Market efficiency implies Multiple Choice that consistently superior performance is very difficult even for professional investors. that there are no taxes. that investors are irrational. that there is no point to buying common stocks.
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Market efficiency is a theory in financial economics that suggests that asset prices fully reflect all available information. This means that it is impossible to consistently achieve higher returns on an investment than the average market return, on a Show more…
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