Which of the following is not a characteristic of an efficient market? Investors can frequently make profits by predicting asset market prices that are different from intrinsic values. The market value of all securities at any one instant in time fully reflect all available information. Investors act rationally. The forces of demand and supply work to maintain that the security's market price and its intrinsic value are in equilibrium.

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