1 Discuss the rationale for expecting an efficient capital market. What factor would you look for to differentiate the market efficiency for two alternative stocks?
2 Define and discuss the weak-form EMH. Describe the two sets of tests used to examine the weak-from EMH.
3 Define and discuss the semistrong-form EMH. Describe the two sets of tests used to examine the semistrong-form EMH
4 What is meant by the term abnormal rate of return?
5 Describe the results of a study that supported the semistrong-form EMH. Discuss the nature of the test and specifically why the results support the hypothesis.
6 Describe the results of a study that did NOT support the semistrong-form EMH. Discuss the nature of the test and specifically why the results did not support the hypothesis.
7 Define and discuss the strong-form EMH. Why do some observers contend that the strong-form hypothesis really requires a perfect market in addition to an efficient market? BE SPECIFIC
8 Describe the results of a study that did NOT support the strong-form EMH. Discuss the test involved and specifically why the results reported did not support the hypothesis.
9 Describe the general goal of behavioral finance.
10 What does the EMH imply for the use of technical analysis?
11 What does the EMH imply for fundamental analysis? Discuss specifically what it does not imply.
12 In a work of efficient capital markets, what do you have to do to be a superior analyst? How would you test whether an analyst was superior.