Market Efficiency
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Key Points
- Efficient markets reflect all available information.
- Market Value = Intrinsic Value in efficient markets.
- Prices react to unexpected information (surprises).
- Passive strategies are preferred over active ones in efficient markets.
- High transaction costs or arbitrage limits reduce efficiency.
Key Points
- Weak Form: Reflects past price/volume; Technical analysis fails.
- Semi-Strong Form: Reflects public info; Fundamental analysis fails.
- Strong Form: Reflects all info (public + private); Insider trading fails.
- Strong form encompasses semi-strong and weak forms.
- Semi-strong form encompasses weak form.
Key Points
- January Effect: Small firms outperform in January (tax-loss selling/window dressing).
- Momentum: High short-term returns continue (violates weak form).
- Value Effect: Low P/E or P/B stocks outperform growth stocks (violates semi-strong).
- Size Effect: Small-cap stocks outperform large-cap.
- IPO shares are often underpriced initially but underperform long-term.
Key Points
- Loss Aversion: Losses are psychologically twice as powerful as gains.
- Overconfidence: Overestimating analytical abilities.
- Herding: Mimicking investment actions of others.
- Conservatism: Slow reaction to new information.
- Narrow Framing: Focusing on issues in isolation.
Questions
In a perfectly efficient market, which of the following statements is most accurate regarding investment strategy?
View answer and explanationMarket efficiency is determined by the time it takes for which of the following to be reflected in security prices?
View answer and explanationIn an efficient market, the market value of an asset is expected to be:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following best describes 'Intrinsic Value'?
View answer and explanationMarket prices are most likely to change in response to:
View answer and explanationWhich factor would most likely reduce market efficiency?
View answer and explanationIf the cost of obtaining information is higher than the potential profit from trading on it, market prices will likely:
View answer and explanationWhich form of market efficiency asserts that technical analysis cannot generate abnormal returns?
View answer and explanationIn a Semi-strong form efficient market, prices reflect:
View answer and explanationWhich analysis method is considered ineffective in a Semi-strong efficient market?
View answer and explanationUnder Strong form market efficiency, which of the following can generate consistent abnormal returns?
View answer and explanationIf a market is Semi-strong efficient, it must also be:
View answer and explanationThe 'January Effect' is an anomaly where:
View answer and explanationWhich explanation is commonly associated with the January effect?
View answer and explanationThe 'Overreaction' anomaly suggests that firms with poor returns over 3 to 5 years will likely:
View answer and explanationThe 'Momentum' anomaly describes a situation where:
View answer and explanationWhich form of market efficiency is violated by the Momentum and Overreaction anomalies?
View answer and explanationThe 'Size Effect' refers to the observation that:
View answer and explanationThe 'Value Effect' suggests that investors can earn abnormal returns by investing in stocks with:
View answer and explanationThe Value Effect and Size Effect are examples of violations of:
View answer and explanationWhich anomaly describes Closed-end investment funds trading at prices different from their Net Asset Value (NAV)?
View answer and explanationRegarding IPOs, research typically suggests that shares are:
View answer and explanationBehavioral finance assumes that investors:
View answer and explanationLoss aversion is the concept that:
View answer and explanationWhich behavioral bias involves investors mimicking the investment actions of others?
View answer and explanationAn information cascade occurs when:
View answer and explanationConservatism in behavioral finance refers to investors being:
View answer and explanationNarrow framing refers to focusing on:
View answer and explanationIf investors overestimate their abilities to analyze securities, this bias is known as:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following implies that investors should adopt a passive investment strategy?
View answer and explanationIn the context of market efficiency, 'Window Dressing' is a practice often cited as a cause for:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is a characteristic of 'Value Stocks' mentioned in market anomalies?
View answer and explanationIf a market is weak-form efficient, which of the following statements is true regarding prices?
View answer and explanationWhat is the relationship between the number of market participants and market efficiency?
View answer and explanationArbitrage plays what role in market efficiency?
View answer and explanationHow does the availability of information affect market efficiency?
View answer and explanationA market with high transaction costs is likely to be:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following works in a Weak form efficient market?
View answer and explanationIn the context of 'Earnings Surprises', markets tend to:
View answer and explanationAccording to research mentioned, stock returns are related to known economic fundamentals (like dividend yields) but:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is considered a 'Cross-sectional' anomaly?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is considered a 'Time-series' anomaly?
View answer and explanationCan intrinsic value be known with certainty?
View answer and explanationWhich type of analysis is most associated with Weak Form efficiency testing?
View answer and explanationIf investors mimic the decisions of others, it is called an Information Cascade. How is this similar to Herding?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is true regarding 'Insider Trading' and market efficiency?
View answer and explanationWhat happens to the intrinsic value of an asset as new information becomes available?
View answer and explanationWhich anomaly refers to the outperformance of firms with low P/B ratios?
View answer and explanationThe 'Calendar' anomalies include which of the following?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following strategies relies on the assumption that markets are NOT efficient?
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