Dr. George Athanassakos discusses why trailing P/E ratios have a better predictive power as far as stock returns are concerned than forward P/E ratios in his latest article, titled “Using trailing P/E ratios to screen stocks can help to reduce uncertainty by investors” , published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business), p.B7. The article also appeared in Globe Investor Magazine Online, under the title “Trailing or forward P/Es: Here’s which one has the better predictive power for picking winning stocks” on March 28, 2024. View PDF
