Answer:
Question 8: F
Question 9: C
Explanation:
Efficient market hypothesis:
The security prices already reflect all the available information.
The efficient market hypothesis says that past price movement, earnings report and volume traded doesn't affect stocks Current price and can't be used to predict the stocks future directions.
In simple words, past performance doesn't guarantee the future performance of the stock price moment. The stock price follows a Brownian motion.
They are 3 levels of Market efficiency:
1. Strong efficiency: Insider information, fundamental analysis and
technical analysis are unless in such a market.
2. Semi- Strong: fundamental analysis and technical analysis are
unless in such a market.
3. Weak: technical analysis is unless in such a market.
Thus in an efficient market: the market value would represent the true value of an asset.
Question 10:
Answer: d. High, High
Explanation:
Growth stocks have high price to book value and price to earnings
ratio.
As this stocks project Higher Growth, there is a higher demand for
them- this high price.
EXAMPLE: Tesla
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