assuming that the stock market is efficient which of the following statements is correct? A. investors can make money through investing in hot IPO‘s. B. skilled mutual fund managers can outperform the market by selecting undervalued stocks. C. investing in individual stocks is always more rewarding than in diversified portfolios. D. The best investment vehicle is market index funds.

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assuming that the stock market is efficient which of the following statements is correct? A. investors can make money through investing in hot IPO‘s. B. skilled mutual fund managers can outperform the market by selecting undervalued stocks. C. investing in individual stocks is always more rewarding than in diversified portfolios. D. The best investment vehicle is market index funds.
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Efficient market hypothesis is based on the concept that the  share prices of company  reflect all available information in the market i.e., shares of a company trade at their  fair market values and no investor or trader or analyst can out perform the market.

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