Corporate planning has been increasingly assisted by advances in the three major areas of economic forecasting: (1) econometric models, (2) time-series analysis, and (3) business cycle indicators. The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of pre-classifying economic observations into...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Streetwise -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Market Behavior -- Challenge to Judgment (Fall 1974) -- The Dividend Puzzle (Winter 1976) -- The Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Market Model (Winter 1981) -- Factors in New York Stock Exchange Security Returns, 1931-1979...