Accuracy and biasness of financial analysts.

• Main Authors: Low, Jo Fan., Tan, Chor Jin., Tan, Poh Ling.
• Other Authors: Charoenwong, Charlie
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Investments
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/8376
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper evaluates the accuracy and biasness of analysts' forecasts of earnings of firms listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange(SGX).The analysts' forecasts are from the Institutional Brokers' Estimation System (I/B/E/S) for the period of April 1990 to March 2001.We compare them aga...