The UK Stock Market Almanac 2008

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The Almanac is a unique reference work and provides you with the data to tackle the markets in the year ahead.

The main section consists of a 52-week diary, supplemented with articles, facts, figures and trivia unique to the Almanac. This is an extremely valuable and massively informative companion to the financial year making the Almanac the one essential book for the serious trader or investor.

Essentially three books in one, the Almanac consists of:

1. 2008 Financial diary

- A 52-week, one week per page, diary
Each page of the diary includes key financial dates including: important economic releases, derivative contract expiries, exchange holidays, and company results expected that week. The pages also feature the results of a unique study including the historic performance of the market for each day and week of the year.

- Seasonality research
Each page of the diary is accompanied by an original, informative and entertaining article. These cover studies of trends and anomalies, including seasonality analysis, momentum effects, sector performance, arbitrage opportunities, FTSE index reviews, the enduring - and extraordinary - six-month effect, as well as the results of some more unusual research.


2. Market Reference

A mammoth collection of reference information on the UK stock market. Topics covered include basic facts about the market, trade codes, a timetable of the trading day and, exclusive to the Almanac, weekly and daily market performance analysis data - the Sinclair Numbers.

3. Company Directory

A comprehensive directory of all companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and members of AIM, including investment trusts and exchange traded funds.

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The Almanac can be seen as three books in one, comprising:

1. 2008 Financial diary

A) A 52-week, one week per page, diary

Each page of the diary includes key financial dates such as: important economic releases, derivative contract expiries, exchange holidays and company results expected that week. Results of a unique study are also given indicating the historic performance of the market for that week.

B) Articles

Each page of the diary is accompanied by a short article designed to inform and entertain. Topics include: seasonality analysis for days and months; momentum investing analysis for shares, sectors and market indices and many many more.

2. Market reference

A mammoth collection of reference information on the UK stock market. Topics covered include: basic facts about the market (e.g. trade codes, timetable of the trading day); market indices and performance; derivatives. There are also directories of exchanges, associations, regulatory bodies, and share registrars.

3. Company directory

A comprehensive directory of all companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and members of AIM.

About Stephen Eckett

Stephen Eckett read mathematics at London University and then joined Baring Securities on the Japanese equities and warrants desk. After setting up a futures operation for Barings in Hong Kong, he joined the capital markets division of Bankers Trust and organized the first listing of an index warrant in Asia. He then moved to Tokyo to set up a derivatives desk for S.G Warburg Securities. In 1993 he founded Numa Financial Systems Ltd, a training and systems consultancy company specialising in derivatives.

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Reviews for The UK Stock Market Almanac 2008

"Stephen Eckett's excellent little volume provides some interesting - and handy - insights into time factors in a very accessible format".
- Dominic Picarda, Investors Chronicle