Technical Analysis had its beginnings in the early part of the twentieth century. In 1948, Technical Analysis by Edwards & Magee was published. For years, this served as the bible of chart analysis. The logic in the book is that fundamental analysis is unproductive because it is impossible to gain enough knowledge about corporations to know more than other value investors. It made sense to study the behavior of investors who used fundamentals as opposed to studying the criteria they were using. Continue reading
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