The predictive power of "head-and-shoulders" price patterns in the U.S. stock market

Journal of Financial Econometrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-265

  Savin, Gene ^a   Weller, Paul ^a   Zvingelis, Janis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Mesirow Financial ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Kernel regression; Stock prices; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047201512     PISSN: 14798409     EISSN: 14798417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjfinec/nbl012     Document Type: Article

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