The efficient market hypothesis argues that current stock prices reflect all existing available information, making them fairly valued as they are presently. Given these assumptions, outperforming the ...

While the accumulation of capital has long been the golden rule for some growth theorists, such as Smith and Ricardo, Gary Becker in the 1950s placed human capital at the heart of this sector of ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

Capital markets facilitate raising capital and provide platforms for buying and selling investments. They include stock, bond, and currency markets, distinguishing them from just asset trading spaces.

Financial markets are an endless two-way auction, where the price is discovered through the negotiation of buyers and sellers. The stock and futures markets, like any market, exist to facilitate trade ...

The EU is working on creating a single market for capital to improve the financing possibilities for businesses and to offer new opportunities for savers and investors, regardless of where they are ...

The famed efficient market hypothesis, or EMH, is widely accepted by academics and modern investors. The hypothesis states that stock prices reflect all available information at any given time, making ...