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This paper investigates the determinants of European financial analysts' forecasts differential accuracy.
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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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Bond markets in emerging markets are illiquid as investors and issuers grapple with major microstructure and legal issues. The importance of bond markets as a source of finance has increased during the economic slowdown as companies diversified away from reliance on banks for funding and many...
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This study analyzes the accuracy of forecasted target prices within analysts’ reports. We compute a measurefor target price forecast accuracy that evaluates the ability of analysts to exactly forecast the ex-ante (unknown)12-month stock price. Furthermore, we determine factors that explain...
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markets. We analyze the respective forecasting accuracy and our results indicate that there exist substantial differences …
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reflected in the forecasting capabilities of professional analysts: all in all, analysts are not in a position to beat native … environment, we analyse the forecasting behaviour of students experimentally, using a simulated currency series. Our results … indicate that a topically oriented trend adjustment behaviour (TOTA) is a general characteristic of human forecasting behaviour …
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This paper studies the effect of investor sentiment on stock returns in three Central European markets: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The results show that sentiment is a key variable in the prices of stocks traded on these markets and its impact is stronger here than in more developed...
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The purpose of this study is to assess whether the analysts' activity is valuable for investors, i. e., whether the managers follow the analysts' forecasts and whether those who follow are able to achieve higher returns. We analyzed the behavior of investment fund managers in the Brazilian...
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This paper examines the long run performance of French IPOs carried out between 1991 and 2005. By using various methodologies, we find that IPOs in our sample performed negatively relative to comparison portfolios over the 1991-2005 horizon, unlike prior studies applied to French market. This...
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We look into determinants (volatility, crises, sentiment and the U.S. ‘fear’ index) of herding using BRICS as our sample. Investors herd selectively to crises and herding is a short-lived phenomenon. Herding was highest during the global financial crisis (only China was affected). There was...
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