In The Heretics of Finance, the most significant practitioners of technical analysis talk with Andrew Lo, himself one of the most respected figures in academic and professional finance, about tactics, market trends and their industry successes. Dismissed by many academics and professionals, technical analysis has become increasingly popular with professional and active investors. To find out how and why that happened, Andrew Lo and Jasmina Hasanhodzic have reached out to the very practitioners who know the most about it and are seen as the drivers of its success. These extensive interviews cover favourite patterns and indicators, effective strategies and the nature of the work that has defined the subject's success. They also provide a look at the role of creativity in their work, emotional aspects of the craft, and even the role of luck and intuition in analysis. With these rare introspective interviews, readers will learn how some of the most successful investors operate and have found the lucrative opportunities that others may have missed.
