Charles Dow was the original editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was the originator of Dow

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Charles Dow was the original editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was the originator of “Dow Theory,” which holds that the prices of transportation stocks, such as Heartland Express, can predict changes in the price of industrial stocks, such as ExxonMobil.
a. An article in the Wall Street Journal refers to Dow Theory as the “granddaddy of technical analysis.” Why would Dow Theory be considered technical analysis rather than fundamental analysis?
b. Would an investor be able to earn an aboveaverage return on her stock investments by selling industrial stocks whenever she saw declines in transportation stocks and buying industrial stocks whenever she saw increases in transportation stocks? Briefly explain.

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