John J. Murphy is a former technical analyst for CNBC and has over forty years of market experience. He is senior writer for StockCharts.com, a website that specializes in financial charts and technical analysis education. Murphy has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNN, FOX, and the Nightly Business Report, and has been widely quoted in several other media outlets. In 1992, he was given the first award for outstanding contribution to global technical analysis by the International Federation of Technical Analysts, and received a lifetime achievement award from the same organization in 2014. He is a recipient of the Market Technicians Annual Award. In addition to two previous books on intermarket analysis, he also authored two editions of The Visual Investor, all of which are published by Wiley. He also authored Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets. Murphy has a bachelor of arts in economics and a master of business administration from Fordham University. He currently lives in New Jersey.

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xiPart I The Old Normal 1Chapter 1 Intermarket Analysis: The Study of Relationships 3Chapter 2 Review of the Old Normal 15Chapter 3 The 1997–1998 Asian Currency Crisis 25Part II The 2000 and 2007 Tops 35Chapter 4 Intermarket Events Surrounding the 2000 Top 37Chapter 5 The 2002 Falling Dollar Boosts Commodities 47Chapter 6 Asset Allocation Rotations Leading to the 2007 Top 59Chapter 7 Visual Analysis of the 2007 Market Top 73Part III The Business Cycle and ETFs 89Chapter 8 Intermarket Analysis and the Business Cycle 91Chapter 9 The Impact of the Business Cycle on Market Sectors 105Chapter 10 Exchange-Traded Funds 123Part IV The New Normal 129Chapter 11 The Dollar and Commodities Trend in Opposite Directions 131Chapter 12 Stocks and Commodities Become Highly Correlated 145Chapter 13 Stocks and the Dollar 161Chapter 14 The Link between Bonds and Stocks 179Chapter 15 The Link between Bonds and Commodities 197Conclusion: It’s All about Relationships 215About the Author 227Index 229