Statistical analysis of Greek sovereign debt denominated in gold and traded on the London Stock Exchange from the outbreak of the First World War until the advent of the Great Depression is employed to explore the way that historical events including political and institutional changes shaped...

While the academic world is still discussing if charting works or if it is more orless something like “Voodoo finance”, the practical orientated world has been usingtechnical analysis for decades. One argument of practitioners is that technical analysisis useful to “disciplinate” the...