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Everything You Know About Markets Is Wrong? - zerohedge.com



Everything You Know About Markets Is Wrong?

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Submitted by Eric L. Prentis,
The financial elite—using academe for intellectual cover—want you to believe that markets are efficient, as defined by the Efficient Market Theory (EMT). My research strikes down this hoary old EMT economic dogma, used by duplicitous bankers and hedge fund managers to con US politicians and 99% of Americans.
The Efficient Market Theory (EMT) is a significant foundation theory in economics. Prove the EMT wrong, and economics becomes largely an empty shell. Therefore, the EMT is the most important fundamental issue in economics and for America.
US politicians mistakenly use EMT based economic theories to pass laws favorable to Wall Street. First causing and now worsening the credit crisis. Examples of credit crisis enabling legislation include:
  • Gramm–Leach–Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
  • Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000
  • Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
  • Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012
Three tenets define the EMT.
  • The first tenet—that markets are in equilibrium and if unexpected events cause disequilibrium, it is only temporary because markets are self-equilibrating—is disputed in the literature. A stock market always in equilibrium and efficient is impossible because traders have different endowments, beliefs and preferences. In addition, arbitrage costs throw markets out of equilibrium.
  • The second tenet—that stock prices “fully reflect” all information—has long been challenged in the literature, with many inconsistencies reported. Tenet number two goes on to say asset prices properly represent each asset’s intrinsic value, and as a result, prices are always accurate signals for capital allocation. Researchers in behavioral economics find fault with this EMT assumption, because it does not account for human nature and inherent herding behavioral instincts of market participants. EMT theorists—Eugene F. Fama and Burton G.Malkiel—claim assuming market equilibrium is close enough to reality, and that research into EMT tenet two contests only the semi-strong form of efficiency. That is, where earning higher returns than the stock market, with lower risk, is not achievable by knowing all publicly available information. EMT theorists continue to support the EMT and say, “If you want to do better than stock market returns, you have to take on more risk than the stock market.”
  • EMT tenet number three is most important—that is, stock prices move randomly or are uncorrelated with, if not independent of the prior period’s price change. Therefore, earning higher returns than the stock market, with lower risk, is impossible to achieve using only past prices (i.e., technical analysis stock trading rules or stock charts). Empirically prove EMT tenet number three wrong— because it tests the weak form of market efficiency—and the EMT is wrong, period! ............

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Efficient Market Hypothesis in 2 Easy Steps: What is Efficient Market Hy...



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As can be seen on http://mbabullshit.com/blog/efficient-market-hypothesis/about EMH, stocks inside the stock market ordinarily rise in worth when you can find excellent news with regard to a stock's company. Conversely, they regularly move down if you can find not so good news about a business enterprise.

Why? If good news relating to a stock comes out (as though, for example, information in which the firm obtained a lot of profits), thereafter each and every one suddenly wants to buy the stock, to make sure that they will be able to gain from the larger proceeds.

Once any individual works to purchase the stock, the elevated "demand" for your stock brings up the worth.As a result, an awesome way to earn money with the use of stocks would be to buy the stock when something good transpires with the company (illustration: it strikes oil) but before the excellent news comes out to the masses... and while the stock price is still low. (After the firm strikes oil, you might have to wait one or even 2 days for the general public to know about it from the news.)

And next, after the excellent news has come out, everybody else will attempt to pay for the stock, and the stock price will climb. In the event the stock price is already up, you'll be able to sell your stock at a significant price and generate a superb profit.In this brand of scenario, whom would you say must have a great reward? The best buddy of the company chief or the universal masses?

Obviously, the finestpreferredbest mate of the enterprise chief is at a very good convenience! He can easily learn via the chief executive-chumin relation to the firm finding,hitting oil prior to everyone else! And then, he is able to buy the stock when it's still at a reduced bargain.

Then, he is able to in simple terms wait one or 2 days for the reports to get going to the universal masses and for the universal public to kick off ordering the share; which generally is likely to drive up the share price. So next, the chief executive's chum could basically sell at the higher rate and get an easy swift profit. Nonetheless suppose... information traveled veryremarkablyremarkablyveryvery rapidly? What if, as soon as the firm struck oil, the whole masses would know about it basically immediately; really as fast as the firm chief's buddy? How?

Maybe the news media is actually indeed "streamlined" in acquiring and relaying information (just like those "established" journalists). Or alternatively maybe, regardless of if the news channel is sluggish, social media (for example Facebook or Twitter) helps transmit the data notably swiftly (perhaps a person at the oil well instantly tweets it and it gets retweeted plenty of occasions over the globe in just seconds). In this case, will the company chief executive's chum remain to have better chances? Obviously, the answer is no.

This is the crux of the EMH or Efficient Market Hypothesis. When industry informationinformationinformation travels particularly fast, powerfully as well as more or less immediately (featuring "strong" market efficiency), company officers, their friends, and additional guys utilizing "inside" resources and info do not develop better chances more than the general public in relation to investing in shares.The converse is moreover thought to be right. In the event that market facts travels steadily and notably inefficiently (having "weak" market efficiency), then company officers, their close friends and additional guys utilizing "inside" information have a great leverage versus the broad public on the subject of flipping in shares.

There may be additionally a scheme in between the two extremes above. In the event that market information travels not too swiftly although not very sluggish either, then firm officers and their friends own some advantage against the broad masses when it comes to trading in shares of stock. This is termed "semi-strong" market efficiency.

To put it briefly: Institution officers and "buddies" of company officers only ownownownhaveown an advantage in the event that facts flows gradually over time and "inefficiently." In the event that the information in the market moves just about instantly and "efficiently," then firm officers and close mates do not obtain an edge and are not able to easily "trade on the news broadcast."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5JDftgykcg

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