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Investing Glossary: Random walk

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Term:
Random walk
Definition:
Theory that Stock price changes from day to day are accidental or haphazard; changes are independent of each other and have the same Probability distribution. Many believers in the Random walk theory believe that it is impossible to outperform the Market consistently Without taking additional risk.



 

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