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Required CFA Institute® disclaimer: "CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by C Institute. CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research) does not endo promote, review, or warrant the accuracy of the products and services offered herein. Certain mater contained within this text may be copyrighted property of CFA Institute. The following is the copyri disclosure for these materials: "Copyrights, 2009-2011, CFA Institute. Reproduced and republished from 20 2011 Learning Outcome Statements, Level 1, 2, and 3 questions from CFA® Program Materials, CFA Insti Standards of Professional Conduct, and CFA Institute's Global Investment Performance Standards. All Rig Reserved."
Disclaimer: The Financial Analyst Study Notes for the CFA Exam should be used in conjunction with original readings as set forth by CFA Institute in their CFA Study Guide for the appropriate level. information contained in these Notes covers topics contained in the readings referenced by CFA Institute an believed to be accurate. However, their accuracy cannot be guaranteed nor is any warranty conveyed as to y ultimate exam success. The authors of the referenced readings and CFA Institute have not endorsed sponsored these Notes.
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Technical analysis stands stands in contrast to... (2) ______
1. Efficient market hypothesis EMH ("past performance has no influence over future performance"). 2. Fundamental analysis.
What are the underlying assumptions of technical analysis (4) ______ 1. Supply and demand determine market value of goods
2. Rational and irrational factors govern supply and demand, which the market continuall and automatically weighs those factors
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What are the problems with accounting statements, according to technicians (3)? ______ 1. Lack of information in accounting statements, e. g. sales information, capital utilized by product line etc. 2. U.S. GAAP/IFRS let accountants choose among different ways of reporting expenses, assets, liabilities which produce vastly different values
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What are the challenges to technical tech nical analysis (6)? ______ 1. Statistical analysis has shown that prices do not move in trends, pro EMH
2. Untestability, certain price patterns may never be repeated, repeat ed, making some technical tradin rules untestable 3. Price patterns self-fulfilling, potentially
4. Success of a particular trading rule encourages e ncourages many investors to use it, in effect neutrali the strategy 5. Subjective judgment used in technical trading, consensus of several signals 6. Standard values may change over time that signal investment decisions
Name the groups of technical analysts (4). ______ 1. Contrarians, contrary-opinion signals
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3. Investment advisory opinions: 60%/20% ratio of o f bearish/bullish advisory positions signals approach of a market trough which is a bullish bu llish sign - vice versa 4. OTC vs. NYSE volume: speculative trading peaks at market peaks, high ratio is a bearish sign. look for direction of ratio, as it is often c hanging 5. CBOE put-call ratio: put-call ratio > 0.60 signal signalss bearish attitude for investors, bull for contrarians, ratio < 0.40 bullish for investors, bearish for co ntrari ntrarians ans 6. Futures traders bullish on stock-index futures: > 70% of o f futures traders bullish is bearish signal for contrarians, < 30% of traders bullish is bullish sign
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their yield and the spread and increasing the ratio. high ratio is a bullish indicator. ratio = yield / yield
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