Dear All, What is the financial industry job title for someone who analyzes the equities, products, services, and market forces in a specific sector of the market; e.g., technology, financial, pharma, etc.? Example: Benjamin goes to work every day, and specializes in the tech market. He spends his time looking at Google, Intel, Apple, Intel, Cisco, and other tech firms. He gets deep into their products and services: where is Intel getting the chemical compounds to construct their chips? Who is making the cameras for Apple iPhones? Etc. He also looks at smaller, up-and-coming companies that have a good product, and may even be a candidate for purchase by one of the aforementioned whales. He looks at IPOs, market data, and mines all this information, looking for opportunity. After breaking his brains on this day and night, he forms recommendations for buys and sells. He may recommend which side to be on for the earnings announcement (long/short). With his work he reports his research to his superior for input into investment decisions. What is this job function called? Business Analyst? Market Specialist? Technical Market Analyst Specialist? Market Subject Matter Expert? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Keith :^)
Equity analyst. Could be buyside or sell side. Analyst here is a job function, not meaning entry level.
Stock Analyst/broker/salesman -- that's everyone's title, basically, on 'wall street'. You're either one of the worker bees, or a manager or partner living on easy street off of their fee's/performance. I personally could give a rat's ass about their analysis or recommendations or performance, but that's besides the point
An analyst and a broker are not even near the same job my friend. Perhaps movies aren't the best place to get your knowledge on how wall street works?
If Benjamin doesn't really buy or sell any assets based on his 'recommendations'... his job title would be "bullshitter".
This makes no sense. What if Benjamin has 30 years in tech, and produces valuable, profitable observations and research?
You got the answer to your question, if you are still seeking info, go to Amazon or even Google, there are plenty of good books written by former Wall Street analysts that worked at top tier firms who covered Tech back in the go-go 90's... End of story.