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The evolution of technical analysis : financial prediction from Babylonian tablets to Bloomberg terminals / Andrew W. Lo and Jasmina Hasanhodzic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lo, Andrew W. (Andrew Wen-Chuan)
- Series:
- Bloomberg
- Bloomberg ; v.96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical analysis (Investment analysis)--History.
- Technical analysis (Investment analysis).
- Investment analysis--History.
- Investment analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive history of the evolution of technical analysis from ancient times to the Internet age Whether driven by mass psychology, fear or greed of investors, the forces of supply and demand, or a combination, technical analysis has flourished for thousands of years on the outskirts of the financial establishment. In The Evolution of Technical Analysis: Financial Prediction from Babylonian Tablets to Bloomberg Terminals, MIT's Andrew W. Lo details how the charting of past stock prices for the purpose of identifying trends, patterns, strength, and cycles within market data
- Contents:
- The Evolution of Technical Analysis: Financial Prediction from Babylonian Tablets to Bloomberg Terminals; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ancient Roots; The Beginnings; Ancient Babylon; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Negative Attitudes toward Traders; Chapter 2: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance; Western Europe; Technical Analysis; Societal Attitudes; Chapter 3: Asia; Japan; China; Chapter 4: The New World; Wall Street; Societal Attitudes; Chapter 5: A New Age for Technical Analysis; Dow Theory; Relative Strength; Market Cycles and Waves; Chart Patterns; Volume of Trading; Market Breadth
- Nontechnical AnalysisChapter 6: Technical Analysis Today; Trends; Patterns; Strength; Cycles; Wall Street's Reinterpretation of Technical Analysis; Chapter 7: A Brief History of Randomness and Efficient Markets; Prices As Objects of Study; The Emergence of Efficient Markets; What Is Random?; Chapter 8: Academic Approaches to Technical Analysis; Theoretical Underpinnings; Empirical Evaluation; Adaptive Markets and Technical Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612782817
- 9780470952733
- 0470952733
- 9781282782815
- 1282782819
- 9780470879030
- 0470879033
- OCLC:
- 781348395
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