We examine the impact of managerial sentiment on analysts' following decisions and earnings forecast accuracy. By …

This paper investigates the association between current dividends and analysts’ subsequent earnings forecast errors ….e., where dividends have limited or no signaling implications) and varies in a predictable manner with dividend payouts and cost … between dividends and analysts’ forecast errors has declined over the sample period; such a decline appears to correspond with …

. The failure of management to attain a forecast may reflect poorly on its industry understanding, knowledge of the firm …

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 …

earnings forecasters, we see that small adjustments to the model forecasts lead to more forecast accuracy. Based on past track …

(July 2007 to March 2009) resulting in larger forecast errors. Of our risk indicators only credit risk (5-year CDS spreads … accurate forecasts. Leverage is negatively linked to forecast error as is market volatility which has a differential impact on …