Investing Research Articles

Might the relative sizes of the gaps between analyst target and actual prices indicate degrees of current misvaluation? In other words, is a stock with analyst target price twice its current price a better buy than a stock presently at or near its target price? In their February 2006 paper entitled “Target Prices, Relative Valuations… Keep Reading

…investors/traders may want to consider how their personality traits dispose them toward or away from outperformance.

…the wealthiest investors exhibit research-mitigated risk-taking and efficient opportunity search.

…there is probably no Halloween effect distinct from the (diminishing) January effect in the U.S. stock market.

…executives of public companies use optimistic and pessimistic language to communicate credible information about expected future firm performance, and the market responds to this information.

…this synthesis of the theories of physical entropy, information processing and evolution offers an interesting perspective on investor psychology and financial market behavior.

…aggregate distribution of analyst recommendations is a coincident or lagging stock market indicator, and those firms that appear to be most realistic (honest) with their distribution of recommendations provide the best advice.

…stock market information warfare may be a winning strategy.

Is this how a savvy hedge fund manager plays the game? First, get cozy with other fund managers, financial market research firms and the financial media. Then “orchestrate” the attention paid to a company in which the manager’s fund has taken a position? Here’s a picture, with some links to relevant allegations and news/commentary…

…reputational concerns of institutional fund managers may create mispricing opportunities for other investors.