Testing Weak Form of Stock Market Efficiency
11 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2012
Date Written: August 27, 2012
Abstract
Understanding the market efficiency of a particular stock market is very important to assist existing and prospective investors to make well informed decisions. In a capital market where few players dominate the market, insider dealings are more likely to take place which has significant impact of waning stock market confidence since the market will depict weak form of market efficiency. Regulators must always strive to evaluate any possibility of insider dealing and remedial actions.
Keywords: Weak, Market, Malawi, Efficiency, Shares
JEL Classification: O16, G00, G15, G10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Kampanje, Brian Phiri, Testing Weak Form of Stock Market Efficiency (August 27, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2099833 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2099833
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