Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out whether the election of star analysts leads to the conflict of interests between analysts\institutional investors and individual investors. And then, further investigate how the election results to influence the individual investors’ decision making. Design/methodology/approach Given the fact that earnings forecasts and stock ratings are the most important foundations for the investor’s investment decision, the authors investigate the relationship among the earnings forecasts, abnormal returns and the election of star analyst. This paper further analyzes the impact factors on investors’ decision. The data used in this paper for star analysts’ information, analysts’ forecast and recommendations, as well as stock performances-related data are from 2005 to 2012. Findings This paper finds that mass media cannot select analysts with high forecast accuracy, and then misleads investors. It demonstrates that the analysts with poorer forecast ability and more optimistic stock recommendations are more prone to be entitled as star analysts by mass media, and these titled star analysts tend to show a poorer performance. Therefore, the star analyst worsens investors’ cognition on analysts forecast ability and then misleads investors’ decision making. Social implications Media plays a critical role in corporate governance, information collection and diffusion and reducing the information asymmetry, however, it is good to know the role of media in financial markets from a broader perspective. Because media may also bring negative factors to the financial markets such as misguiding the investors and intensify the conflict of interests between analyst and individual investors. Originality/value This paper supports a new perspective of the role of mass media in financial market, which is different from existing studies.
In this paper, the damage evolution characteristics of C50 concrete under impact load were studied, based on the electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) technique. A parallel test was conducted based on the internal relationship between EMI technology and a resonant frequency test to verify the sensitivity and accuracy of EMI technology. In addition, another mechanical test was conducted on specimens with different levels of damage to establish the empirical relationship between the degree of damage and the mechanical properties of concrete. The degrees of damage were discussed by calculating the root mean square deviation (RMSD) index. Results illustrated that the damage changes of concrete can be well monitored by PZT patches. Based on the evolutionary characteristic of the RMSD index, worrying information can be obtained before the destruction of the concrete. On the other hand, mechanical test results indicated that the value of the RMSD was correlated with the splitting tensile strength of the concrete specimens; therefore, it can be used as a reference to evaluate and predict the performance of concrete.
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