How do
financial markets match providers with users, and how efficiently
does the market determine prices? Can investors rely on
notoriously volatile stock markets to function efficiently? It
can be difficult to determine whether successful investments are
a matter of skill or
luck. In this free course, The
financial markets context, you will interrogate whether
markets can function efficiently, and what factors might militate
against this. You will also learn the importance of the Efficient
Markets Hypothesis.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- make an informed judgment about whether or to what extent a financial market satisfies the conditions of an efficient market
- identify the main factors that could detract from that efficiency.
