Analyst
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A person with expertise in evaluating financial investments; he or she performs investment research and makes recommendations to institutional and retail investors to buy, sell, or hold; most analysts specialize in a single industry or business sector. | ||
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An employee of a brokerage, fund management house, or other financial institution who studies companies and makes buy-and-sell recommendations on stocks of those companies. Most analysts specialize in a specific industry.
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