Market efficiency and the returns to technical analysis
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5-17 |
| Journal / Publication | Financial Management |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
We further investigate and provide interpretation for the intriguing Brock, Lakonishok, and LeBaron (1992) finding that simple forms of technical analysis contain significant forecast power for US equity index returns. We document that the forecast ability is partially, but not solely, attributable to return measurement errors arising from nonsynchronous trading. We argue that the evidence supporting technical forecast power need not be inconsistent with market efficiency. "Break-even" one-way trading costs are computed to be 0.39% for the full sample and 0.22% since 1975, which are small compared to recent estimates of actual trading costs.
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Market efficiency and the returns to technical analysis. / Bessembinder, Hendrik; Chan, Kalok.
In: Financial Management, Vol. 27, No. 2, 06.1998, p. 5-17.
In: Financial Management, Vol. 27, No. 2, 06.1998, p. 5-17.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
