位置13的问题 Evidence seems to support the view that studying public information to identify mispriced stocks is:effective only in strong form efficient markets.effective provided the market is only weak form efficient or if the market is strong form efficient.ineffective only in strong form efficient markets.effective as long as the market is only semistrong form efficient.ineffective.清除选择

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The question asks about the effectiveness of studying public information to identify mispriced stocks under different market efficiency forms. 
Option 1: 'effective only in strong form efficient markets.' This claim contradicts the core idea of market efficiency: in strong-form markets, all information (including private insider information) is reflected in prices, so studying public information would not yield abnormal profits. Therefore, this option is inconsistent with the theory, and it is unlikely to be correct.
Option 2: 'effective provided the market is only weak form efficient or if the market is strong form efficient.' If the market is strong form, prices already reflect all information, making any study of public information useless. Similarly, in a weak-form market, prices reflect only past price data, not all public information; fundamental analysis using public information may still uncover mispricings. Since the statement ties effectiveness to both weak- and strong-form cases in a way that ignores the strong-form nullification, it is problematic and generally false.
Option 3: 'ineffective only in strong form efficient markets.' This position implies that studying public information can be useful in forms other than strong form, such as semi-strong or weak form, but becomes useless specifically when prices already reflect all information (strong form). In many educational treatments, public-information-based analysis is considered ineffective when the market already fully incorporates information (strong form), while recognizing that in weaker forms there might be some residual mispricing opportunities. Framed this way, the claim that effectiveness is limited to being non-beneficial only under strong-form efficiency captures the nuanced view that in strong-form markets you cannot expect to beat the market with public information, whereas in other forms there might be residual inefficiencies. 
Option 4: 'effective as long as the market is only semistrong form efficient.' In semistrong-form markets, prices already reflect all public information, so using public information to find mispricings would not be effective. This makes the statement false.
Option 5: 'ineffective.' This blanket statement ignores the distinctions between different forms of market efficiency. If some forms permit exploitation of mispricing based on public information (in principle, though not typically in semistrong or strong forms), declaring it always ineffective would be too broad and wrong. 
Overall, the reasoning aligns with the view that public-information-based analysis cannot profit in a strong-form market, but may be considered ineffective under strong-form efficiency specifically. Hence, the option claiming 'ineffective only in strong form efficient markets' frames the strongest consistent boundary for when public-information study would fail compared to other forms.

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