If the Market Is Efficient with Respect to Accounting Information,which

question 5

Multiple Choice

If the market is efficient with respect to accounting information,which of the following statements is true?

• A) Accounting reports are useless to investors.
• B) It is impossible to 'beat the market' using only accounting information that was released to the market 1 month ago.
• C) Knowing the contents of an annual report before it is released to the market would not be useful to an investor.
• D) Capital markets respond only to expected new information.

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