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A Note On 'Predicting Returns With Financial Ratios'

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  • Ivo Welch
  • Amit Goyal

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This note reinterprets methods that seek

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  • Ivo Welch & Amit Goyal, 2004. "A Note On 'Predicting Returns With Financial Ratios'," Yale School of Management Working Papers amz2465, Yale School of Management.
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