Divorcing the Dow

An investment approach that unlocks the secret of market patterns
Based on over forty years of combined author experience as portfolio managers and financial advisors, presents a timely framework for understanding and investing in market cycles. Authors Jim Troup and Sharon Michalsky believe that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is no longer a relevant indicator of market performance; in fact, they feel that watching the Dow may actually obscure indications that the financial markets are poised to experience a boom that dwarfs anything seen before. Based on in-depth research and field-tested in their own successful management of millions of dollars in personal and corporate assets, introduces investors to a revolutionary paradigm for assessing the markets and making investment decisions. Troup and Michalsky’s approach focuses on analyzing patterns of productivity as a way to anticipate market cycles and investment potential-and with this book they’ve outlined how investors can begin to recognize these patterns themselves. provides investors with a new framework for thinking about financial markets and gives readers specific investment techniques to anticipate the market’s direction and identify companies poised for sustained productivity and long-term growth.