Examining the use of technical currency analysis

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-318

  Menkhoff, Lukas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange; Market efficiency; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000756518     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(199710)2:4<307::AID-JFE54>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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