Effects of economics indicators on financial markets
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Národohospodářský obzor |
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| Field | Economy |
| Keywords | investors; financial markets; economic indicators |
| Description | In recent years, the general public has become increasingly aware of economic activities, aided and abetted by the growing involvement of private individuals in the stock market. As decisions in financial markets have become no longer a matter of luck but based on structured decisions, the investor or adviser has been left with two options. First, decisions can be based on technical indicators or charts. This is the field of technical analysis, whose importance has steadily increased in recent times. In addition, there is fundamental analysis, which boasts a far longer history, although considered 'elitist' for a long time, whereby national economic indicators are calculated and their importance and effect explained in a somewhat cryptic form. Any investors basing their decision to some extent on economic performance should therefore have at least some idea of what individual economic indicators mean and their relation to other indicators. |