Evidence Against Market Efficiency Includes

question 48

Multiple Choice

Evidence against market efficiency includes

• A)failure of technical analysis to outperform the market.
• B)the random walk behavior of stock prices.
• C)the inability of mutual fund managers to consistently beat the market.
• D)the January effect.

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