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Time the Markets: Using Technical Analysis to Interpret Economic Data, Revised Edition
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Time the Markets: Using Technical Analysis to Interpret Economic Data, Revised Edition

by Charles D. Kirkpatrick
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 14m
English
Pearson
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5. Corporate Indicators

In this book, the five indicator categories used to time the stock market over the business cycle are corporate, economic, monetary, sentiment, and market. In this chapter, I look for the best method of using corporate data. By “corporate data,” I mean things like aggregate corporate profits and dividends.

Investment thinking has long assumed that corporate earnings and dividends are the principle driving forces behind stock prices. These tests partially confirm that thesis but not to the degree we would necessarily like. Only six out of the ten combinations of dividends, earnings, and interest rates showed robust characteristics, and they did not score high enough to be included in the final model.

Models of Future Stock ...

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