Inefficient Market

  

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In an absolutely efficient market, the price of an item will exactly reflect the true value of an item. If oil cost $65 a barrel to suck out of the ground, package, and ship, then it is definitely worth $65 a barrel. And that's what it'll sell for.

An inefficient market represents the opposite: a market where price doesn’t indicate true value. On the far end of inefficiency, prices would approach near randomness. Think: market bubbles...very inefficient markets. Involving tulips that cost more than a house, or situations where you plan to retire on your collection of first-run, still-in-original-package Star Wars toys.

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about accuracy that way Too many liars cheats and deceivers

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country So the feds come down hard for good reason

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on those whose pants are you know on fire So

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yeah honesty in Numbers is 1 definition of fair Another

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is full disclosure The numbers might be accurate technically but

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company actually did Like a discount rectal thermometer company might

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the quarter when china agreed to take over debt payments

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on all of the countries obligations in return for well

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basically owning the country Then the sixty million of currency

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