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Article #491Re: Use of Statistical Techniques in Stock Selection
From: r hardin
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 23:47
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 23:47
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m.ramesh writes: >Has anyone ever used statistical analysis such as regression, correlation, >forecasting, ectc on stock for investment puposes. Is there any book which >talks about this. People used to find cycles by weighting price histories with secret weights, I think in the '50s. Somebody spoiled a lot of the fun by analyzing the spectrum of the weighting functions. ``A Random Walk Down Wall Street'' is still a the best book, if you're inclined to think statistical techniques might help. It ought to dissuade you.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!allegra!alice!rhh From: rhh@alice.att.com (r hardin) Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Subject: Re: Use of Statistical Techniques in Stock Selection Message-ID: <23881@alice.att.com> Date: 13 Oct 92 23:47:23 GMT Article-I.D.: alice.23881 Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 13