Abstract
New York stock price series are analyzed by a new statistical technique. It is found that short-run movements of the series obey the simple random walk hypothesis proposed by earlier writers, but that the long-run components are of greater importance than suggested by this hypothesis. The seasonal variation and the ‘businesscycle’ components are shown to be of little or no importance and a surprisingly small connection was found between the amount of stocks sold and the stock price series.
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EconometricsEconomicsStock (firearms)Random walkRandom walk hypothesisEfficient-market hypothesisStock marketSeries (stratigraphy)Stock priceFinancial economicsSpectral analysisMathematicsStatisticsGeography
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- 1963
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- 16
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- 1-27
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Clive W. J. Granger,
Oskar Morgenstern
(1963).
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF NEW YORK STOCK MARKET PRICES.
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.1963.tb00270.x
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- 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1963.tb00270.x