We examine the relative forecast accuracy of expected returns for individual stocks sourced from analyst target prices, earnings per share estimates, management forecasts, earnings yields, stock yields, historical averages and the random walk model. In doing so, we avoid the use of predictive...

This study analyses daily and intra-day abnormal returns associated with rights issue announcements in the Australian equity market over the period 2000 to 2013. We find significant abnormal returns of -2.59% and -2.50% on the announcement day under the 0/1 market model and a matched control...