That is why, rather than reacting to each thing in front of their nose in a random fashion, CEOs derive a single abstract strategy from an analysis of all the information available about the company, the market, the suppliers, and the competitive and economic environments, organized toward a single purpose: Maximization of long-term shareholder wealth.

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Random walk advocates like Princeton Professor Burton Malkiel say that stocks move randomly from day to day and that technical analysis is foolish.

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