Column examines the New Zealand Exchange
An opinion piece reflects on the state of the NZ Exchange and the risk of reading patterns into market noise.
A commentary considers the New Zealand Exchange, opening with the concept of apophenia — the tendency to see meaningful patterns in random information. The piece draws on this idea to reflect on how investors and observers interpret the NZX.
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Apophenia is the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns, connections or significance in random or unrelated information – to see signal where there is only noise. Think Neo in The Matrix looking at zeros and ones.