Chartism and exchange rate volatility

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-316

  Bask, Mikael ^a  

^a Monetary Policy and Research Department   (Finland)

Author keywords

Excess volatility; Foreign exchange; Fundamental analysis; Moving averages; Overshooting; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; EXCHANGE RATE;

EID: 34347345072     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: 10991158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.315     Document Type: Article

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