This paper investigates the information content of analysts’ earnings forecast revisions for Brazilian companies, defined as the ability to change stock prices. Using data from I/B/E/S and Economatica covering the period from 1995 through 2002, we find that forecast revisions that follow the consensus (herding behavior) provide small information content. A forecast revision is more informative when it deviates from the consensus, both in the case of good or bad news. Momentum is the main element to explain the behavior of stock returns in light of revised earnings forecasts. The results provide evidence that these revisions are largely based on previous stock performance. The findings are relevant, especially for those that use analyst...
In analyzing the projected cash flow of an investment, especially when the main product is a commodi...
This paper reports the development and estimation of a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) econometric ...
En este estudio se investiga la influencia de la asimetría de información en la evaluación de empres...
This research investigates if the accounting standard oriented to external users contributes to impr...
We investigate the empirical relationship between stock returns, return volatility and trading volum...
Brazilian accounting principles permit companies to capitalize expenditures on research and developm...
This paper is an empirical examination, drawing on the Institutional Brokers Estimate System (I/B/E/...
Brazilian companies’ presentations to financial analysts offer yet another disclosure channel for th...
The objective of the survey is to investigate and evaluate whether the projections of economic-finan...
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the organizational lifecycle on the accurac...
The objective of the survey is to investigate and evaluate whether the projections of economic-finan...
The evaluation of assets through the historical cost presents limitations in its informative power d...
For investors, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are securities structured as portfolios that replicate f...
This article presents an analysis of the Brazilian scientific research in Capital Markets, from 1961...
Search in this study, to verify the relationship among the stock return, measured for the market-adj...
In analyzing the projected cash flow of an investment, especially when the main product is a commodi...
This paper reports the development and estimation of a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) econometric ...
En este estudio se investiga la influencia de la asimetría de información en la evaluación de empres...
This research investigates if the accounting standard oriented to external users contributes to impr...
We investigate the empirical relationship between stock returns, return volatility and trading volum...
Brazilian accounting principles permit companies to capitalize expenditures on research and developm...
This paper is an empirical examination, drawing on the Institutional Brokers Estimate System (I/B/E/...
Brazilian companies’ presentations to financial analysts offer yet another disclosure channel for th...
The objective of the survey is to investigate and evaluate whether the projections of economic-finan...
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the organizational lifecycle on the accurac...
The objective of the survey is to investigate and evaluate whether the projections of economic-finan...
The evaluation of assets through the historical cost presents limitations in its informative power d...
For investors, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are securities structured as portfolios that replicate f...
This article presents an analysis of the Brazilian scientific research in Capital Markets, from 1961...
Search in this study, to verify the relationship among the stock return, measured for the market-adj...
In analyzing the projected cash flow of an investment, especially when the main product is a commodi...
This paper reports the development and estimation of a Vector Autoregressive (VAR) econometric ...
En este estudio se investiga la influencia de la asimetría de información en la evaluación de empres...