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'''Technical analysis-''' is the | '''Technical analysis-''' is essentially the making and interpreting of stock charts. Thus, its practitioners, a small but abnormally dedicated cult, are called chartists. They study the past, both the movements of common stock prices and the volume of trading, for | ||
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*'''Castle in the Air Theory''' | *'''Castle in the Air Theory''' | ||
**This theory analyzes how the crowd of investors will act in the future and the tendency in periods of optimism to build their hopes into castles in the air. Investors try to beat the gun by estimating what investment situations are most suceptible to public castle building and then buy them before the crowd. | **This theory analyzes how the crowd of investors will act in the future and the tendency in periods of optimism to build their hopes into castles in the air. Investors try to beat the gun by estimating what investment situations are most suceptible to public castle building and then buy them before the crowd. | ||
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[[Random Walk]] | [[Speculative Bubbles]] | [[Fundamental Analysis]] | [[Technical Analysis]] | [[Efficient-Market Hypothesis]] | [[Non-Random Walk Theory]] | [[Market Efficiency vs. Behavioral Finance]] | [[Random Walk]] | [[Speculative Bubbles]] | [[Fundamental Analysis]] | [[Technical Analysis]] | [[Efficient-Market Hypothesis]] | [[Non-Random Walk Theory]] | [[Market Efficiency vs. Behavioral Finance]] | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 1 May 2007
Technical analysis- is essentially the making and interpreting of stock charts. Thus, its practitioners, a small but abnormally dedicated cult, are called chartists. They study the past, both the movements of common stock prices and the volume of trading, for
- Castle in the Air Theory
- This theory analyzes how the crowd of investors will act in the future and the tendency in periods of optimism to build their hopes into castles in the air. Investors try to beat the gun by estimating what investment situations are most suceptible to public castle building and then buy them before the crowd.
Erik frain was here
Random Walk | Speculative Bubbles | Fundamental Analysis | Technical Analysis | Efficient-Market Hypothesis | Non-Random Walk Theory | Market Efficiency vs. Behavioral Finance
