Paradigm

by Robert Taylor

Book Overview

GOLD MEDAL FOR FICTION, 2006, MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

What is tomorrow's Wall Street Journal worth to you today? Where is the line between reality and fiction? Are the financial markets really predictable? Does an ancient artifact hold the key to how some of the world's wealthiest families made their fortunes?

When a mysterious granite and cypress Egyptian box is found hidden away in a secret room in the palatial Biltmore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932714162
• ISBN13: 9781932714166
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Mindboggling!

Robert Taylor is a gifted writer - Paradigm is chock full of so much information it takes your breath away, but it is wonderful. As a native Atlantan, I am proud when a writer from Atlanta makes a difference - Taylor describes Emory University, the Carlos Museum (my family and that family are friends), different places around Atlanta that I know well. When the excellent characters go to see a friend at Biltmore House, the magnificent mansion in Asheville - Alex and his twin Nicholas Shepard, their wives, Francesca and Cassandra meet their friend Gabe there and while exploring the mansion, they find a secret room with mysterious contents - a box that is obviously ancient Egyptian, and many accompanying documents. The twins develop a theory that the box measured gravity and it predicted the high and low pressures with the ups and downs of the stock market - They all agree to keep the box and contents secret until they have all the answers about it. One of the twins in his excitement lets out that he had found this box to his grad student, and thus starts a heck of a ride - to keep their lives, and to finalize their theory. They put the theory to work with their own seed money and make $50,000 into millions! With a tragic event, the family and friends go on a quest to find answers as to who has used the box and why - It is a great ride with these characters in all the places they follow clues to - exquisitely described by Taylor, and even the bad guys are colorful. I went to Taylor Trends on the Web, and saw that Taylor would for a monthly membership, share his software so the public can reap the benefits - The theory makes sense, and am sure the calculations match with the historic info, so folks really into stocks may try it out. For us nickel and dime investors, I don't know. But it is fascinating and a great read - Looking forward to the next novel by Taylor - he's one to watch!

Key to the Vault?

Paradigm is a novel written by Robert Taylor, published by Savas Beatie in 2006. It is the story of two brothers who discover the holy grail of stock market timing and then are chased across Europe and the United States by powerful dark forces who already had discovered the secret and are not too happy about sharing it. It's 600+ pages were a quick and entertaining read and I recommend it to those of you who enjoy reading and in particular, enjoy reading about anything related to the stock market. Here's the catch: It's not entirely a work of fiction. The storyline is make believe, but the holy grail, according to Taylor, is real. Wait. It gets better. It's for sale: http://taylortrends.com I wrote the author and asked for some back data so I could check it out for myself. I received six years of charts with the author's methodology superimposed upon a chart of the S & P 500. I then subscribed to the timing service and checked all the previous timing signals, as far back is the web site went, just to make sure that the dates were authentic. Does it work? Here are my hypothetical results, you can decide for yourself. All dates are based on the monthly mid-points, i.e. if a high or low was set for June, I chose June 15th for the date of my hypothetical trade. I also used the SPY (rounded to nearest whole number) for prices, although the timing would work for any general market tradable. 12/15/00.....SELL 132 03/15/01.....BUY 118 06/15/01.....SELL 121 09/15/01.....BUY 101 12/15/01.....SELL 113 04/15/02.....BUY 112 05/15/02.....SELL 110 09/15/02.....BUY 89 01/15/03.....SELL 94 03/15/03.....BUY 83 06/15/03.....SELL 100 08/15/03.....BUY 99 01/15/04.....SELL 113 05/15/04.....BUY 109 06/15/04.....SELL 114 08/15/04.....BUY 107 01/15/05.....SELL 122 04/15/05.....BUY 116 06/15/05.....SELL 121 10/15/05.....BUY 119 01/15/06.....SELL 128 Those are some impressive signals. The average gain per trade signal is 7.5% basis the SPY. But when applied to the Double Beta Funds (2X the market gains) of Pro Funds, the average trade signal jumped to 11.87%. When applied to deep-in-the-money SPY options, the average trade signal was close to 100% for three-month options. There is reason to be skeptical of any methodology that claims to be able to time the market. That reason is that so many of us have been trying for so long to time the market without success, it is easy to conclude that it just can't be done and that these posted trade signals are too good to be true. Unless, of course, they're not and this is indeed, the key to the vault. A

Two for one

I saw this book on my library's New Fiction shelf, and was attracted because it looked like a fast-paced thriller and also centered on the machinations of the stock market. It was both, in a big way -- with endearing principal characters, traveling to great places to regain control of their family's Secret; and at the same time setting out a fascinating new theory in stock market prediction. As a novice in understanding the stock market, I was surprised to find that as I was turning pages furiously to see what happened next, I was also learning a whole lot about the workings of the market. Two for one. Check it out!

Thriller and Discovery in One

Paradigm is a unique novel - it contains a traditionally told thrilling fiction plot about two brothers and the discovery that changes their lives and everything they believe about the economies of the world. At the same time, it reveals and explains the author's exciting discovery - a way to predict the stock market *without* relying on standard, flawed, "internal" signals. At the beginning of Paradigm, Alex and Nicholas find a box hidden in a mansion and discover they can use the secrets hidden in the box to predict the stock market. The first 100 pages or so are a bit slow, but when the previous owner of the box learns his secret is out, the book becomes a real page-turner. The brothers realize their families are in jeopardy and one travels to Europe to uncover the secrets of the box. On the trail, they learn the ancient box has been linked to the world's richest families for generations, who will stop at nothing to maintain their power. Taylor describes locations in Europe in great detail and develops the minor characters and subplots well. He writes in the style of current popular thriller authors such as Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, and Robin Cook. He packs the book full of twists and turns and sprinkles revelations about his discovery throughout. The result is a pleasantly exciting read, and an enticing invitation to follow up on his claims yourself. I recommend Paradigm to anyone who enjoys reading mystery or technological thrillers, and to anyone interested in new theories about the stock market or investment.