The Efficient Markets Hypothesis Implies That an Investor

question 12

Multiple Choice

The efficient markets hypothesis implies that an investor:

• A) cannot systematically outperform the market as a whole over time.
• B) should rely on publicly available information to outperform the market.
• C) should buy and sell lower volumes of shares.
• D) can manage a portfolio and regularly outperform the whole market.

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Definitions:

Sample

A subset of a population used in statistical analysis to estimate the characteristics of the whole population.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of the numbers.

Standard Error

The usual measure of spread for the distribution that arises from sampling, typically concerning the mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values that is used to estimate the true value of a parameter with a certain degree of confidence.