A) tend to be well-capitalized. B) tend to be irrational investors. C) are dominated by irrational investors in an efficient market. D) lower the efficiency level of a market. E) sell only relatively inexpensive stocks. A) tend to be well-capitalized. B) tend to be irrational investors. C) are dominated by irrational investors in an efficient market. D) lower the efficiency level of a market. E) sell only relatively inexpensive stocks.

Exam 7: Stock Price Behavior and Market Efficiency

Which of the following will lead to excess profits in a semistrong-form efficient market? I.private financial information II.historical price trends III.financial analysts reports IV.unreleased merger plans

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Question 61

Independent deviations from rationality:

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Question 62

Stocks A,B,and C have identical risks.Stock A earns an annual return of 9.9 percent as compared to 9.6 percent returns on stocks B and C.Given this,you can correctly assume that:

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Question 63

Which of the following are offered as possible causes of the January effect? I.new professional money managers who assume the role at the beginning of the year II.tax loss selling in December III.bonus lock-in effect IV.window dressing

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Question 64

Samson Co.announced its merger plans on October 25 and had a daily return of 0.7 percent.Thompson Co.announced its merger plans on October 26 and had a daily return of 0.4 percent.The Whitewood Co.announced its merger plans on October 27 and had a daily return of 0.1 percent.The daily market returns for October 25 through October 27 were 0.1,-0.3,and 0.4,respectively.What is the combined cumulative abnormal return for the announcement date?

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Question 65

Which one of the following statements describes an investment strategy that may lead to profitable results based on current research findings?

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Question 66

Which one of the following will automatically occur if all investors are rational?

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Question 67

The Asian stock market crash of 1990 was followed by a:

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Question 68

Over the past 5 days,the common stock of Taylor Mfg.had daily returns of 0.2,-0.1,-0.2,0.3,and 0.1 percent,respectively.For the same 5 days,the market had daily returns of 0.1,0.3,-0.4,0.4,and 0.2 percent,respectively.What is the cumulative abnormal return on Taylor Mfg.stock for this time period?

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Question 69

Arbitrage traders:

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Question 70

Which one of the following terms is used to describe a market situation where prices are much higher than either fundamental or rational analysis would tend to support?

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Question 71

Market prices tend to ________ earnings "surprises".

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Question 72

Research on semistrong-form efficient markets indicates which one of the following is correct?

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Question 73

Which of the following sources of information are used by informed traders? I.financial statements II.inside information III.internet reports IV.analysts reports

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Question 74

A.C.Pharmaceutical announced FDA approval for a new drug on October 12^th.X.Y.Drug Co.announced approval for its new drug on October 14^th.No other information was released that would affect returns over the period.What is the combined cumulative abnormal return for the 5 day period commencing 2 days prior to the approval announcement date? Use the following data to answer this question.No trading occurred on October 15^th and 16^th.

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Question 75

The term "independent deviations from rationality" implies that:

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Question 76

If the markets are efficient,then why is asset allocation still considered important?

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Question 77

The day-of-the-week effect refers to which trading day?

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Question 78

Which one of the following terms is used to describe a sudden and significant collapse in market prices?

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Question 79

Samson Co.announced its merger plans on October 25 and had a daily return of 0.7 percent.Thompson Co.announced its merger plans on October 26 and had a daily return of 0.4 percent.The Whitewood Co.announced its merger plans on October 27 and had a daily return of -0.6 percent.The daily market returns for October 25 through October 27 were 0.2,-0.3,and 0.4,respectively.What is the combined cumulative abnormal return for the announcement date?

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Which of the following will lead to excess profits in a semistrong-form efficient market? I.private financial information II.historical price trends III.financial analysts reports IV.unreleased merger plans

Independent deviations from rationality:

Stocks A,B,and C have identical risks.Stock A earns an annual return of 9.9 percent as compared to 9.6 percent returns on stocks B and C.Given this,you can correctly assume that:

Which of the following are offered as possible causes of the January effect? I.new professional money managers who assume the role at the beginning of the year II.tax loss selling in December III.bonus lock-in effect IV.window dressing

Which one of the following statements describes an investment strategy that may lead to profitable results based on current research findings?

Which one of the following will automatically occur if all investors are rational?

The Asian stock market crash of 1990 was followed by a:

Over the past 5 days,the common stock of Taylor Mfg.had daily returns of 0.2,-0.1,-0.2,0.3,and 0.1 percent,respectively.For the same 5 days,the market had daily returns of 0.1,0.3,-0.4,0.4,and 0.2 percent,respectively.What is the cumulative abnormal return on Taylor Mfg.stock for this time period?

Arbitrage traders:

Which one of the following terms is used to describe a market situation where prices are much higher than either fundamental or rational analysis would tend to support?

Market prices tend to ________ earnings "surprises".

Research on semistrong-form efficient markets indicates which one of the following is correct?

Which of the following sources of information are used by informed traders? I.financial statements II.inside information III.internet reports IV.analysts reports

The term "independent deviations from rationality" implies that:

If the markets are efficient,then why is asset allocation still considered important?

The day-of-the-week effect refers to which trading day?

Which one of the following terms is used to describe a sudden and significant collapse in market prices?

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