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In finance, technical analysis is an analysis methodology for analysing and forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume.

Behavioral economics and quantitative analysis use many of the same tools of technical analysis, which, being an aspect of active management, stands in contradiction to much of modern portfolio theory.

The efficacy of both technical and fundamental analysis is disputed by the efficient-market hypothesis, which states that stock market prices are essentially unpredictable, and research on whether technical analysis offers any benefit has produced mixed results.

The foreign exchange market (Forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies.

This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency.

It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.

In terms of trading volume, it is by far the largest market in the world, followed by the credit market.

In finance, stock (also capital stock) consists of the shares of which ownership of a corporation or company is divided.

(Especially in American English, the word "stocks" is also used to refer to shares) A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion to the total number of shares.

This typically entitles the shareholder (stockholder) to that fraction of the company's earnings, proceeds from liquidation of assets (after discharge of all senior claims such as secured and unsecured debt), or voting power, often dividing these up in proportion to the amount of money each stockholder has invested.

Not all stock is necessarily equal, as certain classes of stock may be issued for example without voting rights, with enhanced voting rights, or with a certain priority to receive profits or liquidation proceeds before or after other classes of shareholders.

In economics, a commodity is an economic good, usually a resource, that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.

For market data as used in marketing, see marketing information system.

Example of a stock chart, the stock shown is SourceForge, Inc.