Stock picking is obviously the central job of an equity research analyst. This is one of the reasons why most equity research job interviews involve asking the candidate for a stock pitch.
For those of you that really enjoy picking stocks, investment competitions can be a good way to test your ideas. If you are interviewing, it can be a way to practise and keep your skills sharp.
Market Predictions for 2013
Posted on the 25th January 2013 by Gillian Elcock
Towards the end of each year, various market prognosticators like to make predictions about what the stock market will do in the following year.
Making successful market predictions is notoriously tricky, nevertheless it can be interesting, or at the very least amusing, to hear the arguments and views of others.
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