Technical analysis: related pages

Fundamental analysis
The most common way in which investors value securities: using methods such as discounted cash flows and valuation ratios.
Investment strategy
An approach to investing, a methodology used to pick investments, or a choice of investments.
Mechanical investing
An investment strategy that follows fixed rules rather than using human judgement to make (or even approve) buy and sell decisions.
Moving average
The average of a value over the previous x days.
Efficient markets
A market in which securities prices reflect all available information.
Random walk
Price changes in securities that are (a priori) purely random. Expected behaviour in efficient markets.
Smart money
Money managed by investors who are likely to outperform the market.
Dumb money effect
The tendency of investments popular with private investors to under-perform.
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