Analyst Quotes

“I have always believed that a single talented analyst, working very hard, can cover an amazing amount of investment landscape, and this belief remains unchallenged in my mind.”
― Michael Burry

“When you visit your analyst does he ask you what you read when using the stool? He should, you know. To an analyst it should make a great difference whether you read one kind of literature in the toilet and another elsewhere. It should even make a difference to him whether you read or do not read—in the toilet. Such matters are unfortunately not widely enough discussed. It is assumed that what one does in the toilet is one's own private affair. It is not. The whole universe is concerned.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“Get into Investment Banking”
― ibhacker

“Business analyst is the one who is adept in confusing the customer, developer and testers simultaneously”
― Nipun Varma, Adventures of an Indian Techie

“Indeed, the big brokerage firms tend to avoid standing out from the crowd, downgrading a stock only after its problems have become obvious. In October 2001, fifteen of the seventeen analysts following Enron still had a “buy” or “strong buy” recommendation on the stock even though it had already lost 50 percent of its value in the midst of the company’s accounting scandal.”
― Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't