DOES ANALYST OPTIMISM FUEL STOCK PRICE MOMENTUM? Keming Li Texas A&M University - San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 78224 Jimmy Lockwood Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 80523 Larry Lockwood * Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 76129 Riaz Uddin North South University – Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh * Corresponding author: Larry Lockwood, Department of Finance, M. J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 76129, email: l.lockwood@tcu.edu; ph: 817-257-7420.