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Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition
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Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Lita Epstein
April 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
384 pages
9h 56m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 20

Understanding the Analyst–Corporation Connection

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Looking at the various kinds of analysts

check Exploring the bond-rating agencies

check Understanding stock ratings

check Getting key information from analysts

Financial analysts regularly get into the act not by talking companies through their mother issues, but by developing rankings that reflect a company's value.

The way analysts view a company can make or break the value of its stock. If a well-respected analyst writes a negative report after seeing a firm's financial reports, its stock price is guaranteed to drop at least temporarily. Red flags raised by analysts help you find crucial details to look for when reading a company's financial reports.

This chapter reviews the types of analysts and discusses how a company feeds financial information to them.

Typecasting the Analysts

Analysts, many of whom have completed a grueling testing process that takes at least three years to get the designation Chartered Financial Analyst, serve different roles for different people:

  • For large investment groups (such as mutual or ...
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