You have been using a "special" measure of a stock's trading activity (its past price and trading volume records) to "beat the market." You have failed. You are unable to use past pricing and trading volume to "beat the market." This is evidence that the market is: weak form efficient semi-strong form inefficient strong form efficient weak form inefficient semi-strong form efficier

You have been using a "special" measure of a stock's trading activity (its past price and trading volume records) to "beat the market." You have failed. You are unable to use past pricing and trading volume to "beat the market." This is evidence that the market is: weak form efficient semi-strong form inefficient strong form efficient weak form inefficient semi-strong form efficier

Financial Management: Theory & Practice

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Chapter25: Portfolio Theory And Asset Pricing Models

Section: Chapter Questions

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Which of the following statements is most correct? Why?* a. If a market is weak-form efficient, this means that prices rapidly reflect all available public information. b. If a market is weak-form efficient, this means that you can expect to beat the market by using technical analysis that relies on the charting of past prices. c. If a market is strong-form efficient, this means that all stocks should have the same expected return. d. All of the statements above are correct. c. None of the statements above is correct.
Mark thinks that there is an interesting paradox of the efficient market hypothesis. If the market believes that prices reflect all information, investors will stop seeking mispriced securities. This may lead to more mispriced stocks and more inefficiency. However, if the market believes that inefficiency still exists, the competition of trying to be the first to find mispriced securities will make markets more efficient. Do you agree with Mark? Why or why not? Please briefly comment.
A broker tells you that he has continuously outperformed the market by trading on publicly available information in the UK market. According to the Efficient Market Hypothesis, what would this imply? The market is weak form efficient. The market is semi-strong form efficient. The market is strong form efficient. The market is not efficient.
a) True or False: If prices are following a random walk, then it is impossible to predict tomorrow’s price from past price patterns. (b) True or False: It is easy to use a fundamental analysis model made for one market on another market. (c) True or False: Traders who use technical analysis are guaranteed to profit from futures trading.
a） In order to test the weak form of the efficient-market hypothesis, researchers have used the following methods excepta.estimation of the serial correlation (autocorrelation) for securities and markets.b.measurement of the profitability of trading rules used by technical analysts.c.measurement of how rapidly security prices adjust to different news items.d.All of the options are methods used for testing weak-form market efficiency. b） A firm has $100 million in current liabilities, $200 million in long-term debt, $300 million in stockholders' equity, and total assets of $600 million. Calculate the firm's ratio of long-term debt to long-term debt plus equity.a.40 percentb.20 percentc.50 percentd.17 percent
Assume you want to test the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) by comparing alternative trading rules to a buy-and-hold policy. Discuss the three common mistakes that can bias the results against the EMH.
What is semi-strong-form EMH? What would you expect to see/not see if markets where semi-strong form efficient? In other words, can you think of market events that would serve as evidence that market is or isn’t semi-strong-form efficient?
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