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We welcome Robert Wright, co-author of a new book The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to “Zombie Banks,” the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market
Wright is a university professor, prolific author
We discuss:
- Which economic indicators investors should be focused on
- Which economic indicators make money, how much money, and how reliable they are
- New indicators we haven’t heard of before
- How technology is enabling new indicators to help investors to make better decisions
- trends in investment book publishing to experiment with digital, freemium model and why he gives away his college textbooks for free
- creating a broad swath of indicators to best understand all the nuances of the economy
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More resources
- If you don’t see the player above, listen to the program here.
- Get the The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to “Zombie Banks,” the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market
- Robert Wright’s university page
- Robert Wright (wikipedia)
- Read the whole transcript from this interview