Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-27-2019
Keywords
stock exchanges, stock markets, analysis, prediction, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, sentiment analysis
Abstract
Stock market prediction has always caught the attention of many analysts and researchers. Popular theories suggest that stock markets are essentially a random walk and it is a fool’s game to try and predict them. Predicting stock prices is a challenging problem in itself because of the number of variables which are involved. In the short term, the market behaves like a voting machine but in the longer term, it acts like a weighing machine and hence there is scope for predicting the market movements for a longer timeframe. Application of machine learning techniques and other algorithms for stock price analysis and forecasting is an area that shows great promise. In this paper, we first provide a concise review of stock markets and taxonomy of stock market prediction methods. We then focus on some of the research achievements in stock analysis and prediction. We discuss technical, fundamental, short- and long-term approaches used for stock analysis. Finally, we present some challenges and research opportunities in this field.
Faculty
Sheridan Research
Journal
International Journal of Financial Studies
Volume
7
Issue
2
Last Page
26
Version
Publisher's version
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
Copyright
© Dev Shah, Haruna Isah, & Farhana Zulkernine, 2019
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Creative Commons License
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Original Publication Citation
Shah, D., Isah, H., and Zulkernine, F. (2019). Stock Market Analysis: A Review and Taxonomy of Prediction Techniques. International Journal of Financial Studies, 7(2), 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs7020026
SOURCE Citation
Shah, Dev; Isah, Haruna; and Zulkernine, Farhana, "Stock Market Analysis: A Review and Taxonomy of Prediction Techniques" (2019). Publications and Scholarship. 6.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/centres_publications/6
