FairPhase ™
An advanced visualization service of Guardian Mineral Management & Consulting.
Financial visualizations have been used to try to understand what has happened already and what is likely to happen in the future, but how useful have traditional trend lines been for the owners and investors that have no deeper view into the historical information? It is general knowledge in the financial industry that certain experts demonstrate repeatable success, whereas the vast majority without that key expertise, when trying to manage their own assets, experience growth that often falls well below average returns. Many lose money, passing it unwittingly into the hands of those with the key expertise.
One common mistake is to bank on traditional representations of financial data. In a conventional trend line, the horizontal axis is time, and the vertical is some measurement of value. The implication is that, if one can see a pattern in value over time, one can predict what it soon will become. That is a misconception based on false assumptions.
- Time is as linear in market patterns as it is in Newtonian physics.
- Fluctuations are roughly periodic.
- A straight line approximation (linear regression) of recent activity is correctly informative.
None of these are true. Time is non-linear in a market because trading volume and apprehension are always in continuous flux. The resulting chaotic activity only appears periodic until it, without notice, becomes aperiodic. And prices and rates of production almost never track in a straight line in the time domain.
It is in phase space that patterns become most evident.
Then Arrives FairPhase ™
A third purpose, after understanding the past and projecting the future, is an interest in answering the simple question, "Are my interests being dealt with fairly?" Easy to ask, but not so easy to obtain a reliable answer. It was precisely for these three purposes, especially this last one, that FairPhase was devised.
Talk to a Guardian Mineral Manager to find out more.