The weak form of the efficient market theory contends that
A) past price performance is useless in predicting future price movements.
B) past performance can help determine the general direction of future price movements.
C) any publicly available information is useless in predicting future price movements.
D) price movements are not random but follow a general trend over a period of time.
Answer: A
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