Stock Market Forecast. Is it possible?

    Predicting is telling about the future within certain error. The error must be small enough to make the prediction meaningful. From the emergence of stock markets, investors have used charts, fundamental analysis, and mathematical models in attempts to predict stock prices. Furthermore, many have speculated about the impacts of political changes on stock markets, and debated whether stock market forecasting is possible. Suppose the markets are governed by certain rules which are known. Also suppose that these rules are deterministic and that this perfectly predictable market begins to be frequently shocked by random variations. Then you will face a problem: even with the knowledge of these rules you will not be able to prove on a closed form that these rules do exist. However if the shocks are not continuously disturbing our deterministic market, in the meantime between perturbations a glimpse into the future can take place. This idea can be developed to the fullest as is briefly shown by these HINTS on market forecast. Another interesting opinion is showed on the article of Kevin Kelly on Cracking Wall Street. Or how chaos theory can explain market moves by Blake Lebaron (article from Scientific American). Take a look at the market crash of Oct 19th, 1987.
       
       
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