Which of the Following Statements Is Most Correct

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• A) If a stock's beta increased but its growth rate remained the same, then the new equilibrium price of the stock will be higher (assuming dividends continue to grow at the constant growth rate).
• B) Market efficiency says that the actual realized returns on all stocks will be equal to the expected rates of return.
• C) An implication of the semistrong form of the efficient markets hypothesis is that you cannot consistently benefit from trading on information reported in The Wall Street Journal.
• D) Statements a and b are correct.
• E) All of the statements above are correct.

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