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The efficient market hypothesis views expectations of future prices as equal to which of the following?Group of answer choicesThe change in the price of the securityOnly past informationA random walkOptimal forecasts using all currently available information

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The efficient market hypothesis views expectations of future prices as equal to which of the following?Group of answer choicesThe change in the price of the securityOnly past informationA random walkOptimal forecasts using all currently available information

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The Efficient Market Hypothesis views expectations of future prices as equal to optimal forecasts using all currently available information.

Here's why:

  1. The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is a theory that states it's impossible to "beat the market" because the stock market efficiency causes existing share prices to always incorporate and reflect all relevant information.

  2. According to the EMH, stocks always trade at their fair value on exchanges, making it impossible for investors to purchase undervalued stocks or sell stocks for inflated prices. Therefore, it should be impossible to outperform the overall market through expert stock selection or market timing.

  3. The only way an investor can possibly obtain higher returns is by purchasing riskier investments.

  4. Since the EMH suggests that all price movement is random and unpredictable, future prices can't be estimated by any past price trends. Therefore, the EMH does not view expectations of future prices as equal to the change in the price of the security or only past information.

  5. A random walk theory suggests that changes in stock prices have the same distribution and are independent of each other. So, the past movement or trend of a stock price or market cannot predict its future movement. In short, this is the theory that stock price changes have the same distribution and are independent of each other, so the past movement or trend cannot be used to predict the future movement.

  6. Therefore, according to the EMH, the expectations of future prices are equal to optimal forecasts using all currently available information. This is because all available information is already incorporated into the prices of stocks and reflects the collective expectations of all market participants.

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