Comments on: Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst http://www.micromotives.com/2006/07/confessions-of-a-wall-street-analyst/ The Science & Art of Decision Making Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: bronxite http://www.micromotives.com/2006/07/confessions-of-a-wall-street-analyst/#comment-114 bronxite Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.micromotives.com/2006/07/confessions-of-a-wall-street-analyst/#comment-114 One hypothesis for the skew in buy and sell ratings is the possibility that analysts seek to cover companies with exciting growth prospects, as opposed to those that are encountering difficulties, as it no doubt makes the job more enjoyable. More can be read <a href="http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/malmendier/personal_page/Papers/TwoTongues18Jan2006_accept_wTables.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. One hypothesis for the skew in buy and sell ratings is the possibility that analysts seek to cover companies with exciting growth prospects, as opposed to those that are encountering difficulties, as it no doubt makes the job more enjoyable.

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