Irrational investor or Irrational market?20 Apr 2023 18:07
“An inefficient market, by definition, is one where the value of the market is not accurately reflected in the price of the market,” says Simpson. “Obviously, we live in a world that is not perfect and different people have information at different times. Because of this, it could be argued that the market is constantly in a state of inefficiency.”
Indeed, experience tends to fall on the side of investors leading with emotion rather than logic. This prompts the chicken-and-egg question, “Which came first: irrational markets or irrational investors?”