Author : Ji-Chai Lin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Aggregate Analyst Forecast Errors, Stock Market Liquidity, and the Economy by : Ji-Chai Lin
Download or read book Aggregate Analyst Forecast Errors, Stock Market Liquidity, and the Economy written by Ji-Chai Lin and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine aggregate analyst forecast errors (AAFE) and find a systematic component, which is predictable using lagged stock market returns and macroeconomic variables. The evidence suggests that analysts do not fully take into account macroeconomic influences on individual firms' earnings in their forecasts, and that systematic biases in market expectations exist. Since informed investors may exploit over-optimistic (over-pessimistic) analyst earnings forecasts in their sells (buys), their trading affects stock prices, which induces uninformed investors to gradually revise their expectations and leave (enter) the market. As the number of uninformed investors decreases (increases), stock market liquidity deteriorates (improves). Based on this reasoning, we show that - predictable AAFE is a driving force of time-varying stock market liquidity - and also an important channel through which stock market liquidity incorporates macroeconomic information.