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The Dow Theory: William Peter Hamilton's Track Record Re-Considered

Alfred Cowles' (1934) test of the Dow Theory apparently provided strong evidence against the ability of Wall Street's most famous chartist to forecast the stock market. In this paper, we review Cowles' evidence and find that it supports the contrary conclusion -- that the Dow Theory, as applied by its major practitioner, William Peter Hamilton over the period 1902 to 1929, yielde
Year of publication:
1998-02-01
Authors: Brown, Stephen ; Goetzmann, William ; Kumar, Alok
Institutions: School of Management, Yale University
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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
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