Comments on: The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends

By: Walter Downs Jr.

Walter Downs Jr. — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:41:19 +0000

I expected this book to be about new ways to visually assess charts, something
I am interested in since I use visual cues in my trading.

What I got was a rehash of some very basic charting techniques and indicators,
and some info on basic investment vehicles.

The rest of the book was dedicated to numerous shameless plugs for Murphy's products, investment tools and Internet projects.

I wouldn't even recommend this book to a rank newbie to the investment arena.

Very poor. Something not expected from someone with such a good reputation in
investment.

This is the first book I ever returned to Amazon..... Rating: 1 / 5

By: Brian E. Mitchell

Brian E. Mitchell — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:12:51 +0000

This is probably my favorite introduction to technical analysis. John Murphy discusses some of the more important technical indicators, and gives you a firm technical basis to go on and read other works on technical analysis.

This book is nont all-encompassing, but it does touch on the basics, and even some of the more advanced topics, like intermarket analysis.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:36:57 +0000

What a book by John Murphy. This one is probably the best book I’ve read. If I have to scale this book’s “greatness” I would say this one beats my all time favorite fiction book by Tom Clancy , “Rainbow Six” . Now when anyone ask ‘what is my favorite book’ , I’ll have to say “The Visual Investor” by John Murphy, after all those years saying “Rainbow Six” by Tom Clancy. Anyway, what I think is so special about this book is actually that it gives advices and tricks, unlike Steven Achelis’ book “Technical Analysis A to Z” . Achelis’ book is stiffly focused on how to read the indicators and neglect to discuss a further tricks on using them. I have to say, John Murphy also sort of neglect to do so, but not in the greatness of Achelis and for me, I learnt a whole lot of new things and helped me in the ‘speculative’ world. Read Technical Analysis A to Z by Achellis then read this book. A good combination, just like the weekly Stochastic and the Daily Stochastic.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: William C. Adams

William C. Adams — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:11:35 +0000

This is a must read for anyone that invests in the stock market. John Murphy is the master teacher of reading charts for the beginers or the experts.Always a great price on Amazon.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Mr. Stephen A. Moynahan III

Mr. Stephen A. Moynahan III — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:14:23 +0000

Very good, easy to read, clear introduction to interpreting charts. I read this book with some of my own stock charts in hand and found the majority of the discussion in this book applied. I acted on it the next day, dumping my ‘poor’ stocks, per the chart, and it has literally saved me thousands of dollars.

Get a handle on your investing and buy this book. It is not a complete resource for you investing knowlede, but it is a good place to start…
Rating: 1 / 5