Tests of technical trading strategies in the emerging equity markets of Latin America and Asia

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1887-1905

  Ratner, Mitchell ^a   Leal, Ricardo P C ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Emerging markets; Stock returns; Trading rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474526     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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