Equity Research Quotes

I have always believed that a single talented analyst, working very hard, can cover an amazing amount of investment landscape, and this belief remains unchallenged in my mind.

When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.

Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.

It's pretty shocking that the guys in Europe who cover traditional media will cover Google, whereas in the U.S., there are five different equity analysts that will cover the internet universe.

Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.

We do all that [ represent companies], because we have a lot of research in Japanese companies, and that research educates investors around the world. It allows us to sell stocks and bonds in Japanese companies.

I grade my stocks. I'm what they call a quant, one of the geeks of the stock market.

When I started out as an equity analyst, we had no securitization data. We relied on company data.

Early in my career, we were just pure bottoms-up stock pickers.

Entire populations of market strategists, fund managers, and economists are employed to try and intuit for clients which securities to bet on for the best possible return each year - or quarter.

I have a long history of looking at things from an investor's perspective by training and background.

After 'Don't Play Us Cheap,' I got very busy with theater and Wall Street.

I studied economics and thought I wanted to play with the stock market - my dad was a financial adviser - and I was going to go down that path. I was an intern at Smith Barney.