pIn iInvesting from the Top Downi, Anthony Crescenzi, esteemed financial author and chief bond strategist for Miller Tabak Co., explains how to develop new, highly effective investment strategies by taking a macro view of the factors shaping industries and markets. Emphasizing the importance of economic and market cycles as opposed to a bottom-up approach, which places valuation ahead of the big picture top-down investing is better suited for today's global economy and will likely become the dominant strategy in the future.p pCrescenzi provides more than fifty tools for analyzing domestic and international trends and indicators, such as GDP growth rates, inflation, interest and exchange rates, and energy prices. He then explains how to narrow your search down to region, total sales, price levels, competition, and entryexit from market to make astute buying and selling decisions. Crescenzi explains why thematic investing is the ideal approach for pul liTaking full advantage of exchange