How to Read the Signs of Economic Change-Before They Impact Your Business and Investments Economic and stock-market cycles affect companies in every industry. Unfortunately, a confusing array of anecdotal and conflicting indicators often renders it impossible for managers and investors to see where the economy is heading in time to take corrective action. Now, a thirty-five-year Wall Street veteran unveils a new forecasting method that will help managers and investors understand and predict the economic cycles that control their businesses and financial fates. In Ahead of the Curve , Joseph H. Ellis argues that the problem with current forecasting models lies not in the data, but rather in the lack of a clear framework for putting the data in context and reading it correctly. The book explains critical economic indicators in nontechnical language, identifies and documents the recurring cause-and-effect relationships that consistently predict turning points in the economy, and provides the tools managers and investors need to position themselves ahead of cyclical upturns and downturns. Economic events are not as random and unpredictable as they seem. This book will help readers recognize and react to signs of change that their rivals don't see-and win a sizeable competitive advantage.

"約瑟夫·埃利斯

Joseph H. Ellis

高盛集團閤夥人。1970～1994年，埃利斯專職從事零售業的分析，關注整個行業的發展趨勢及一些公司的業績錶現，工作的最終目標是嚮高盛集團的客戶提供整個零售業以及零售企業股票，如沃爾瑪、聯邦百貨、Gap等的投資前景等相關建議。

埃利斯的從業經驗已達35年，並連續18年被《機構投資者》（Institutional Investor）雜誌評為華爾街第一零售業分析師。"