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Chasing Returns of Open-End Investment Funds Using Recurrent Neural Networks. A Long-Term Study

Central European Economic Journal
Volume 12 (2025): Issue 59 (January 2025)
By: Katarzyna PerezORCID and  Marcin BartkowiakORCID  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
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Language: English
Page range: 49 - 65
Published on: Feb 14, 2025
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
open-end investment funds,
fund return forecasting,
recurrent neural networks,
long-term investment strategy
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Economic policy

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