The effect of analysts' stock recommendations on shares' performance on the JSE securities exchange in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorPiyackis, Alessandra
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T11:59:26Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T11:59:26Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-31
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MM in Finance and Investment March 2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIndividual investors often do not have access to share trading information and even if they do, they may not be able to understand or accurately interpret this information. Investors rely on financial analysts’ forecasts and stock recommendations in order to make profitable investment decisions. The role of the financial analyst is an important one with two key objectives: earnings forecasts and stock recommendations (Loh and Mian 2006). These financial analysts play a significant role in the efficient functioning of global stock markets. The aim of the financial analyst is to evaluate shares trading on the stock market and their future price appreciation or depreciation to develop new buy, hold or sell recommendations to maximize shareholder wealth. The extant literature recognizes that new buy, hold and sell recommendations made by financial analysts have a substantial impact on the market (Womack, 1996). Research on financial analysts has become prevalent in financial literature with the promotion of financial analysts to the level of integral economic proxies worthy of individual examination (Bradshaw, 2011). The aim of this research report is to investigate whether financial analysts’ stock recommendations enhance or destruct shareholder wealth. The extant literature on financial analysts’ stock recommendations and forecasts suggests that the analysts’ recommendations have both a significant and an insignificant effect on stock prices in the market following the months after the change in recommendation is made. The accuracy of the financial analysts’ stock recommendations are measured in the months following the change in recommendation through determining if the recommendation outperforms the market benchmark. This report examines the effects of analysts’ recommendations on the performance of stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and concludes through determining if the share underperforms or outperforms the market benchmark surmising that to a varying degree there is value to be found in financial analysts’ stock recommendations for the individual investor.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20984
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshStock price forecasting--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshStocks--Prices--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshJohannesburg Stock Exchange
dc.titleThe effect of analysts' stock recommendations on shares' performance on the JSE securities exchange in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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