The positive association between current return and future earnings is weaker for firms with higher proprietary cost.

股票投资收益与未来会计收益关系的正相关程度与专有成本呈负相关关系。

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Citrus growers know that the number of fruit in their current crop has an inverse effect on the number of flowers in the return bloom.

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You might assume that after you turn all such expenses over to your accountant each year, he or she will fully deduct all of these things on your current return.

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However, if the number were large then Apple would be sacrificing large amounts of current profit in return for no more than the hope of some in the future.

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Of course, I still have trouble with the current negative real return of the ten-year Treasuries, which are poised to close at the lowest yield since World War II.

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