Long-Run Performance Evaluation of Journalists' Stock Recommendations

Kredit und Kapital (2009), Volume 42, Issue 2, pp 213-243.

38 Pages Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last revised: 14 Nov 2012

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Alexander Gabriel Kerl

University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services

Andreas Walter

University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services

Date Written: August 8, 2007

Abstract

This paper evaluates the long-run performance of buy and sell recommendations issued by journalists at German Personal Finance Magazines for the first time. We find evidence for journalists providing significant investment value with their recommendations on the sell side since sell recommendations contain high investment value for readers. In contrast, buy recommendations generally contain only little investment value. However, we find that journalists' predictive abilities differ with respect to specific types of buy recommendations. On the one hand, buy recommendations on value stocks and stocks with a positive performance prior to the publication date are associated with significant investment value for readers. On the other hand, executing buy recommendations on stocks listed at the Neuer Markt would have resulted in serious losses for private investors.

Keywords: Financial experts' recommendations, long-run performance evaluation, business media, journalism, private investors, German stock market, Neuer Markt

JEL Classification: G11, G14

Suggested Citation

Kerl, Alexander Gabriel and Walter, Andreas, Long-Run Performance Evaluation of Journalists' Stock Recommendations (August 8, 2007). Kredit und Kapital (2009), Volume 42, Issue 2, pp 213-243., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=956314 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.956314

Alexander Gabriel Kerl

University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services ( email )

Licher Str, 74
Giessen, 35394
Germany

Andreas Walter (Contact Author)

University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services ( email )

Betriebswirtschaftslehre V
Giessen, 35394
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb02/fb/professuren/bwl/walter

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