Does analysts' industrial concentration affect the quality of their forecasts?

G He, Y Sun, AZ Li - Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 2024 - Springer
We examine the association between financial analysts' industrial concentration and the
quality of their earnings forecasts. We find that analysts' forecast quality, measured by …

[PDF][PDF] Face value: Trait inference, performance characteristics, and market outcomes for financial analysts

L Peng, SH Teoh, Y Wang, J Yan - Journal of Accounting Research …, 2021 - efmaefm.org
Using machine learning-based algorithms, we extract key impressions about personality
traits from the LinkedIn profile photos of sell-side analysts. We find that these face-based …