Summary

You won’t fare well following analysts’ buy/sell advice, but their recommendations and forecasts gives you information about the market’s enthusiasm for any stock and can help you qualify stocks as viable value or growth candidates. Further, analysts’ research reports can help you to understand a company’s business and competitive standing, and often yield clues revealing the analysts’ real view of the company’s business prospects.

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