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Saif [email protected]

[email protected]+923216633271

Lecture Presentation Software to accompany

Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

Sixth Editionby

Frank K. Reilly & Keith C. Brown

Chapter 7

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Chapter 7Efficient Capital Markets

Questions to be answered:• What is meant by the concept that capital markets

are efficient?• Why should capital markets be efficient?• What are the specific factors that contribute to an

efficient market?• Given the overall efficient market hypothesis,

what are the three subhypotheses and what are the implications of each?

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Chapter 7Efficient Capital Markets

• How do you test the weak-form efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and what are the results of the tests?

• How do you test the semistrong-form EMH and what are the test results?

• How do you test the strong-form EMH and what are the test results?

• For each set of tests, which results support the hypothesis and which results indicate an anomaly related to the hypothesis?

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Chapter 7Efficient Capital Markets

• What are the implications of the results for– Technical analysis?– Fundamental analysis?– Portfolio managers with superior analysts?– Portfolio managers with inferior analysts?

• What is the evidence related to the EMH for markets in foreign countries?

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Efficient Capital Markets• In an efficient capital market, security prices

adjust rapidly to the arrival of new information, therefore the current prices of securities reflect all information about the security

• Whether markets are efficient has been extensively researched and remains controversial

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Why Should Capital MarketsBe Efficient?

The premises of an efficient market– A large number of competing profit-maximizing

participants analyze and value securities, each independently of the others

– New information regarding securities comes to the market in a random fashion

– Profit-maximizing investors adjust security prices rapidly to reflect the effect of new information

Conclusion: the expected returns implicit in the current price of a security should reflect its risk

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AlternativeEfficient Market Hypotheses

• Early work was based on the random walk hypothesis, which Fama presented in terms of a fair game model

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AlternativeEfficient Market Hypotheses

• The difference between the actual price and the expected price can be defined as

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• This defines excess market value, which in an efficient market should equal zero

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AlternativeEfficient Market Hypotheses

• Weak-form efficient market hypothesis

• Semistrong-form EMH

• Strong-form EMH

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Weak-Form EMH

• Current prices reflect all security-market information, including the historical sequence of prices, rates of return, trading volume data, and other market-generated information

• This implies that past rates of return and other market data should have no relationship with future rates of return

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Semistrong-Form EMH

• Current security prices reflect all public information, including market and non-market information

• This implies that decisions made on new information after it is public should not lead to above-average risk-adjusted profits from those transactions

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Strong-Form EMH

• Stock prices fully reflect all information from public and private sources

• This implies that no group of investors should be able to consistently derive above-average risk-adjusted rates of return

• This assumes perfect markets in which all information is cost-free and available to everyone at the same time

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Tests and Results of Weak-Form EMH

• Statistical tests of independence between rates of return– Autocorrelation tests have mixed results– Runs tests indicate randomness in prices

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Tests and Results of Weak-Form EMH

• Comparison of trading rules to a buy-and-hold policy is difficult because trading rules can be complex and there are too many to test them all– Filter rules yield above-average profits with small

filters, but only before taking into account transactions costs

– Trading rule results have been mixed, and most have not been able to beat a buy-and-hold policy

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Tests and Results of Weak-Form EMH

• Testing constraints– Use only publicly available data– Include all transactions costs– Adjust the results for risk

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Tests and Results of Weak-Form EMH

• Results generally support the weak-form EMH, but results are not unanimous

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Tests and Results ofSemistrong-Form EMH

• Studies to predict future rates of return using public information beyond market information– Time series analysis– Cross-section distribution

• Event studies examine how fast stock prices adjust to significant economic events

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Test results should adjusted a security’s rate of return for the rates of return of the overall market during the period considered

Arit = Rit - Rmt where:

Arit = abnormal rate of return on security i during period t

Rit = rate of return on security i during period t

Rmt =rate of return on a market index during period t

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Tests and Results ofSemistrong-Form EMH

Arit = Rit - E(Rit)

where: – E(Rit) = the expected rate of return for stock I during

period t based on the market rate of return and the stock’s normal relationship with the market (its beta)

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Time series tests for abnormal rates of return– short-horizon returns have limited results– long-horizon returns analysis has been successful

based on• dividend yield (D/P)

• default spread

• term structure spread

– Quarterly earnings reports may yield abnormal returns due to

• unanticipated earnings change

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

Tests of standardized unexpected earnings (SUE) normalize the difference in actual and expected earnings by the standard error of estimate from the regression used to derive the expected earnings figure SUE =

Reported EPSt - Predicted EPSt

Standard Error of Estimate for the Estimating Regression Equation

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Large SUEs result in abnormal stock price changes, with over 50% after the announcement

• Unexpected earnings can explain up to 80% of stock drift over a time period

• These are evidence against the EMH

• Additional tests include calendar studies

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• The January Anomaly– Stocks with negative returns during the prior

year had higher returns right after the first of the year - studies indicate an excess return on AMEX but not on NYSE

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Other calendar effects– All the market’s cumulative advance occurs

during the first half of trading months– Monday/weekend returns were significantly

negative

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Predicting cross-sectional returns– All securities should have equal risk-adjusted

returns

• Studies examine alternative measures of size or quality as a tool to rank stocks in terms of risk-adjusted returns– These tests include a joint hypothesis and are

dependent both on market efficiency and the asset pricing model used

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Price-earnings ratios and returns– Examine historical P/E ratios and returns– Stocks are divided into five P/E classes– Low P/E stocks had higher returns and had

lower risk– Publicly available P/E ratios could be used for

abnormal returns– This is inconsistent with semistrong efficiency

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• The size effect (total market value)– All stocks on NYSE and AMEX were ranked by

market value and divided into ten equally weighted portfolios

– The risk-adjusted returns for extended periods indicate that the small firms consistently experienced significantly larger risk-adjusted returns than large firms

– Could this have caused the P/E results previously studied?

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• The P/E studies and size studies are dual tests of the EMH and the CAPM

• Abnormal returns could occur because either – markets are inefficient or – market model is not properly specified and

provides incorrect estimates of risk and expected returns

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Adjustments for riskiness of small firms did not explain the large differences in rate of return

• The impact of transactions costs of investing in small firms depends on frequency of trading– Daily trading reverses small firm gains

• The small-firm effect is not stable from year to year

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Neglected Firms– Firms divided by number of analysts following a

stock– Neglected firm effect caused by lack of

information, crosses size classes– Contradictory results from another study

• Trading volume– Studied relationship between returns, market value,

and trading activity

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Firm size has emerged as a major predictor of future returns

• This is an anomaly in the efficient markets literature

• Attempts to explain the size anomaly in terms of superior risk measurements, transactions costs, analysts attention, trading activity, and differential information have not succeeded

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Book value-market value ratio– As a predictor of stock returns

– Significant positive relationship between the current values for this ratio and future stock returns are evidence against EMH

• Size and BV/MV dominate other ratios such as E/P ratio or leverage

• This combination only works during expansive monetary policy

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Event studies– Stock split studies show that splits do not result

in abnormal gains after the split announcement, but before

– Initial public offerings seems to be underpriced by about 15%, but that varies over time, and the price is adjusted within one day after the offering

– Being listed on an exchange may offer some short term profit opportunities

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Tests and Results of Semistrong-Form EMH

• Event studies (continued)– Unexpected world events and economic news

are quickly adjusted to and do not provide opportunities

– Announcements of accounting changes are quickly adjusted for and do not seem to provide opportunities

– Corporate events such as mergers and offerings are adjusted to within a few days

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Evidence is mixed

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Evidence is mixed

• Strong support from numerous event studies with the exception of exchange listing studies

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient– Dividend yields

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient– Dividend yields, risk premiums

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient– Dividend yields, risk premiums, calendar

patterns

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient– Dividend yields, risk premiums, calendar

patterns, and earnings surprises

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Summary on the Semistrong-Form EMH

• Studies on predicting rates of return for a cross-section of stocks indicates markets are not semistrong efficient– Dividend yields, risk premiums, calendar patterns,

and earnings surprises

• This also included cross-sectional predictors such as size, the BV/MV ratio (when there is expansive monetary policy), E/P ratios, and neglected firms.

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Tests and Results of Strong-Form EMH

• Strong-form EMH contends that stock prices fully reflect all information, both public and private

• This implies that no group of investors has access to private information that will allow them to consistently earn above-average profits

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Testing Groups of Investors

• Corporate insiders

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Testing Groups of Investors

• Corporate insiders

• Stock exchange specialists

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Testing Groups of Investors

• Corporate insiders

• Stock exchange specialists

• Security analysts

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Testing Groups of Investors

• Corporate insiders

• Stock exchange specialists

• Security analysts

• Professional money managers

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Insiders include major corporate officers, directors, and owners of 10% or more of any equity class of securities

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Insiders include major corporate officers, directors, and owners of 10% or more of any equity class of securities

• Insiders must report to the SEC each month on their transactions as insiders

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Insiders include major corporate officers, directors, and owners of 10% or more of any equity class of securities

• Insiders must report to the SEC each month on their transactions as insiders

• These insider trades are made public about six weeks later and allow for study

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Corporate insiders generally experience above-average profits especially on purchase transaction

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Corporate insiders generally experience above-average profits especially on purchase transaction

• This implies that many insiders had private information from which they derived above-average returns on their company stock

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Studies showed that public investors who traded with the insiders based on announced transactions would have enjoyed excess risk-adjusted returns, but the markets now seem to have eliminated this inefficiency (soon after it was discovered)

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Corporate Insider Trading

• Other studies indicate that you can increase returns from using insider trading information by combining it with key financial ratios and considering what group of insiders is doing the buying and selling

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Stock Exchange Specialists

• Specialists have monopolistic access to information about unfilled limit orders

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Stock Exchange Specialists

• Specialists have monopolistic access to information about unfilled limit orders

• You would expect specialists to derive above-average returns from this

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Stock Exchange Specialists

• Specialists have monopolistic access to information about unfilled limit orders

• You would expect specialists to derive above-average returns from this

• The data generally supports this

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Security Analysts

• Tests have considered whether it is possible to identify a set of analysts who have the ability to select undervalued stocks

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Security Analysts

• Tests have considered whether it is possible to identify a set of analysts who have the ability to select undervalued stocks

• This looks at whether, after a stock selection by an analyst is made known, a significant abnormal return is available to those who follow their recommendation

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The Value Line Enigma

• Value Line (VL) publishes financial information on about 1,700 stocks

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The Value Line Enigma

• Value Line (VL) publishes financial information on about 1,700 stocks

• The report includes a timing rank from 1 down to 5

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The Value Line Enigma

• Value Line (VL) publishes financial information on about 1,700 stocks

• The report includes a timing rank from 1 down to 5

• Firms ranked 1 substantially outperform the market

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The Value Line Enigma

• Value Line (VL) publishes financial information on about 1,700 stocks

• The report includes a timing rank from 1 down to 5

• Firms ranked 1 substantially outperform the market

• Firms ranked 5 substantially underperform the market

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The Value Line Enigma

• Changes in rankings are quickly price adjusted into the market

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The Value Line Enigma

• Changes in rankings are quickly price adjusted into the market

• Some contend that the Value Line effect is merely the unexpected earnings anomaly due to changes in rankings from unexpected earnings

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Security Analysts

• There is evidence in favor of existence of superior analysts who apparently possess private information

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Professional Money Managers

• Trained professionals, working full time at investment management

• If any investor can achieve above-average returns, it should be this group

• If any non-insider can obtain inside information, it would be this group due to the extensive management interviews that they conduct

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Performance of Professional Money Managers

• Most tests examine mutual funds

• New tests also examine trust departments, insurance companies, and investment advisors

• Risk-adjusted, after expenses, returns of mutual funds generally show that most funds did not match aggregate market performance

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Conclusions Regarding the Strong-Form EMH

• Mixed results, but much support

• Tests for corporate insiders and stock exchange specialists do not support the hypothesis (Both groups seem to have monopolistic access to important information and use it to derive above-average returns)

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Conclusions Regarding the Strong-Form EMH

• Tests results for analysts are concentrated on Value Line rankings– Results have changed over time– Currently tend to support EMH

• Individual analyst recommendations seem to contain significant information

• Performance of professional money managers seem provide for strong-form EMH

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Implications of Efficient Capital Markets

• Overall results indicate the capital markets are efficient as related to numerous sets of information

• There are substantial instances where the market fails to rapidly adjust to public information– So, what techniques will or won’t work?– What do you do if you can’t beat the market?

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Efficient Markets and Technical Analysis

• Assumptions of technical analysis directly oppose the notion of efficient markets

• Technicians believe that new information is not immediately available to everyone, but disseminated from the informed professional first to the aggressive investing public and then to the masses

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Efficient Markets and Technical Analysis

• Technicians also believe that investors do not analyze information and act immediately - it takes time

• Therefore, stock prices move to a new equilibrium after the release of new information in a gradual manner, causing trends in stock price movements that persist for periods

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Efficient Markets and Technical Analysis

• Technical analysts develop systems to detect movement to a new equilibrium (breakout) and trade based on that

• Contradicts EMH rapid price adjustments

• If the capital market is weak-form efficient, a trading system that depends on past trading data can have no value

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Efficient Markets and Fundamental Analysis

• Fundamental analysts believe that there is a basic intrinsic value for the aggregate stock market, various industries, or individual securities and these values depend on underlying economic factors

• Investors should determine the intrinsic value of an investment at a point in time and comparing it to the market price

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Efficient Markets and Fundamental Analysis

• If you can do a superior job of estimating intrinsic value you can make superior market timing decisions and generate above-average returns

• This involves aggregate market analysis, industry analysis, company analysis, and portfolio management

• Intrinsic value analysis should start with aggregate market analysis

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Aggregate Market Analysis with Efficient Capital Markets

• EMH implies that past economic events should not lead to outperforming a buy-and-hold policy

• Merely using historical data to estimate future values is not sufficient

• You must estimate the relevant variables that cause long-run movements

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Industry and Company Analysis with Efficient Capital Markets

• Wide distribution of returns from different industries and companies justifies industry and company analysis (Chapters 19 and 20)

• Must understand the variables that effect rates of return and

• Do a superior job of estimating movements in these relevant valuation variables, not just look at past data

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Industry and Company Analysis with Efficient Capital Markets

• Important relationship between expected earnings and actual earnings

• Accurately predicting earnings surprises• Strong-form EMH indicates likely existence of

superior analysts• Studies indicate that fundamental analysis

based on E/P ratios, size, and the BV/MV ratios can lead to differentiating future return patterns

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How to Evaluate Analysts or Investors

• Examine the performance of numerous securities that this analyst recommends over time in relation to a set of randomly selected stocks in the same risk class

• Selected stocks should consistently outperform the randomly selected stocks (a random selection should outperform the market about half the time)

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Efficient Markets and Portfolio Management

• Management depends on analysts

• With superior analysts, follow them and look for opportunities in neglected stocks

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Efficient Markets and Portfolio Management

• Without superior analysts, passive management may outperform active management by – Build a globally diversified portfolio with a risk

level matching client preferences– Minimize transaction costs (taxes, trading

turnover, liquidity costs)

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The Rationale and Use of Index Funds

• Efficient capital markets and a lack of superior analysts imply that many portfolios should be managed passively (so their performance matches the aggregate market, minimizes the costs of research and trading)

• Institutions created market (index) funds which duplicate the composition and performance of a selected index series

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Efficiency in European Equity Markets

• Hawawini study indicates behavior of European stock prices is similar to U.S. common stocks

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The InternetInvestments Online

www.bloomberg.com

www.ft.com

www.wsj.com

www.pointcast.com

www.cnnfn.com

www.cnn.com

www.cnbc.com

www.abcnews.com

www.nbcnews.com

www.msnbc.com

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End of Chapter 7–Efficient Capital Markets

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Future topicsChapter 8

• Portfolio management

• Alternative measures of risk

• Computing expected return

• The risk-return efficient frontier

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