Head and Shoulders above the Rest? The Performance of Institutional Portfolio Managers Who Use Technical Analysis

Volume: 29
Published: Aug 27, 2014
Abstract
This study takes a novel approach to testing the efficacy of technical analysis. Rather than testing specific trading rules as is typically done in the literature, we rely on institutional portfolio managers’ statements about whether and how intensely they use technical analysis, irrespective of the form in which they implement it. In our sample of more than 10,000 portfolios, about one-third of actively managed equity and balanced funds use...
Paper Details
Title
Head and Shoulders above the Rest? The Performance of Institutional Portfolio Managers Who Use Technical Analysis
Published Date
Aug 27, 2014
Volume
29
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