Book Reviews

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest investors rely on to make their decisions? Analysts David Fuller and Eoin Treacy count some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, traders and investors as subscribers. Their approach to measuring the rhythm of the market has been the secret weapon of alpha generators for decades. Now for the first time a book is available that sets out the approach to market analysis they employ on a daily basis at FT-Money.com using macro, behavioural, fundamental and technical cues.
At the heart of this approach is a groundbreaking application of the insights of crowd psychology to financial markets, underpinned by a factual analysis. We can fall in love with our investments. No other emotion describes why it is so difficult to sell. After all, breaking up is hard to do. Greed and fear are useful frames of reference for commentators but love explains much more of what’s going on, and for the first time you can find out exactly how it powers (or undermines) markets, and how to make money in response.
Above all, Fuller and Treacy’s approach reveals something astonishing taking place in the markets right now. We are living in one of the most exciting periods of human history: a confluence of power themes is setting the stage for a major secular bull market in the decade 2015-2025. In the meantime, interest rates will need to normalise, which is likely to provide everyone with an unmissable buying opportunity. Crowd Money closes by revealing over 125 shares ideally placed to be the global bull market stars of tomorrow.