Chart distortions that drive me crazy
Going parabolic and other lies
bubbles
Is the Federal Reserve driving the stock market?
While the Fed had no explicit mandate to focus on the stock market, the effects of the run-up in prices seemed to me a legitimate concern
What you need to know about bubbles
I am not attuned to this market environment, and I don’t want to spoil a decent record by trying to play a game I don’t understand just so I can go out a hero.
Use of charts and statistics to identify bubbles
The S&P 500 appears to cross through the two standard deviation channel in mid-1996.
The common misuse of charts
These charts tend to exaggerate recent prices and understate older prices. As the time period increases the distortions of the chart increase.