How to Lie with Charts: Investor's Edition

by Gerald Everett Jones

This is the third edition of Gerald Everett Jones's popular textbook on achieving clarity in business and financial presentations. New material includes financial proofreading, inherent flaws of dashboard displays, and basics of stock market technical analysis. Emphasis is on catching chart errors - which are often unintentional - whether you are making your own or trying to interpret a presenter's claims.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

366 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Gerald says, "I write mystery-thrillers and literary fiction for adult readers who seek insight, fascination, and delight in the adventures of their own lives."
Gerald Everett Jones is a freelance writer who lives in Santa Monica, California. Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner is his eleventh and most recent novel. From 2020-21 he won ten book awards - one in business, four in literary fiction, and five in mystery-thriller. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Dramatists Guild, Women's National Book Association, and Film Independent (FIND), as well as a director of the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC). He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from the College of Letters, Wesleyan University, where he studied under novelists Peter Boynton (Stone Island), F.D. Reeve (The Red Machines), and Jerzy Kosinski (The Painted Bird, Being There). Learn more at geraldeverettjones.com.

Reviews

[Gerald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite its whimsical title, this book about visual literacy has been adopted for coursework in many otherwise respectable educational institutions, including the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A must-read for all BS artists... and scientists