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' forecast bias. Based on the theoretical literature on sell-side analysts, I argue that forecast bias is correlated to investors …
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We test the implications of anchoring bias associated with forecast earnings per share (FEPS) for forecast errors … more positive forecast revisions, more negative forecast errors, and more negative earnings surprises after a stock split …
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before the actual earnings announcement. The second one is the optimistic bias channel. The optimistic bias channel means … that the stock is overpriced if the investors do not correct the analysts' bias. The self-selection is negatively … correlated with the stock return through the optimistic bias channel as more self-selection means more optimistic bias as low …
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This paper shows that analyst recommendations aggregated at the country level predict international stock market returns. A trading strategy based on past country-level recommendations yields an abnormal return of around 0.9 percent per month. Aggregate analyst recommendations also predict...
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and forecast errors with respect to corporate earnings and target prices), our results show that the information value of …
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This study examines the responses of investor sentiment and stock market returns to announcements of changes in analyst recommendation as well as the effect of these announcements on the relationship between sentiment and stock returns. Investor sentiment is more sensitive to upgrade...
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This paper examines whether and how U.S. analysts contribute to an improvement in the home market information environment of foreign firms cross-listed in the United States. Comparing return and trading volume reactions to U.S. analyst recommendation revisions to local analysts' for cross-listed...
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We study the role of analyst incentives in the overall information environment in the stock market, focusing on the fundamental changes brought by MiFID II on the sell-side research industry in Europe. Implemented in 2018, MiFID II substantially changed analyst incentives, forcing them to work...
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Market analysts typically present their views on firms through publicly released recommendation reports and revisions, in which they ‘upgrade’ or ‘downgrade’ their stock picks. Traders can earn substantial profits if they have access to the information in these reports in advance of...
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primarily driven by discount rate, long term growth rate and unpublished FCF forecast changes (NON FCF changes). We show … price is related to momentum, to company earnings exceeding consensus forecast and to the company recently having announced …
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