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Discounting the bull.

The article discusses the bullish market prediction of sell-side analysts whose firms make money from trading and investment banking. Topics discussed include financial-data provider FactSet's report on firms in the S&P 500 index that are rated as buy, hold and sell and common statistical errors of...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 421; no. 9018; p. 64
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/3/2016
Subjects:
Economic forecasting
Bull markets
Stock exchanges
Business forecasting
Financial analysts
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the bullish market prediction of sell-side analysts whose firms make money from trading and investment banking. Topics discussed include financial-data provider FactSet's report on firms in the S&P 500 index that are rated as buy, hold and sell and common statistical errors of analysts.