The value of combining the information content of analyst recommendations and target prices

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 754-777

  Huang, Joshua ^a   Mujtaba Mian, G ^b   Sankaraguruswamy, Srinivasan ^c  

^a Goldman Sachs ^*  (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Investment strategies; Security analysts; Stock recommendations; Target prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349734460     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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