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: A Contradiction of Terms Daniel W. L. Wung Baker College Center for Graduate Studies Table of Contents Table of Contents i Abstract 2 Discussion References A-1 Abstract According to the Efficient Market Theory, it should be extremely difficult for an investor t ....

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.... the normal investment stock at any given time accurately reflects the real value of that stock. The price for a stock reflects its actual underlying value, financial managers cannot time stock and bond sales to take advantage of “ insider” information, sales of stocks and bonds will not depress prices, and companies cannot “cook the books” to artificially manipulate stock and bond prices. However, information technology and market dynamics are based upon the workings of ordinary people and diverse organizations, neither of which are arguably efficient nor consistent. Therefore, we have the basic contradiction of EMT: How can a theory based o ....