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RANDOM WALK HYPOTHESIS [1 record]

Record 1 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Irregular movement of stock or commodity prices that has no fundamental or technical explanation.

CONT

The random walk hypothesis originated in the 1960s. It states that successive stock price changes are identically distributed, independent random variables.

OBS

random walk: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • random walk theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Mouvement irrégulier du cours d'une valeur ne répondant à aucune explication fondamentale ou technique.

OBS

cours aléatoire : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • théorie de la marche au hasard
  • marche au hasard

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Movimientos irregulares en la cotización de un valor que no tienen explicación fundamental o técnica.

OBS

curso aleatorio: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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