A Complete Guide to Equity Research -Part 2

Equity Analyst Reports Part 2: The Necessary Evil In this second part of our examination of equity analyst reports, we are going to look at the following topics: The decline of the traditional equity research industry; The evolution of equity research; Why sell-side research is still useful. Legislative Bombshell The previous article that we published on this subject discussed the conflict of interest that almost inevitably emerges when sell-side equity analysts recommend certain trades. It is interesting to note that the number of such analysts is reducing steadily by about 10% between 2012 and 2015. Research spending is also predicted…...