He says equity analysts who issue written forecasts about stocks may be subject to this confirmation bias and do not let new data significantly revise their initial analyses.
Not exact matches
It has been like pulling teeth sometimes,»
says Jason Zandberg, an
equity analyst who covers the sector at PI Financial in Vancouver.
«For entrepreneurs, if they can pull it off and raise money without giving out
equity, it's very attractive,»
says Oivind Lorentzen, an
analyst who follows bitcoin and fintech for venture capital firm Oak HC / FT.
«It's probably one of the prudent things for management to do at this juncture,»
said Raymond James
equity analyst Steve Hansen.
«This is the first significant decline in the frequency of their use since the onset of the Enlightenment in the 18th century,» Inigo Fraser - Jenkins, a senior
analyst at Bernstein who leads the firm's global quantitative and European
equity strategy,
said in a note to clients.
«Results and guidance are pretty much exactly in line with expectations, but the stock reaction clearly suggests investors were hoping for a little more,» Atlantic
Equities analyst James Cordwell
said.
««Overall, the company is trying to prudently manage their cash and their liquidity position, while they have the pressure of two major aerospace programs on the go that are both going to see material delays,»
says Scott Rattee, an
equity analyst with Stonecap Securities.
We view a 15 percent projected Mar - Q tax rate as a bright spot,» Angelo Zino,
equity analyst at CFRA Research,
said in a statement.
«Higher than expected revenues in FICC, I&L (
equity gains) and Investment Management (incentive fees) more than offset lower than anticipated revenues in
equity trading and investment banking (DCM better than expected, M&A and ECM worse),» Barclays
analyst Jason M. Goldberg
said in a note.
«The US 1 list is intended to represent a collection of our best investment ideas that are drawn from the universe of «Buy» rated US - listed stocks (including ADRs), covered by BofA Merrill Lynch fundamental
equity research
analysts,»
said the list's contributors in the note.
Analysts said securing private
equity investment would be no silver bullet for recovery, but could help drive faster store growth and fund a makeover for older stores.
But BMO Capital Markets»
equity research
analyst Dan Salmon
says MDC has made leaps and bounds in the past few years.
Quentin Broad, head of
equity research at CIBC World Markets,
says it's logical that the majority of ratings would be Buys, since
analysts are supposed to provide clients with investment opportunities and can choose from a wide variety of companies to cover.
«Securing a home
equity line of credit, but not using it initially, is one way to give yourself easy access to money in case of unemployment or big bills,»
said Holden Lewis, research
analyst at NerdWallet.
Most companies were able to hold out through the price troughs of 2015, Jefferies
equity analyst Jason Gammel
said, but 2016 could set the backdrop for further acquisitions by year - end.
Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm is a «brilliant move» that will make the company a lot more profitable,
says Edward Snyder,
analyst at Charter
Equity Research.
Kazunori Ito, Senior
Equity Analyst, Ibbotson Associates Japan,
said that Toshiba and Western Digital will likely find a way to a deal, but not before «tough negotiations.»
Jeff Hammond, an
equity research
analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets,
said investors are concerned that distributors of a variety of industrial wares are vulnerable to Amazon.
«It is possible that the acquisition of COL is the first step in separating UTX into two entities: a Commercial Operation and a Defense and Aerospace Group,» Howard Rubel,
equity analyst at Jefferies,
said in a note last week as speculation about a deal being struck by the two companies increased.
«The important thing to note is that this is an entirely different Cott than what people have known for years,»
says Mark Petrie, an
equity research
analyst with CIBC.
«There is pain for everybody» if this new potash paradigm persists,
said Steve Hansen, an
equity analyst with Raymond James.
«I don't think the NYSE exists anymore period,»
said Dick Bove, the outspoken banking
analyst and vice president of
equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets.
Morgan Stanley
equity analyst Martijn Rats
said Monday that strong capital flows into the oil market will occasionally push Brent prices into the $ 70 - $ 75 range.
«Steel is the primary material used by Automobile manufacturers Ford (F) and General Motors (GM),» David Kostin, chief U.S.
equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, and a team of
analysts said in a Friday report.
«Steel is the primary material used by automobile manufacturers Ford (F) and General Motors (GM),» David Kostin, chief U.S.
equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, and a team of
analysts said in a Friday report.
«The cumulative effect of interest rate hikes is going to begin mounting,»
said Greg McBride, Bankrate.com's chief financial
analyst, particularly on variable - rate loans such as credit cards, home
equity lines of credit and adjustable - rate mortgages, which could rise within one to two statement cycles.
«They've been kind of dipping their feet in and trying to figure out the best way forward,»
says Dan Werner, an
equity analyst at Morningstar.
«We've seen a large decline in Canadian gas production,»
says Patrick Reddy, Canadian
equity analyst with Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel in Vancouver.
Mathias Strohfeldt, a research
analyst with Templeton Global
Equity Group,
says that while companies have been engaged in this work for years, the sub-sector really took offer after the recession.
One person who has known Khan since «back when he was a dorky
equity analyst»
says he has remained a down - to - earth and thoughtful person over the years.
Baird
Equity analyst Colin Sebastian
said key user metrics and engagement trends — that is, how much and how often people use Facebook — remain healthy.
Heinz is a prize because it has the type of name recognition that takes years to build,
said Brian Sozzi, chief
equities analyst for NBG Productions.
Future American laws limiting information sharing with China could clamp down on the U.S. technology sector,
said John Vinh,
equity research
analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
As global
equity markets tumble,
analysts say it could be time for gold to shine once more as a safe buy in times of market turmoil.
The recent consolidation in the sector — in addition to Loblaw's Shoppers buy, Empire Co. bought Canada Safeway in June — is a bid to fuel growth,
says Bobby Hagedorn, an
equity research
analyst at Edward Jones.
The mechanics of a hostile bid look «beyond ambitious», Bernstein
analyst Max Warburton
said in a note, while adding: «Stranger things have happened, especially in bubbly
equity markets.»
In Manhattan, Umami will face «really strong competitors» that charge under $ 10 for a burger,
said Conrad Lyon, a senior
equity analyst in Los Angeles for B Riley & Co..
Overall each 10 percent move higher in the euro takes around 6 percent off earnings per share (EPS), Credit Suisse
analysts said, and 70 percent of the time the euro has strengthened, euro area
equities have underperformed in local terms.
«I have high confidence that it will stagnate economic growth,»
said Michael McAllister, exploration and production
equity analyst at MUFG in New York.
«While the stock at its current valuation is discounting the end of the Yieldco business model, we believe that management has a nice cushion of cash and several options to ride through this market dislocation until cost of raising
equity for Yieldcos normalizes,» RBC Capital
analysts said.
«Every penny counts, but if we step back and I'm looking at earnings of $ 6.60 per share this year, 2 cents is an easy concession if the president - elect listens to some of the company's bigger concerns,»
said Howard Rubel, a senior
equity analyst with Jefferies, an investment banking firm in New York.
«They are getting even leaner,»
said Chris Wheeler,
analyst at Atlantic
Equities LLP in London who has an overweight rating on the bank's shares.
«We are wary of the current level of management turnover at LULU, as it could lead to instability at a time when the company is looking to drive its next leg of growth as it works toward its goal of becoming a $ 4B brand by 2020 (from ~ $ 2.6 B currently),» Randal Konik, an
equity analyst at Jefferies,
said.
«Risk appetite has continued to improve over the past few days with
equity markets, the euro and the pound continuing to trade near their recent highs,»
said CMC Markets
analyst Michael Hewson.
Paul Gallant, an
equities analyst for Guggenheim Securities,
said in a research note recently that the FCC rules, which were established three years ago, are fairly lenient toward wireless companies when it comes to developing new business models.
Analyst Mark Kalinowski of Kalinowski
Equity Research
said previously that a dark caramel frappuccino would be launched May 1.
This week, Devon Energy (DVN.N)
said it sold some shale - gas assets in Texas for $ 553 million to a buyer that Tudor Pickering Holt energy
analysts identified as a private
equity firm.
It is clear that for Indian IT vendors, demand for traditional outsourcing, meaning routine software and application development and maintenance, is already levelling off,
says Pankaj Kapoor, an
equity analyst at Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai.
«China could be forced to devalue the yuan even more, should its economy falter, and the
equity markets are dealing with the prospect of a weaker yuan amplifying the negative impact from a sluggish Chinese economy,»
said Eiji Kinouchi, chief technical
analyst at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo.
Some
analysts say that the S&P 500's close below its 200 - day moving average yesterday for the first time in nearly two years marks a grim sign for a momentum - based outlook of
equity prices generally.