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ANALYSIS OF THE SINGAPORE STOCK EXCHANGE (SGX) Name Class Professor Institution City (State) Date Definition Market efficiency is defined as the degree to which stock market and other stock market reflect all available relevant information. Efficiency generally signifies a degree of performance that shows a process that uses the lowest amount of inputs to create the greatest amounts of output CITATION Inv16 l 1033 (Investopedia, 2016). It shows how well money that is invested in each product produces a particular outcome or revenue. There are various types of efficiency. Informational efficiency is the degree to which market prices correctly and quickly reflect information and thus the true value of an underlying asset CITATION Inv16 l 1033 (Investopedia, 2016). Operational efficiency entails a combination of processes or procedures, machinery, technology and people working to optimize and promote the growth of a business. The Efficient Market Hypothesis entails all available information such as public information, previous prices in the market and current prices which reflect all available information in the market There are three forms of efficient market hypothesis ranging from weak, semi-strong to strong. Weak form stipulates that knowledge of past volume and prices in stock cannot be useful in the prediction of future prices of stock CITATION Dan10 p 23 l 1033 (Dealbook, 2010, p. 23). It is generally useful for people who are interested in the development of investment strategies basing arguments on previous or histological prices and data. The semi-strong form is the most widely argued. It entails past data as well as current information
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