"Technical Analysis"

[Brainster]

I have tutored thousands of college students in finance over the last decade, and only once have I had a student come in with a technical analysis question, so it's certainly not commonly taught as an academic discipline. Pareidolia is my working assumption.

 

[Chanakya]

I have tutored thousands of college students in finance over the last decade, and only once have I had a student come in with a technical analysis question, so it's certainly not commonly taught as an academic discipline. Pareidolia is my working assumption.

Depends on what subjects in Finance you teach, I guess. Standard SAPM syllabuses will include a section on TA, in my experience.

And in any case, research reports that brokerages and research houses send out to their clients do usually incorporate TA.

(Like I said before, I personally don't think it's any different than studying constellations, or tea leaves, or entrails. Pareidolia, as you rightly say, and I agree. ...Just, it's very much a thing, I'm afraid, even though IMV it shouldn't be.)

 

[Darat]

Yesterday I did a brief search on news about Tesla stock. It came back with several articles, but I noticed two with opposing arguments. One was saying that Tesla is in worse shape than people realize. Another predicted that shares of Tesla were poised to rise by as much as 34%. The latter prediction was based on "technical analysis". It's sort of what inspired me to start this thread.

That's because in essence the Tesla stock has become decoupled from the actual business of Tesla.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Tesla Investors openly say that what the brand has going for it primarily is that Trump likes Musk.