Forces That Move Stock Prices

Topics:
Regulatory Compliance,
Valuation
Tags:
Factor,
Finance,
Financial Accounting,
Investment,
Investopedia,
Investor,
Stock,
Stock Price
Source:
Investopedia

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Overview: Different types of investors depend on different factors. Short-term investors and traders tend to incorporate and may even prioritize technical factors. Long-term investors prioritize fundamentals and recognize that technical factors play an important role. Investors who believe strongly in fundamentals can reconcile themselves to technical forces with the following popular argument: technical factors and market sentiment often overwhelm the short-run, but fundamentals will set the stock price in the long-run. In the meantime, one can expect more exciting developments in the area of behavioral finance since traditional financial theories cannot seem to explain everything that happens in the market.

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Format: HTML | Date: Oct 2004 | Pages: 4


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