Weak-form efficiency

A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk. Related: Semistrong-form efficiency, strong-form efficiency.

Weak Form Efficiency

A version of the efficient markets theory on how markets work. It holds that the market efficiently deals with most information on a given security and reflects it in the price immediately. Specifically, weak form efficiency states that technical analysis is ineffective and that prices are on a random walk. Investors and academics disagree on how well the model works, but it is less controversial than the semi-strong form of the EMT and the strong form of the EMT.

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(a) The Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test was selected to test for the existence of weak-form efficiency in the selected East Asian region.

Understanding Market Inefficiency in the East Asian Region during Times of Crisis

A recent study by Palamalai & Kalaivani (2015) does conduct tests of weak-form efficiency for Indian sectoral indices, but in contrast to the aforementioned study, which tests for serial correlation and any departures from a random walk using autocorrelation, unit root, variance ratio, and the runs tests, the present work employs fractional integration models to check for the presence of long-range dependence or memory in the series.

LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCE IN SECTORAL INDICES

These three versions are known as (i) weak-form efficiency, (ii) semi-strong form efficiency and (iii) strong-form efficiency.

Efficiency of foreign exchange market of Sri Lanka: some empirical evidence

Weak-form efficiency in the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Weak Form of Efficient Market Hypothesis--Evidence from Pakistan

In order to test the weak-form efficiency of the Romanian capital market and different aspects regarding the behavior of financial assets, we have used daily closing prices for the BET Index, for the period starting from the 22th of September, 1997, and ending to the 10th of July, 2015.

Romanian capital market: Random walk or weak form of inefficiency?

The article "Malaysian finance sector weak-form efficiency: Heterogeneity, structural breaks, and cross-sectional dependence" attempts to test weak form efficiency of the banking system in Malaysia from a sample data that runs from 1994-2014.

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Emerging markets also exhibited weak-form efficiency. In Singapore (Hong, 1978), Malaysia (Barnes, 1986), and Greece (Panas, 1990).

Stock market behavior: a fractal analysis of Saudi Stock Exchange

Frimpong, J.M., Abaiye, E.F.O., 2007, "Market Returns and Weak-Form Efficiency: the case of the Ghana Stock Exchange", Munich Personal RePEc Archive,

TESTING THE RANDOM WALK HYPOTHESIS FOR EMERGING MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR UNIT ROOT TESTS

This is a condition required for a set of survey expectational series to meet the term of weak-form efficiency. This property can be examined based on Mullineaux (1978) framework by estimating the following Equation (9):

Testing rational expectations hypothesis in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia

Their findings indicate that stock markets in Mauritius and Morocco may be efficient while the stock markets in Mauritius and Morocco, Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Swaziland are not consistent with weak-form efficiency. The application of the EGARCH model enabled them to capture how conditional volatility affects the pricing process without imposing undue restrictions on the parameters of the conditional variance equation.

Testing calendar effect on Nigerian stock market returns: methodological approach

Analysis of Weak-Form Efficiency on the Nigerian Stock Market: Further Evidence from GARCH Model.

Are Indian and US stock markets efficient and integrated

Weak-form efficiency occurs when past stock prices cannot be used to predict future stock prices (Magnusson and Wydick, 2002).