' earnings forecasts. We show that measures of prior consensus and individual analyst forecast pessimism are predictive of both … with a relatively high probability of forecast pessimism experience significantly higher announcement returns than those … difficulty investors have in identifying differences in expected forecast pessimism. Overall, we conclude that market prices do …

better understand how financial analysts forecast earnings. We focus on forecasts for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs … regression analysis finds that the severity of the pandemic increases analysts' forecast error and dispersion. Government … forecast error rises by more, for REITs, when focusing on Hospitality and Industrial properties, and dispersion rises by more …

forecasts. Yet bias does not necessarily invalidate a forecast, nor does it impinge on its relative quality. We find that …

We address whether analysts bias earnings forecast revisions and convey the bias using forecast revision consistency, i ….e., the extent to which analyst reports with earnings forecast revisions include stock recommendation and target price … revisions consistent in sign with the earnings forecast revisions, the sign of which is the sign of earnings forecast revision …

controlling shareholders impairs analyst forecast quality. We sample Chinese A-share firms and find that the proportion of shares … associated with analysts’ earnings forecast error and dispersion. Analysts’ incentives moderate the association between pledge … ratios and forecast predictions. High performing analysts most sensitive to reputational concerns continue to report …