This paper examines the informativeness of analysts' target price forecasts by relating the investment value of target prices to their primary drivers. Decomposing target price forecasts into near-term earnings forecasts and price-to-earnings ratio forecasts, we show that target price revisions...

We examine an alternative and equivalent Black and Litterman [1992] formula using classical multivariate analysis which is easier to interpret and which allows more general view formulations than the original formula. Speci fically, the equivalent formula provides more intuitive explanation...

We use minute-by-minute Bloomberg online status microdata during 2017-2021 to directly study how hard and soft information collection affects equity analyst performance. Collection of hard information, proxied by office workday length, is positively associated with the quantity and timeliness of...

We examine information spillover as a source of stock return synchronicity, where information about highly-followed "prominent" stocks is used to price other "neglected" stocks sharing a common fundamental component. We find that stocks followed by few analysts co-move significantly with...