Under the Concept of an Efficient Market, a Random Walk

question 43

Multiple Choice

Under the concept of an efficient market, a random walk in stock prices means that:

• A)there is no driving force behind price changes.
• B)technical analysts can predict future price movements to earn excess returns.
• C)the unexplained portion of price change in one period is unrelated to the unexplained portion of price change in any other period.
• D)the unexplained portion of price change in one period that can not be explained by expected return can only be explained by the unexplained portion of price change in a prior period.
• E)None of the above.

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