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equity

12 Sep 2019

A well-functioning financial system has complete markets with effective financial intermediaries and financial instruments, allowing:

  • Investors to move money from the present to the future at a fair rate of return.
  • Borrowers to easily obtain capital.
  • Hedgers to offset risks.
  • Traders to easily exchange currencies and commodities.

Efficient financial systems have tools to address financial issues and liquid markets with low trading costs. They provide timely financial information, ensuring that market prices accurately reflect available data. This way, prices respond to changes in fundamental value rather than just liquidity needs. Well-functioning markets promote efficient resource allocation, placing resources where they’re most valuable.

Question

Which of the following is least likely a characteristic of a well-functioning financial system?

  1. Instruments that solve financial problems.
  2. Market prices that always equal fundamental value.
  3. Markets where assets can be easily traded at low cost.

Solution

The correct answer is B.

Informational efficiency in well-functioning financial systems should allow investors to estimate fundamental values and cause price changes to correlate with changes in fundamental value. However, fundamental value estimates in well-functioning financial systems will not necessarily always match actual fundamental value.

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