This paper investigates the sources of the profitability of 1024 moving average and momentum models when trading in the German mark (euro)/U.S. dollar market based on daily data. The main results are as follows. First, each of these models would have been profitable over the entire sample...

This paper examines the mutually reinforcing interactions between exchange rate dynamics and technical trading strategies. I first show that technical trading systems have been quite profitable during the floating rate period. This profitability stems from the successful exploitation of...

Durch Kreditvergabe schaffen Banken Giralgeld, gewissermaßen "aus dem Nichts". Die Bewegung "Monetäre Modernisierung" sieht darin die Hauptursache für die Schwankungen von Inflation und Konjunktur, für Staatsverschuldung, Spekulation und Finanzkrisen. Daher soll nur mehr die Notenbank das...