Extracting Forward-Looking Information from Security Prices: A New Approach
Posted: 30 Jan 2008
Abstract
This paper proposes a new index to extract forward-looking information from security prices and infer market participants' expectations of future earnings. The index, called market-adapted earnings (MAE), utilizes stock returns and fundamental accounting signals to estimate market expectations of future earnings at the firm level. MAE outperforms time-series models (e.g., random walk) in predicting future earnings. Results demonstrate the usefulness of MAE for firms with no analyst following.
Keywords: Single-Index-Model, Market-Adapted Earnings
JEL Classification: G12, C53, M41, G29
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Weiss, Dan and Naik, Prasad A. and Tsai, Chih-Ling, Extracting Forward-Looking Information from Security Prices: A New Approach. Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1088722
Chih-Ling Tsai
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management ( email )
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Davis, CA 95616
United States
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