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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

Stephen A. Ross; Randolph W. Westerfield; Bradford D. Jordan

Chapter 12

SOME LESSONS FROM CAPITAL MARKET HISTORY - all with Video Answers

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01:47

Problem 1

Given that Fannie Mae was up by about 1,333 percent for 2013 , why didn't all investors hold this stock?

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Problem 2

Given that NII Holdings was down by 63 percent for 2013 , why did some investors hold the stock? Why didn't they sell out before the price declined so sharply?

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03:33

Problem 3

We have seen that over long periods, stock investments have tended to substantially outperform bond investments. However, it is common to observe investors with long horizons holding entirely bonds. Are such investors irrational?

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02:29

Problem 4

Explain why a characteristic of an efficient market is that investments in that market have zero NPVs.

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02:01

Problem 5

A stock market analyst is able to identify mispriced stocks by comparing the average price for the last 10 days to the average price for the last 60 days. If this is true, what do you know about the market?

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03:07

Problem 6

If a market is semistrong form efficient, is it also weak form efficient? Explain.

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01:24

Problem 7

What are the implications of the efficient markets hypothesis for investors who buy and sell stocks in an attempt to "beat the market"?

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02:04

Problem 8

Critically evaluate the following statement: Playing the stock market is like gambling. Such speculative investing has no social value other than the pleasure people get from this form of gambling.

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00:43

Problem 9

Several celebrated investors and stock pickers frequently mentioned in the financial press have recorded huge returns on their investments over the past two decades. Is the success of these particular investors an invalidation of the EMH? Explain.

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06:07

Problem 10

For each of the following scenarios, discuss whether profit opportunities exist from trading in the stock of the firm under the conditions that (1) the market is not weak form efficient, (2) the market is weak form but not semistrong form efficient, (3) the market is semistrong form but not strong form efficient, and (4) the market is strong form efficient.
a. The stock price has risen steadily each day for the past 30 days.
b. The financial statements for a company were released three days ago, and you believe you've uncovered some anomalies in the company's inventory and cost control reporting techniques that are causing the firm's true liquidity strength to be understated.
c. You observe that the senior managers of a company have been buying a lot of the company's stock on the open market over the past week.

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