Which of the following phenomena would be either consistent with or a violation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis? Explain.

Which of the following phenomena would be either consistent with or a violation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis? Explain.

Which of the following phenomena would be either consistent with or a violation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis? Explain.
a) Nearly half of all professionally managed stock mutual funds are able to outperform
the S&P 500 in a typical year.
b) Money managers who outperform the market (on a risk-adjusted basis) in one year are
likely to outperform in the following year.
c) Stock prices tend to be predictably more volatile in January than in other months.
Question 3
Suppose that as the economy moves through a business cycle, market risk premiums also change. For example, in a recession when people are concerned about their jobs, risk tolerance might be lower and market risk premiums might be higher. In a booming economy, tolerance for risk might be higher and market risk premiums might fall.
a) Would a predictably shifting market risk premium such as described here be a violation
of the efficient market hypothesis?
b) How might a cycle of increasing and decreasing risk premiums create an appearance
that stock prices “overreact,” first falling excessively during the recession and then
seeming to recover?

Question 4
Shares of small firms with thinly traded stocks tend to show positive CAPM alphas. Is
this a violation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis? Describe a scenario where this would
not be a violation. Then describe a scenario where it is.
Question 5
Firm XYZ just announced an increase in its quarterly earnings, but its stock price fell
substantially. Is there a rational explanation for this phenomenon? That is, why might the
market react negatively to something that on the surface looks like the release of good news?

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