Jika harga didasarkan pada harapan investor, maka mengetahui data fundamental menjadi kurangpenting daripada mengatahui harapan investor. Ini tidak berarti bahwa mengetahui data fundamental adalah tidak penting, tetap penting karena selalu ada persetujuan atau consensus yang cukup kuat tentang future earnings dari suatu saham di mana para investor tidak dapat tidak sejutu.
Analisa teknikal adalah proses melakukan analisa harag dimasa lalu dalam usaha untuk mampu memprediksi harga di masa depan. Ini dilakukan dengan cara membandingkan gerakna harga saat ini (yaitu, harapan saat ini) dengan gerakan harga di masa lalu yang sebanding untuk memprediksi harga di masa depan yang logis. Pengguna analisa teknikal yang setia mendefinisikan proses ini karena fakta menunjukkan bahwa sejarah selalu terulang, sementara pengguna yang lain cukup mengatakan bahwa kita dapat menarik manfaat dari masa lalu.
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