Foresight Investing

Book excerpt: If you want to be in the right place at the right time, it pays to show up a few minutes early. Fortunes can be made by finding "the next big thing." Some of the best investments over the past few years came from Silicon Valley. Over the next decade, we'll see even bigger opportunities from the internet of things (IoT), 5G, augmented reality, cryptocurrencies, automation, artificial intelligence, longevity science, and new sources of energy. Foresight Investing provides a remarkable toolbox for improving your trading skills. These tools will help you identify where to find the best opportunities, what companies to invest in, when to buy and sell, and understand why news events can influence the market. Loaded with insights from a top-performing strategist, this might be the last book about investing that you'll ever need. Inside, you'll find: *Six megatrends for the next decade, including stock watchlists *Ten things you never knew about the P/E ratio *Multiple stock valuation methods *Principles of momentum *Complete system for technical analysis of stock prices *Exit strategies for successful (and unsuccessful) trades *Essential portfolio management techniques *Tips for using style and sector rotation to generate higher returns *Tools for understanding company narratives *Intermarket relationships between stock, bond, currency, and commodity markets *Demographic trends with implications for consumer spending patterns