DISCUSSION: "Investment Analysts"
Please respond to the following:
• Use the Internet or Strayer online databases to research one publicly traded company, which analysts have examined and ranked. Determine the key factors use to prepare their analysts and buy / sell recommendations. Then, discuss the key factors that generate a strong buy or sell ranking, and explain the primary ways in which an investment rating impacts the price of a company's stock.
• Discuss at least three criteria that an analyst may use when classifying a publicly traded company as a strong buy. Indicate the typical criteria that analysts use in rating a company.