“Some economists, when thinking about long memory, are concerned that it undercuts the Efficient Market Hypothesis that prices fully reflect all relevant information; that the random walk is the best metaphor to describe such markets; and that you cannot beat such an unpredictable market. Well, the Efficient Market Hypothesis is no more than that, a hypothesis. Many a grand theory has died under the onslaught of real data.” Benoît B. Mandelbrot
10 March 2014
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Ho Hum
As boring days go, today was a fairly boring day.
Given all the florid headlines about the confrontation in the Ukraine, the markets shook it all off.