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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Stephen H. Archer
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Security markets in major industrial countries have frequently been referred to as close to perfect markets. Probably the highest quality market for a class of securities is the United States government bill market; however, it is also frequently inferred that the United States listed equity market is also a near perfect market. In a perfect market, no opportunities for profit based upon past price movements or any other past data should exist; stocks in a perfect market are always at their proper price except for purely random fluctuations.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , September 1968 , pp. 231 - 233
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1968

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