Aangezien we nu toch ver experten en analisten bezig zijn:
Research analysts don’t make predictions on stocks for the pure joy of helping investors. They have to make their six-figure salaries somewhere. As a result, these analysts often work for:
Brokerages. Although regulatory authorities are supposed to keep sell-side analyst opinions as far away from brokerages as possible in order to maintain objectivity in the investing process, that doesn’t seem to be happening. Brokerages often make investment recommendations based on the research provided by their analysts. This often creates a bias, with analysts recommending stocks that are best for their employers rather than the investors their employers serve.
Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Index Funds. Analyst opinions have the ability to move the market. A positive opinion about a company can send a stock soaring while a negative opinion can cause sharp declines. Mutual funds and many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) employ research analysts, which gives the analyst a vested interest in forming an opinion about a stock that’s in the best interest of the fund’s portfolio, and not always an unbiased depiction of what to expect from the stock.
Hedge Funds. The Big Short Squeeze involving GameStop, AMC, and several other stocks outlined the battle between hedge funds and retail investors. However, some of the research analysts most trusted by retail investors happen to work for the hedge funds that bet against them. Again, the analysts’ employment at hedge funds creates a potential bias when making predictions about trending tickers.
The bottom line is that research analysts aren’t working for you. Who they work for can create biases that make their work unreliable at best; the average retail investor simply shouldn’t trust them.