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    The Global Stock Market and Critically Evaluating its Efficiency and Inefficiency

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    In five pages the efficiency of global stock market information is assessed by applying efficient market hypothesis (EMH) in various forms. There are eight sources listed in the bibliography.

    Name of Research Paper File: TS14_TEstkemh.rtf

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    as a bull market appears to be transforming into a bear market. The ability to make profits has decreased. Thos that looking at the market and studying it often seek  to establish whether or not the stock market is an efficient market. Stock markets are an immediate form of trade where supply  and demand find an equilibrium in an immediate manner so sales are conducted in a very efficient manner. The rationalisation behind this is straightforward, when there is a greater supply  than demand the price will decrease so that the demand will increase, therefore is Company As shares are being sold by more people than want to buy them the price  will drop until there are enough buyers. If there is a higher demand than the supply, more people want to buy Company A shares then want to sell, then  the price will go up until some of the buyers drop out or ,more people want to sell at the higher price to equilibrium may be found.  In realty, this operates not on a daily basis, but on a moment to moment basis, and the reason for the efficiency is that the market  brings together the buyers and sellers in a single arena where the market forces are left to operate. Therefore the operation of the forces is very effective, but there are  also some less rational and effective influences which do not influence the effect of the market, but does influence the way in which the shares are traded and the prices  that people will pay for certain shares, and impacts on the intrinsic value. If we are to argue that the stock market is efficient then we need to understand these 

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