Indeed, there are theories out there like the efficient markets hypothesis which say that we cannot in fact predict them.

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None of these objections challenges the use of the efficient markets hypothesis.

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The Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH) says that markets are efficient at processing information about what prices should be in a market.

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