financial analysts
Investment research professionals
Financial analysts examine financial data to guide investment decisions or business strategy.
They evaluate company performance, market conditions, and economic trends to recommend whether to buy, sell, or hold securities: The financial analysts downgraded the stock after earnings missed expectations.
Some work for investment firms advising clients; others work internally, helping companies allocate capital or assess acquisitions.
- mutual fundsCollectively managed securities portfolios
- hedge fundsPooled alternative investment vehicles
- asset allocationDistributing investments strategically
- number crunchingIntensive calculation work
- credit riskPotential for borrower nonpayment
unemployment rates · portfolio management · stress testing · market risk · mergers and acquisitions · earnings call · quarterly report · shareholder value · price target · debt restructuring · suits · stocks · bonuses · equities · charts · dividends · research · projections
- finance prosinvestment bankers, stockbrokers, stock brokers, traders, brokers
- professionalsdoctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, dentist
- financial crimesbank fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, insurance fraud
- financiersinvestor, banker, capitalist, backer, bankroller
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Those directing investment funds
fund managers · traders · asset managers · investment bankers · market makers
financial analystsretail investors
Non-institutional securities buyers
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