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Show the effect on price (increase, decrease, no effect): Show the effect on price (increase, decrease, no effect) for each of the following situations under three form of market efficiency Situations
Situations | Weak | Semi-Strong | Strong |
The WSJ publishes that Landmark Inc. declared a dividend of $1 per share | |||
Landmark Inc. board members decide in a closed door meeting to open a new factory in Taiwan | |||
Your broker in NYSE tells you that Landmark Inc. CEO is going to declare retirement |
Weak form of market efficiency says that past stock price movements, patterns, volumes or any data related to company's financial results do not affect the price of the stock and cannot be used to predict the future price movement.
Semi strong form of market hypothesis states that the current stock price rapidly adjusts to the release of any public information about that particular company.
Strong form of market hypothesis states that all the information where it is public or private information, it is factored in the stock price and any private information cannot help investors earn extra returns.
So as per the definitions and understanding of the hypothesis, the following table is populated
Situations | Weak | Semi-Strong | Strong |
The WSJ publishes that Landmark Inc. declared a dividend of $1 per share | No effect | No effect | No effect |
Landmark Inc. board members decide in a closed door meeting to open a new factory in Taiwan | No effect | Increase | No effect |
Your broker in NYSE tells you that Landmark Inc. CEO is going to declare retirement | No effect | Decrease | No effect |