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title: Myopic Stock Pricing
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4442760/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4442760
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4442760
featured: 2025-12-19
citations: unknown
topic: Other
---


# Myopic Stock Pricing

US. stock analysts' short-term focus leads to inaccurate price predictions due to varying expectations over different time frames.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4442760
- Identifier: SSRN 4442760
- Released: 2024-04-08
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 123 (2025-12-19): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-12-19/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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