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Analiza odchyleń wycen przedsiębiorstw w rekomendacjach maklerskich. Nadmierny optymizm
Analysis of Deviations Valuations of Companies in the Brokerage Recommendations. Excessive Optimism

Author(s): Radosław Pastusiak
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: excessive optimism; the valuation of the company; heuristics

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is an attempt to show the phenomenon of excessive optimism on capital market on the example of recommendations provided by the Brokerage Houses in Poland. The structure of recommendations indicates that there is more positive recommendations than negative and neutral ones. It would be reasonable statistically in constant market growth conditions, meanwhile, stock market is characterized by bull, bear and horizontal trend periods. The question is, why then, in the changing conjuncture there outweigh of the positive recommendation over the negative and neutral ones is observed. To achieve the research aim, the companies from Warsaw Stock Exchange were selected and recommendation describing them were compared. Research results indicate that positive recommendations are dominant. The next stage was to compare the stock quotation at recommendation issue date with the price achieved by the company a year after. Research results indicate that despite positive and negative recommendations of Brokerage Houses, significant number of recommendations have overestimated the price in relation to real value achieved by the particular company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 89 (2)
  • Page Range: 299-306
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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