Using the classification and regression tree (CART) model for stock selection on the S&P 700

Traditionally, investment practitioners and academics alike have used stock fundamentals and a linear framework in order to predict future stock performance. This approach has been shown to have flaws as literature has shown that stock returns can exhibit non-linearity and involve complex relations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pienaar, Neil Deon
Other Authors: Van Rensburg, Paul
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20728