Is the Swedish stock market efficient? Evidence from some simple trading rules

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-490

  Metghalchi, Massoud ^a   Chang, Yung Ho ^b   Marcucci, Juri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Market efficiency; Reality Check; Swedish stock market; Technical analysis; Trading rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349152380     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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