful trading system ideas are introduced that anyone can use to trade in stocks on a variety of timeframes. What you will learn: - Trading fundamentals: central banks, macro-economics, Keynes and interest rates - Trading philosophies: trend following strategies, mean reversion techniques - Famous traders: Warren Buffett, Jim Rogers & George Soros - Timing: financial ratios, volatility analysis, Dow Theory, stock market cycles - Risk: money management techniques, trading psychology, Kelly criterion - Secrets & tips: news trading, volume analysis, seasonal patterns - Technical analysis: MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, pivot points and naked price action - Trading systems: design & optimisation, 20 stock trading strategies, trend following strategies and mean reversion trading systems - Resources & bonus material: comprehensive resource material, tips for online trading, best trading books bibliography and bonus section. 20 trading systems are back-tested on 10 years of historical data. Including: Trading System 1: Moving average crossover: A simple trend following trading system that uses moving averages to find trends in stocks. Trading System 2: 4 weeks up in a row: A system based on a profitable pattern of four consecutive higher opens. Trading System 3: Trading the noise: A system that finds stocks in smooth trends using a custom formula to calculate market noise. Trading System 4: Trading gradients: A mean reversion reversal system that finds extremely oversold companies based on a custom formula. Plus many more trading strategies, ideas, and of course access to the full How to Beat Wall Street course. You will also learn: - How to trade non-farm payrolls and other news releases. - Volatility and sentiment analysis, bottom-up valuation techniques and PE ratios. - Risk management and optimisation. Finally, you will also receive the tools you need to build your own winning trading system including Amibroker AFL code for every trading system in the book, free Excel stock value calculator and over 60 spreadsheets of historical economic data. "I would put this on a top ten list of books for new traders and I have read hundreds and even written a few of those books myself." - Steve Burns, founder of newtraderu.com and Amazon Vine Voice. "The reason I am giving 5 stars is the generosity of the author in sharing trading system scripts and historical data. For the price paid its an absolute steal and a no-brainer." Please Note: If you have any problems accessing the extra material please contact the author directly.

OptionsWise is a must-read for would-be investors researching investment options, share investors, option traders, self-managed super fund trustees and anyone looking to earn an income stream in a sensible, sustainable style.Wai-Yee Chen has been helping Australians make sound financial decisions since 1996. She is a Certified Practising Accountant and currently works for RBS Morgans as Head of Asian Derivatives Desk. With a Masters in Applied Finance, a DFP8 from the Financial Planning Association and a Level 2 ASX Accredited Derivative Adviser, Wai-Yee is well-respected by her peers.She lectures to different investor groups including sophisticated investors and accountants. Wai-Yee is a contributor to the Journal of Financial Planning in the area of her special interest, options.OptionsWise does not promise to make you rich overnight, but it does offer reader the opportunity to develop a sensible, sustainable investment lifestyle. If the use of the terms ?sensible' and ?options' in the same sentence sounds like a contradiction to you, this book will challenge your perceptions about money management. OptionsWise traces the share market through the global economic crisis, the worst bear market since the Great Depression. The book's four investors navigate through the challenging years of 2008 and 2009 with the use of options. OptionsWise is not just about share prices and derivatives, it delves into the social demographic and emotional state of investors and explains how and why they make the investment decisions they do in the most stressful financial period in living memory. Tailored specifically for the Australian investor, readers can learn from the OptionsWise investors, what they did right and how they reacted when their investments and strategies went wrong.