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Did 2001 Mark the Beginning of a More Manipulated Market? An Analysis of Financial Markets via Benford's Law
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication.
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Can the law of the natural distribution of random numbers expose malice in financial markets? This thesis aims to analyze the indices S&P 500 and STOXX 600, in an effort to identify days in which behavior in the market was the result of financial manipulation or non normal market movements. What was discovered by extending a previous study [10], was that we could accurately identify many days in which the market crashed or was affected by malpractice similar to the events in the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

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2021. , p. 57
Keywords [en]
Benford's Law, S&P 500, STOXX Europe 600, Financial Markets, Stock Crash.
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Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-54686OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-54686DiVA, id: diva2:1564142
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Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
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Available from: 2021-06-15 Created: 2021-06-11 Last updated: 2025-10-10Bibliographically approved

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