Andrew W. Lo, Jasmina Hasanhodzic

The Heretics of Finance (eBook, ePUB)

Conversations with Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Heretics of Finance provides extraordinary insight into both the art of technical analysis and the character of the successful trader. Distinguished MIT professor Andrew W. Lo and researcher Jasmina Hasahodzic interviewed thirteen highly successful, award-winning market professionals who credit their substantial achievements to technical analysis. The result is the story of technical analysis in the words of the people who know it best; the lively and candid interviews with these gurus of technical analysis. The first half of the book focuses on the technicians' careers: How and why they learned technical analysis What market conditions increase their chances of making mistakes What their average workday is like To what extent trading controls their lives Whether they work on their own or with a team How their style of technical analysis is unique The second half concentrates on technical analysis and addresses questions such as these: Did the lack of validation by academics ever cause you to doubt technical analysis? Can technical analysis be applied to other disciplines? How do you prove the validity of the method? How has computer software influenced the craft? What is the role of luck in technical analysis? Are there laws that underlie market action? What traits characterize a highly successful trader? How do you test patterns before you start using them with real money? Interviewees include: Ralph J. Acampora, Laszlo Birinyi, Walter Deemer, Paul Desmond, Gail Dudack, Robert J. Farrell, Ian McAvity, John Murphy, Robert Prechter, Linda Raschke, Alan R. Shaw, Anthony Tabell, Stan Weinstein.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470885369
• Artikelnr.: 38206743

Autorenporträt

Andrew W. Lo is the Harris & HarrisGroup Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Managementand the director of MIT's Laboratory for FinancialEngineering. His previous books include The Econometrics ofFinancial Markets, A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street,and Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective. He is also thefounder and chief scientific officer of AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, aquantitative investment management company based in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Jasmina Hasanhodzic is a researchscientist at AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, where she developsquantitative investment strategies and benchmarks, including the CS130/30 Index. She received her PhD from MIT's Department ofElectrical Engineering and Computer Science, where she proposed newmethods for automating technical analysis and replicating hedgefund betas. Her work has appeared in the Journal Of InvestmentManagement and Institutional Investor's Alphamagazine. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale College, Hasanhodzicis a recipient of a number of awards for academic excellence and amember of several honor societies, such as Sigma Xi, the ScientificResearch Society.