A capital market is ideal when:
All of these
An ideal capital market is defined by a set of five assumptions.
1: Capital markets are frictionless
2: All market participants share homogenous expectation, value relevant information is costlessly available to all market participants.
3: All market participants are atomistic. No single market participant can affect the market price of a security via trades.
4: The firm’s investment program is fixed and known.
5: The firm’s financing is fixed. Once chosen, the firm’s capital structure is fixed.