MURPHY, Joseph E., Jr.

MURPHY, Joseph E., Jr. American, b. 1930. Genres: Money/Finance, Travel/Exploration. Career: Writer. Woodard Elwood & Co. (brokerage firm), Minneapolis, MN, director of investment research and financial analysis, corporate secretary, 1961-67; Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, vice-president, 1967-83; writer, 1983-. Midwest Communications, Inc., Minneapolis, director, 1956-87, vice-chairman, 1986-89, chairman, 1990-92. Member and co-leader of American expedition to Istor-o-Nal, Pakistan, 1955; member of American expedition to Peak Nun, India, 1980; leader of American expeditions to Minya Konka, China, 1982, Shisma Pangma, China, 1984, and Mount Everest, China, 1986; member of international South Pole Overland Expedition, 1988-89. Publications: Adventure beyond the Clouds: How We Climbed China's Highest Mountain and Survived! (juvenile), 1986; With Interest: How to Profit from Interest Rate Fluctuations, 1986; Stock Market Probability: How to Improve the Odds of Making Better Investment Decisions, 1988, rev. ed., 1994; The Random Character of Interest Rates, 1990, rev. ed., 2001; South to the Pole by Ski, 1990; To the Poles by Ski and Dogsled, 1996; Bond Tables of Probable Future Yields, 1996; The Random Character of Corporate Earnings, 1997; Taklamakan, 1997; Bond Tables of Probable Future Prices, 1997; Bond Tables of Probable Future Returns, 1997; Why the Stock Market Rises, 1998; Mauritania in Photographs, 1999; The Valuation of Options, 1999; The Random Character of Currency Prices, 2001. Address: 2116 W Lake of the Isles Pky., Minneapolis, MN 55405, U.S.A.