Explain why accounting reports are useful to investors even if securities markets are efficient in the semi-strong form.
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Semi-strong form efficiency implies that all publicly available information is reflected in the stock prices. This means that any new information, such as accounting reports, will be quickly incorporated into the stock prices. Show more…
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