James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

There has been a lot of research recently that investigates the link between stock returns and higher moments of the return distribution, specifically the skewness of returns. This link, unfortunately ...

In the Moments table, N is the number of nonmissing observations, Mean is the arithmetic mean, Std Dev is the standard deviation, and Variance is the variance. Skewness and Kurtosis are both measures ...

The “Crash of 1987” and its aftermath provided me with a sharp flash of awareness; one that I’ve never forgotten and one that I share with every trader who’s lived through something similar. In the ...

The LeaderShares Equity Skew ETF uses a contrarian strategy, underweighting assets that have recently outperformed and overweighting those that have underperformed. Despite its innovative approach, ...

Vol. 55, No. 2/3, Recent Advances in the Analysis of Genetic Traits (2003), pp. 108-116 (9 pages) Non-normality of the phenotypic distribution can affect power to detect quantitative trait loci in sib ...