Abstract
Companies have a constant interest in how investors perceive them and evaluate them. This
may prompt them to think about what “investors will think”, given that the impression that
companies create has impacts on the way investors perceive, evaluate and process them, so they
often try to convey positive images of their company. Promote the achievement of the desired goals,
with the aim of making them more attractive to investors, and from the above point of view, the
departure of corporate administrations from the disclosure paths and their Prospective to disclose
their expectations and future actions in accordance with Prospective disclosure strategies, it may
not be possible for investors to know the suitability of what these companies are planning with the
environment Therefore, the research aims to clarify the Prospective disclosure of optimistic
information in the context of company reports, and to indicate the extent to which Prospective
disclosure strategies are applied in the annual company reports and its reflection on improving
investor decisions. For the purpose of achieving the research goal, the method of analysis was relied
on Results of the questionnaire form, which is designed to investigate the opinions of experts and
specialists (the research sample), by using A set of appropriate statistical methods to analyze the
three research variables to show the impact and correlation, using the statistical program (SPSS
Vr.24) and the (AMOS) package.
The researchers reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that future
optimistic information is of great importance in the investment decision-making process, due to the
increasing demand for this information, to increase knowledge and reduce investment risks and
uncertainty, as well as the tendency of companies to provide optimistic information in the future in
an attempt to convey their side. For matters and issues of concern to investors, this can contribute to
improving their preferred images, and therefore, by trying managers to present their results in the
best way that is useful to influence the impression of users of accounting information.
The most important thing recommended by researchers is to increase awareness of companies
listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange of the importance of disclosing optimistic future information in
their annual reports, since relying on traditional disclosure based on current and past information
alone is not sufficient to make rational investment decisions, as well as raising awareness of Those
companies need to adopt companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange to disclose future optimistic
information and display its components, whether quantitative or descriptive, in their reports and
financial statements, in an effort to provide information capable of making a difference in investor
decisions
may prompt them to think about what “investors will think”, given that the impression that
companies create has impacts on the way investors perceive, evaluate and process them, so they
often try to convey positive images of their company. Promote the achievement of the desired goals,
with the aim of making them more attractive to investors, and from the above point of view, the
departure of corporate administrations from the disclosure paths and their Prospective to disclose
their expectations and future actions in accordance with Prospective disclosure strategies, it may
not be possible for investors to know the suitability of what these companies are planning with the
environment Therefore, the research aims to clarify the Prospective disclosure of optimistic
information in the context of company reports, and to indicate the extent to which Prospective
disclosure strategies are applied in the annual company reports and its reflection on improving
investor decisions. For the purpose of achieving the research goal, the method of analysis was relied
on Results of the questionnaire form, which is designed to investigate the opinions of experts and
specialists (the research sample), by using A set of appropriate statistical methods to analyze the
three research variables to show the impact and correlation, using the statistical program (SPSS
Vr.24) and the (AMOS) package.
The researchers reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which is that future
optimistic information is of great importance in the investment decision-making process, due to the
increasing demand for this information, to increase knowledge and reduce investment risks and
uncertainty, as well as the tendency of companies to provide optimistic information in the future in
an attempt to convey their side. For matters and issues of concern to investors, this can contribute to
improving their preferred images, and therefore, by trying managers to present their results in the
best way that is useful to influence the impression of users of accounting information.
The most important thing recommended by researchers is to increase awareness of companies
listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange of the importance of disclosing optimistic future information in
their annual reports, since relying on traditional disclosure based on current and past information
alone is not sufficient to make rational investment decisions, as well as raising awareness of Those
companies need to adopt companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange to disclose future optimistic
information and display its components, whether quantitative or descriptive, in their reports and
financial statements, in an effort to provide information capable of making a difference in investor
decisions
Keywords
investor decisions.
Prospective disclosure strategies
Prospective Optimistic Information
Keywords
لمعلومات المتفائلة المستقبلية، واستراتيجيات الإفصاح المستقبلية، وقرارات المستثمرين.