Random walk theory has been met with critics who believe that there are ways to predict stock prices and outperform using various techniques. It nonetheless remains a widely accepted theory in the ...

Random walk hypothesis suggests stock market movements are unpredictable, impacting active trading. This theory supports long-term investment strategies, like buy-and-hold, over short-term ...

To find out, they compared the ant tracks with computer-simulated random walk patterns. "We wanted to make sure that we are not just seeing patterns where there is none," Popp said.