Data mining is often used to find patterns in stock prices to assist technical financial stock market analysts, or in commodities or currency trading. What are the benefits and concerns with using data mining to find patterns in stock prices? What would you need to feel comfortable enough to trade on these patterns?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary! A potential answer might include a discussion of the power of data mining in finding patterns. However, to the extent that these patterns of past performance do not correlate with future performance, an investor may not feel comfortable trading based on those patterns.

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