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Chartists and Fundamentalists in the Currency Market and the Volatility of Exchange Rates

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Bask, Mikael () (Department of Economics, Umeå University)

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The purpose of this paper is to implement theoretically, the empirical observation that the relative importance of fundamental versus technical analysis in the foreign exchange market depends on the planning horizon. For shorter planning horizons, more weight is placed on technical analysis, while more weight is placed on fundamental analysis for longer planning horizons. The theoretical framework is the Dornbusch (1976) overshooting model. The perfect foresight path near long-run equilibrium is derived, and it is shown that the magnitude of exchange rate overshooting is larger than in the Dornbusch (1976) model. Specifically, the extent of overshooting depends inversely on the planning horizon.

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Paper provided by Umeå University, Department of Economics in its series Umeå Economic Studies with number 605.

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Keywords: Chartists; Excess Volatility; Foreign Exchange; Fundamentalists; Moving Averages; Overshooting; Technical Analysis;

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E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money
E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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  1. Mikael Bask, 2003. "Technical Trading at the Currency Market Increases the Overshooting Effect," Finnish Economic Papers, Finnish Economic Association, vol. 16(2), pages 72-80, Autumn. [Downloadable!]
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