Data-snooping, technical trading rule performance, and the bootstrap

Journal of Finance

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1647-1691

  Sullivan, Ryan ^b   Timmermann, Allan ^a   White, Halbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Economic Analysis LLC   (United States)

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EID: 0005865794     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00163     Document Type: Article

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