Nichols and Wahlen's 2004 Study Showed That Superior Forecasting Provides

question 33

Multiple Choice

Nichols and Wahlen's 2004 study showed that superior forecasting provides the potential to earn superior security returns.Nichols and Wahlen's findings indicate:

• A) that an investor could earn excess returns if the investor could predict accurately the sign of the change in earnings one year ahead.
• B) that an investor could earn excess returns if the investor could predict accurately the magnitude of the change in earnings one year ahead.
• C) that an investor could earn excess returns if the investor could predict accurately the sign of the change in cash flows from operations one year ahead.
• D) that an investor could earn excess returns if the investor could predict accurately the sign of the change in working capital one year ahead.

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