Far from Random : Using Investor Behavior and Trend Analysis to Forecast Market Movement

Since Burton Malkiel's seminal work A Random Walk Down Wall Street was published, the financial world has swallowed whole the idea that market movement is chaotic and random. Richard Lehman, coauthor of New Insights in Covered Call Writing, uses behavior-based trend analysis to debunk that theory. He demonstrates that the market has discernible trends that are forseeable. By learning to spot those trends, traders and investors can predict market movements to boost returns in anything from equities to 401(k) accounts.

Richard Lehman is the coauthor of New Insights on Covered Call Writing, with Lawrence McMillan (Bloomberg Press, 2003). Lehman is an instructor of both finance and derivatives at UC Berkeley Extension and a vice president in the wealth management group at Mechanics Bank in Richmond, California. His financial career spans more than thirty years in product management, marketing, and investment management, beginning with an eleven-year stint on Wall Street with E. F. Hutton, Thomson McKinnon, and the New York Stock Exchange. He lives in Richmond, CA.