Reddit mentions of Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts: Essentials for Buy-Side and Sell-Side Analysts

Hi, former Wall Street-er here. Sounds like you're more interested in fundamentals investing instead of technical? If so, read:

• The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Investing
  
• Ratio Analysis Fundamentals
  
• Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts
  
• Applied Equity Analysis
  
  The last two are fairly specific to the equity research career, but if you're doing fundamentals investing you'll be using the same principles.
  
  If instead you're interested in technical investing, Getting Started in Candlestick Charting is my go-to.

If you're looking for a practitioner's perspective from a book which doesn't look like a tome (e.g. Security Analysis), Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts by James Valentine is an excellent read. It gets to the heart of the detail and straddles a very delicate balance between investing principles and methods. Highly recommended for intermediate reading.

I like your lateral thinking. There is an endless amount of research one can do, but not all information has the same weight. I'd say having two booths next to whomever is not significant.

This is a great book on equity research methods by a highly respected former sell-side analyst: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Practices-Equity-Research-Analysts/dp/0071736387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541832325&sr=8-1&keywords=equity+research+valentine

His message: focus on the stock's critical factors.

But don't ignore obscure data (it could be critical).

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