Market timing has a bad reputation... which is not completely justified. Opponents say that you cannot be smarter than the market. They argue that you can be lucky a few times but not consistently.

The problem is that the term “market timing” is used for a variety of investing strategies. When you discuss the merits of a market timing strategy, you first want to distinguish between short-term and long-term strategies.

Which trend following book to read depends on how you intend to apply what you learn in this book.

There are two different types of readers of trend following books:

1. Traders
    
2. Investors

Traders spend a considerable amount of time each day or week on managing their money and trades. They aim to make a living or additional substantial income from trading.

Michael Covel has written many books about trend following. Further below you find a list of his most well known books.

Before buying and reading any of the books written by Covel, be aware of what you can expect. Michael Covel is a firm believer and promoter of the trend following idea. His books will tell you why it works and how it works. Do not expect any arguments in the books against trend following that he cannot handle.

Here are 9 great articles on Personal Finance and Stock Market Investing from November 2011.

These articles have appeared on various blogs. They are selected because of their diversity and the useful information that they provide to the readers. The writers of these posts are independent and not related to the Stock Trend Investing blog.

The 9 articles below are shown in no particular order. I recommend reading them all.