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To determine: Possible explanations of Fama and French shows average stock returns on corporations with less market capitalizations are considerably beyond average returns for large-cap corporations and explain.
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Historically small firm stocks have earned higher returns than large firm stocks. When viewed in the context of CAPM theory, this suggests that ____________.
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small firms are better run than large firms
government subsidies available to small firms produce effects that are discernible in stock market statistics
small firms must be systematically riskier than large firms
small firms are mis-priced
Which is true in relation to stock market efficiency?
A.Market Price and Intrinsic value are inputs in determining whether a share is overvalued or undervalued
B. If markets are truly efficient, each share prices should have a high deviation from its intrinsic value
C. Intrinsic Value is readily observed from the stock market daily reports
D. Large companies which is followed by many analyst are generally considered as highly inefficient
The efficient markets hypothesis identifies three forms of market efficiency.
(a) You observed that high-level managers make superior returns on investments in their company’s stock. Would this be a violation of weak-form market efficiency? Would it be a violation of strong-form market efficiency?
(b) If the weak form of the efficient market hypothesis is valid, must the strong form also hold? Conversely, does strong form efficiency imply weak form efficiency?
(c) Stock XYZ, which traded for several months at a price of K72, and then declines to K65. if the stock eventually begins to increase in price, K72 is considered a resistance level because investors who bought originally at K72 will be eager to sell their shares as soon as they can break even on their investment. If everyone in the market believes in resistance levels, why do these beliefs not become self-fulfilling prophecies?
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PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE >BI<
Ch. 13 - Prob. 1PSCh. 13 - Prob. 2PSCh. 13 - Market efficiency True or false? The...Ch. 13 - Prob. 4PSCh. 13 - Prob. 5PSCh. 13 - Behavioral finance True or false? a. Most managers...Ch. 13 - Prob. 7PSCh. 13 - Prob. 8PSCh. 13 - Prob. 9PSCh. 13 - Market efficiency How would you respond to the...
Ch. 13 - Market efficiency Respond to the following...Ch. 13 - Market efficiency evidence Which of the following...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13PSCh. 13 - Prob. 14PSCh. 13 - Prob. 15PSCh. 13 - Market efficiency implications What does the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 17PSCh. 13 - Prob. 18PSCh. 13 - Prob. 19PSCh. 13 - Prob. 20PSCh. 13 - Prob. 21PSCh. 13 - Prob. 22PSCh. 13 - Prob. 23PS
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