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On the validity of the weak-form efficient markets hypothesis applied to the London stock exchange

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  • Nabeel Al-Loughani
  • David Chappell

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The validity of the weak form of the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) is tested for the FTSE 30 share index during a period when government economic policy towards the financial markets was relatively unchanging. The EMH would suggest random walk behaviour but this does not occur; instead the data series has significant heteroscedasticity. The series is successfully explained by a GARCH M(1, 1) model. We use the BDS test to show that the residuals from this model are IID.

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  • Nabeel Al-Loughani & David Chappell, 1997. "On the validity of the weak-form efficient markets hypothesis applied to the London stock exchange," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 173-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apfiec:v:7:y:1997:i:2:p:173-176
    DOI: 10.1080/096031097333736
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