Are you saying that the Efficient Market Theory (EMT) is correct?
The market is mostly efficient, but there are still many efficiencies that can be exploited by people who do their homework and are ready to stick around through volatility and/or wait for catalysts.
Yes, that's how firms on Wall Street make money: they exploit inefficiencies in the market in the short term or long term (and, by the way, by doing so, correct the inefficiencies). Paradoxically, firms that target the shorter term do better when volatility is high, because it usually means there are some pretty massive inefficiencies going on.
The market is mostly efficient, but there are still many efficiencies that can be exploited by people who do their homework and are ready to stick around through volatility and/or wait for catalysts.