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ISBN: 9781307447248

Author: Ross

Publisher: MCG/CREATE

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Market efficiency refers to the market's ability to provide investors with all available information about investment options for buying and selling securities. Market efficiency reflects the true value of securities without undervaluing or overvaluing t…

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Chapter 14, Problem 26CQ

Efficient Market Hypothesis Assume that markets are efficient. During a trading day American Golf, Inc., announces that it has lost a contract for a large golfing project that, prior to the news, it was widely believed to have secured. If the market is efficient, how should the stock price react to this information if no additional information is released?

Definition Definition Degree to which financial markets incorporate all available information into the prices of assets. In a more efficient market, the prices reflect the available information more than that in a weak efficient market. It is difficult for investors to outperform the market in a strong efficient market. This is because all the available information is already discounted in the asset's price. However, in a weak-form efficiency, the market does not reflect all information in the asset's price. As a result, it becomes easier to generate better returns in a weak form or an inefficient market.

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Solution Summary: The author explains market efficiency as a market strategy where the stock price goes up and down according to the relevant available information.

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