Exam 8: The Efficient Market Hypothesis

Important characteristic(s)of market efficiency is that _________________. I.there are no arbitrage opportunities II.security prices react quickly to new information III.active trading strategies will not consistently outperform passive strategies

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Question 61

Which of the following is not a concept related to explaining abnormal excess stock returns?

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Question 62

The _________ effect may explain much of the small firm anomaly. I.January effect II.neglected effect III.liquidity effect

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Question 63

According to recent research securities markets fully adjust to earnings announcements _______.

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Question 64

The Fama and French evidence that high book to market firms outperform low book to market firms even after adjusting for beta means _________.

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Question 65

The weak form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the current stock price.

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Question 66

DeBondt and Thaler (1985)found that the poorest performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following period and the best performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following time period.

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Question 67

If the U.S.capital markets are not informationally efficient ______.

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Question 68

Which of the following is not a topic related to the debate over market efficiency?

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Question 69

"Buy a stock if its price moves up by 2% more than the Dow Average," is an example of a _________________.

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Question 70

Fundamental analysis determines that the price of a firm's stock is too low,given its intrinsic value.The information used in the analysis is available to all market participants,yet the price does not seem to react.The stock does not trade on a major exchange.What concept might explain the ability to produce excess returns on this stock?

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Question 71

If you believe in the __________ form of the EMH,you believe that stock prices reflect all publicly available information but not information that is available only to insiders.

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Question 72

According to the semi-strong form of the efficient markets hypothesis ____________.

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Question 73

The semi-strong form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the current stock price.

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Question 74

Assume that a company announces unexpectedly high earnings in a particular quarter.In an efficient market one might expect _____________.

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Question 75

The semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis implies that generate abnormal returns and generate abnormal returns.

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Question 76

Which of the following is not an issue that is central to the debate regarding market efficiency?

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Question 77

Random price movements indicate ________.

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Question 78

Which of the following beliefs would not preclude charting as a method of portfolio management?

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Question 79

The tendency when the performing stocks in one period are the best performers in the next and the current __ performers are lagging the market later is called the reversal effect.

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Exam 8: The Efficient Market Hypothesis

Important characteristic(s)of market efficiency is that _________________. I.there are no arbitrage opportunities II.security prices react quickly to new information III.active trading strategies will not consistently outperform passive strategies

Which of the following is not a concept related to explaining abnormal excess stock returns?

The _________ effect may explain much of the small firm anomaly. I.January effect II.neglected effect III.liquidity effect

According to recent research securities markets fully adjust to earnings announcements _______.

The Fama and French evidence that high book to market firms outperform low book to market firms even after adjusting for beta means _________.

The weak form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the current stock price.

DeBondt and Thaler (1985)found that the poorest performing stocks in one time period experienced __________ performance in the following period and the best performing stocks in one time period experienced __________ performance in the following time period.

If the U.S.capital markets are not informationally efficient ______.

Which of the following is not a topic related to the debate over market efficiency?

"Buy a stock if its price moves up by 2% more than the Dow Average," is an example of a _________________.

If you believe in the __________ form of the EMH,you believe that stock prices reflect all publicly available information but not information that is available only to insiders.

According to the semi-strong form of the efficient markets hypothesis ____________.

The semi-strong form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the current stock price.

Assume that a company announces unexpectedly high earnings in a particular quarter.In an efficient market one might expect _____________.

The semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis implies that ____________ generate abnormal returns and ____________ generate abnormal returns.

Which of the following is not an issue that is central to the debate regarding market efficiency?

Random price movements indicate ________.

Which of the following beliefs would not preclude charting as a method of portfolio management?

The tendency when the ______ performing stocks in one period are the best performers in the next and the current ________ performers are lagging the market later is called the reversal effect.

Investments: Background and Issues

Asset Classes and Financial Instruments

Securities Markets

Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Risk and Return: Past and Prologue

Efficient Diversification

Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory

Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis

Bond Prices and Yields

Managing Bond Portfolios

Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis

Equity Valuation

Financial Statement Analysis

Options Markets

Option Valuation

Futures Markets and Risk Management

Portfolio Performance Evaluation

Globalization and International Investing

Hedge Funds

Taxes,inflation,and Investment Strategy

Investors and the Investment Process

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DeBondt and Thaler (1985)found that the poorest performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following period and the best performing stocks in one time period experienced performance in the following time period.

The semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis implies that generate abnormal returns and generate abnormal returns.

The tendency when the performing stocks in one period are the best performers in the next and the current __ performers are lagging the market later is called the reversal effect.