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In efficient markets the expected return on each stock is the same.

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The solution discusses if the statement that efficient markets the expected return on each stock is the same is true or false.

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This issue relates to the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
It states that at any given time, security prices fully reflect all available information. The implications of the efficient market hypothesis are truly profound.

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