We are investigating trend extrapolation using historical data from academic publications to forecast future technology directions. Many sources of academic information on the Web (e.g., Google Scholar, Scirus) provide a wealth of relevant information, yet they are not structured for...

Persistence of stock returns is an extensively studied and discussed theme in the analysis of financial markets. Antipersistence is usually attributed to volatilities. However, not only volatilities but also stock returns can exhibit antipersistence. Antipersistent noise has a somewhat rougher...