Before revision:  Our conclusions are elaborated by a broad set of applications within macroeconomics and finance. These show that the inherent bias-variance trade-off implied by targeting, due to increased tree correlation , is balanced at a medium level , selecting the best 10-30\\%DIF < of commonly applied predictors.
After revision:  Macroeconomic and financial applications show that the inherent bias-variance trade-off implied by targeting, due to increased tree correlation , is balanced at a medium level , selecting the best 10-30\\%DIF < of commonly applied predictors.