根據效率市場假說英文efficient market hypothesis,EMH),俾一個有市場流通性(market liquidity)嘅市場,喺是但一個時間點嗰度,市場嘅買家同賣家都會作出理性嘅決策,冇人能夠以貴過合理或者平過合理嘅價格買賣,所以每件嘢嘅價格會反映所有有用嘅資訊[1]

當然,實際上效率市場假說根本行唔通,而現實觀察結果係,成日都有啲聰明嘅投資者可以用高過或者低過市價嘅價格買賣商品,從中圖利-從此而生嘅市場效率低下就反映咗心理等非理性因素對金融市場嘅影響[1][2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Thaler, R. H. (Ed.). (2005). Advances in behavioral finance (Vol. 2). Princeton University Press.
  2. Benartzi, Shlomo; Thaler, Richard H. (1995). "Myopic Loss Aversion and the Equity Premium Puzzle". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 110 (1): 73–92.