The efficient markets hypothesis predicts that stock prices follow a "random walk." The implication of this hypothesis for investing in stocks is
A) a "churning strategy" of buying and selling often to catch market swings.
B) turning over your stock portfolio each month, selecting stocks by throwing darts at the stock page.
C) a "buy and hold strategy" of holding stocks to avoid brokerage commissions.
D) following the advice of technical analysts.
C
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In a study published in 1963, Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz found that in every business cycle they studied over nearly a hundred-year period
A) the growth rate of the money supply decreased before output decreased. B) interest rates decreased before output decreased. C) the growth rate of federal government spending decreased before output decreased. D) the growth rate of state and local government spending decreased before output decreased.
The Confederate government
(a) failed to increase its external debt and thus produced domestic inflation. (b) did not make the Confederate currency legal tender. (c) failed to raise sufficient resources because of unwillingness to increase the supply of paper money. (d) did none of the above.
Which of the following models results in the greatest deadweight loss assuming a fixed number of firms with identical costs and a given demand curve?
A) Cournot B) Stackelberg C) Monopoly D) Perfect competition
Giffen goods violate the law of demand
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false