In February 2021, we published our top ten Latin America fiscal year 2020 earnings surprise candidates based on StarMine predictive analytics models. Of these FY20 Latin America earnings surprise candidates picks, 90% were correct. The StarMine SmartEstimate®  is a weighted average of analyst estimates, with more weight given to more recent estimates and more accurate analysts. Our studies have shown that when the SmartEstimate® differs significantly from the consensus (IBES Mean), the Predicted Surprise accurately predicts the direction of earnings surprises or further revisions 70% of the time. When significant Predicted Surprise for revenue is also present for the period, the accuracy

2018 was a great year — 2019 should be even better. How did Fathom do in terms of predictions for 2018? Here is a summary of our best and worst calls. Fathom’s best calls of 2018 In the first quarter, we called for heightened volatility in equity markets — a call that came through in spades. Equity volatility will remain high through 2019 too. Refresh the chart in your browser | Edit chart in Datastream We correctly predicted four fed hikes throughout 2018, a strongly out-of-consensus call. We expect two or three further hikes during 2019 — which is strongly out-of-consensus again,