Analyst: Employee of a brokerage or fund management house who studies companies and makes buy-and-sell recommendations on stocks of these companies. Most specialize in a specific industry.

 

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Analyst: A financial analyst tracks the performance of companies and industries, evaluates their potential value as investments, and makes recommendations on specific securities. When the most highly . . . View Full Definition

Investment Analysts: Related: Financial analysts

Financial Analysts: Analysis of a company's financial statement, often by financial analysts.

Sell-Side Analyst: A financial analyst who works for a brokerage firm and whose recommendations are passed on to the brokerage firm's customers. Also called a Wall Street analyst.

Securities Analysts: Related: Financial analysts

Buy-Side Analyst: A financial analyst employed by a nonbrokerage firm, typically one of the larger money management firms that purchases securities on its own account.

Astroanalyst: The astrological equivalent of a psychoanalyst.

Supervisory Analyst: Often used in risk arbitrage. Corporate amendment requiring that a substantial majority (usually 67% to 90%) of stockholders approve important transactions, such as mergers.

Technical Analysts: Security analysis that seeks to detect and interpret patterns in past security prices.

Wall Street Analyst: Generic term for the securities industry firms that buy, sell, and underwrite securities.