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Financial System Efficiency – Can we predict the stock market?

Posted in Research and Projects with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 14, 2009 by Brit Cruise

How Efficient Is The Financial System?

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Background

In 1948 Claude Shannon wrote a paper entitled ‘The Mathematical Theory of Communication,’ later expanding this into a book by the same name. Shannon’s work was the foundation to the stunning achievements of information theory. In many respects, Shannon’s work deserves recognition as the foundation of complexity theory as well. Continue reading