The Alpha Interface: Empirical Research on the Financial Markets. Book One: Forty Trading Strategies Based on Scientific Findings About Analyst Forecasts

"My vote for the best trading books of the year (likely the decade)." Dr. Ron Blackburn, traderTrading or investing without being aware of the scientific research in this field is like driving a car with one eye closed.Discover the trading strategy, based on analysts’ revised forecasts, that yielded researchers an average of 1.13% – 2.19% profit per trade, for trades lasting one to two days.Learn how trades based upon certain analysts' recommendations following brokerage hosted investment conferences yielded profits of over 3% during a two-day holding period.Discover how researchers found an average profitability of 1.78% for two-hour trades following an earnings announcement.Learn what empirical science has discovered about the predictive value of analyst recommendations. When are they the most accurate? When are they of little value?If you have bought or sold stocks without knowing the latest scientific research on analyst recommendations, have you been doing your homework? Recommendations are readily available. But, how can they best be used? Of course, until now, this information has been hidden in obscure, academic journals. Now it is made available to traders and investors in plain, straightforward language.The series, of which this is the first book, is titled The Alpha Research on the Financial Markets. Book One is titled Forty Trading Strategies Based on Scientific Findings About Analyst Recommendations."This set of tools can help both ordinary and professional investors alike to re-think and re-vitalize their stock picking, timing and methods. A young, aspiring Warren Buffet could put this book to good use."James P. Driscoll, PhD, investor