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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not weakform efficient?
Select one:
a. Mechanical trading rules consistently outperform a
"buy and hold" strategy.
b. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
c. Investors with private information are able to buy or
sell shares prior to the release of the information,
and consistently achieve an abnormal return.
d. Both (a) and (b).
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consistently outperform a "buy and hold" strategy.
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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not semistrongform efficient?
Select one:
a. There is a predictable relationship between
successive price changes.
b. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
c. Investors with private information are able to buy or
sell shares prior to the release of the information,
and consistently achieve an abnormal return.
d. Both (a) and (b).
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If event studies showed that share prices in a market
react immediately, but consistently underreact, what
would you do to make an abnormal return?
Select one:
a. Sell after bad news is released and buy after good
news is released.
b. Buy after both good news and bad news are
released.
c. Sell after both good news and bad news are
released.
d. Sell after good news is released and buy after bad
news is released.
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Which of the following best describes the results of
studies designed to test whether or not the ASX is
weakform efficient?
Select one:
a. Taking into account transaction costs, there is
generally insufficient information contained in the
history of past prices to allow investors to make an
abnormal return form trading on the basis of that
information.
b. The ASX is generally weakform inefficient in
January and July, but weakform efficient for the rest
of the year.
c. There is no useful information contained in the
history of past prices.
d. The ASX is not weakform efficient.
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transaction costs, there is generally insufficient
information contained in the history of past prices to
allow investors to make an abnormal return form
trading on the basis of that information.
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Is it possible for the "January effect" to persist and
yet NOT be evidence that the market is inefficient?
Why/why not?
Select one:
a. Yes because the "January effect" doesn't happen
every year, and therefore the market is efficient in
years when the effect does not occur.
b. Yes if transaction costs prevent investors from
making an abnormal return by taking advantage of
the "January effect".
c. No the market must be inefficient; otherwise
investors would take advantage of the "January
effect" by buying shares in December, pushing
prices up in December and eliminating the chance of
an abnormal return in January.
d. No the fact that the "January effect" occurs more
often than not is enough to prove that the market is
inefficient.
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prevent investors from making an abnormal return
by taking advantage of the "January effect".
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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not weakform efficient?
Select one:
a. There is a predictable relationship between
successive price changes.
b. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
c. Investors with private information are able to buy or
sell shares prior to the release of the information,
and consistently achieve an abnormal return.
d. Both (a) and (b).
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relationship between successive price changes.
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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not strongform efficient?
Select one:
a. Mechanical trading rules consistently outperform a
"buy and hold" strategy.
b. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
c. Investors with private information are able to buy or
sell shares prior to the release of the information,
and consistently achieve an abnormal return.
d. All of the above.
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If event studies showed that share prices in a market
react immediately, but consistently overreact, what
would you do to make an abnormal return?
Select one:
a. Sell after good news is released and buy after bad
news is released.
b. Buy after both good news and bad news are
released.
c. Sell after bad news is released and buy after good
news is released.
d. Sell after both good news and bad news are
released.
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released and buy after bad news is released.
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Which of the following best describes the results of
studies designed to test whether or not the ASX is
strongform efficient?
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a. Professional fund managers generally outperform
the market, and corporate insiders appear to be able
to profit from insider trading.
b. Professional fund managers generally outperform
the market, but corporate insiders do not appear to
be able to profit from insider trading.
c. Professional fund managers generally are not able
to outperform the market, but corporate insiders
appear to be able to profit from insider trading.
d. Professional fund managers generally are not able
to outperform the market, and corporate insiders
appear not to be able to profit from insider
trading.
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generally are not able to outperform the market, but
corporate insiders appear to be able to profit from
insider trading.
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Is it possible for the "Monday effect" to persist and
yet NOT be evidence that the market is inefficient?
Why/why not?
Select one:
a. Yes because the "Monday effect" doesn't happen
every week, and therefore the market is efficient in
weeks when the effect does not occur.
b. No the fact that the "Monday effect" occurs more
often than not is enough to prove that the market is
inefficient.
c. Yes if transaction costs prevent investors from
making an abnormal return by taking advantage of
the "Monday effect".
d. No the market must be inefficient; otherwise
investors would take advantage of the "Monday
effect" by selling shares on Friday, pushing prices
down on Friday and eliminating the chance of an
abnormal loss on Monday.
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prevent investors from making an abnormal return
by taking advantage of the "Monday effect".
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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not weakform efficient?
Select one:
a. There is a predictable relationship between
successive price changes.
b. Mechanical trading rules consistently outperform a
"buy and hold" strategy.
c. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
d. Both (a) and (b).
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Which of the following would be evidence that the
market is not strongform efficient?
Select one:
a. There is a predictable relationship between
successive price changes.
b. Mechanical trading rules consistently outperform a
"buy and hold" strategy.
c. Analysis of publicly available information enables
mispriced securities to be consistently identified.
d. All of the above.
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The correct answer is: All of the above.
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If event studies showed that share prices in a market
react in an unbiased way, but the changes do not
occur immediately, what would you do to make an
abnormal return?
Select one:
a. Sell after bad news is released and buy after good
news is released.
b. Sell after both good news and bad news are
released.
c. Sell after good news is released and buy after bad
news is released.
d. Buy after both good news and bad news are
released.
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released and buy after good news is released.
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Which of the following best describes the results of
studies designed to test whether or not the ASX is
weakform efficient?
Select one:
a. The ASX is generally weakform inefficient on
Mondays in the US and on Tuesdays in
Australia, but weakform efficient for the rest of the
week.
b. The ASX is weakform inefficient.
c. There is a positive relationship between successive
price movements increases in price are generally
followed by further increases, and decrease are
generally followed by further decreases, until
something happens to reverse the upward or
downward trend.
d. There is little evidence of a positive relationship in
successive price movements.
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positive relationship in successive price movements.
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Is it possible for the "size effect" to persist and yet
NOT be evidence that the market is inefficient?
Why/why not?
Select one:
a. No the fact that the "size effect" occurs more often
than not is enough to prove that the market is
inefficient.
b. No the market must be inefficient; otherwise
investors would take advantage of the "size effect"
by buying shares in small firms, pushing up their
price until the return is equal to that of large firms.
c. Yes because the "size effect" doesn't happen
every year, and therefore the market is efficient in
years when the effect does not occur.
d. Yes if the asset pricing model being used to define
a "normal" return does not fully cater for the risk of
investing in small firms, and therefore what appears
to be "abnormal" is actually a normal riskadjusted
return once risk are fully catered for.
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The correct answer is: Yes if the asset pricing
model being used to define a "normal" return does
not fully cater for the risk of investing in small firms,
and therefore what appears to be "abnormal" is
actually a normal riskadjusted return once risk are
fully catered for.