Your friend manages a portfolio of stocks. He picks a group 20 stocks that have had high returns in the recent past, and he claims he can beat the market by doing so.

a. What form of market inefficiency is your friend attempting to exploit?

b. Your friend proudly points out that his portfolio earned an average rate of return of 6% over the last ten years. In contrast, the market portfolio has only managed a rate of return of 5% per year on average. This fact is proof, he says, that his trading strategy is successful at beating the market. You decide to investigate this claim further. You find that his portfolio has a correlation with the market of 0.9 and a standard deviation of 0.27, and the market portfolio has a standard deviation of 0.12. If the risk free return over the last ten years has been 3%, has your friend really succeeded in beating the market? Explain your answer and support it with calculations.