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A dowser, from an 18th-century French book about superstitions. Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia), [1] gravesites, [2] malign "earth vibrations" [3] and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus.
The Dow theory on stock price movement is a form of technical analysis that includes some aspects of sector rotation.The theory was derived from 255 editorials in The Wall Street Journal written by Charles H. Dow (1851–1902), journalist, founder and first editor of The Wall Street Journal and co-founder of Dow Jones and Company.
DJIA monthly trading volume in shares from 1929 to 2012 In 1884, Charles Dow composed his first stock average, which contained nine railroads and two industrial companies that appeared in the Customer's Afternoon Letter , a daily two-page financial news bulletin which was the precursor to The Wall Street Journal .
Cowrie-shell divination refers to several distinct forms of divination using cowrie shells that are part of the rituals and religious beliefs of certain religions. Though best-documented in West Africa as well as in Afro-American religions, such as Regla de Ocha, Candomblé, and Umbanda, [1] [2] [3] cowrie-shell divination has also been recorded in India, East Africa, and other regions.
Trade: the buying and selling of financial instruments. Two-tier tender offer : an offer to purchase a sufficient number of stockholders' shares so as to gain effective control of a firm at a certain price per share, followed by a lower offer at a later date for the remaining shares.
Typically a practitioner will use an instrument such as a pendulum to perform analysis based on a map or photograph. [7] The practical application of radiesthesia, i.e. dowsing is directed toward providing individual and environmental benefits, such as: diagnosis of infirmities; detection of underground water; detection of underground mineral ...
To make a trade, an investor had to know the current price for the stock. The investor got this from a broker who could find it on his board. If the last trade (or the stock itself) had not made it to the board (or there was no board) the broker telegraphed a request for the price to that firm's "wire room" in New York.
Trading below the pivot point, particularly at the beginning of a trading period sets a bearish market sentiment and often results in further price decline, while trading above it, bullish price action may continue for some time. In financial markets, a pivot point is a price level that is used by traders as a possible indicator of market ...