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Random price movements indicate ________.

A) irrational markets
B) that prices cannot equal fundamental values
C) that technical analysis to uncover trends can be quite useful
D) that markets are functioning efficiently

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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

A) filter rule
B) market anomaly
C) fundamental approach
D) passive trading strategy

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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