Post Modern Security Analysis
By John Schroy, on September 1st, 2009 |

The complexity of modern capital markets and the flood of relevant information on the Internet have made the security analyst’s job more difficult.
Traditional commercial sources of investment data no longer adequately cover the market.
Collaborative research techniques offer competitive advantage to forward-looking institutions.
Post Modern Security Analysis
By John Schroy, on August 16th, 2009 |

Total salaries of securities analysts working for financial institutions in 2006 amounted to only 1/100 of one percent of the value of outstanding corporate equities, domestic and foreign corporate bonds, and municipal bonds in the US market.
The exceeding complexity of modern capital markets, combined with too little being spent on investment analysis, has put the savings of millions of Americans at risk.
Post Modern Security Analysis
By John Schroy, on August 1st, 2009 |

Security Analysis is the study of facts about negotiable instruments for the purpose of determining whether a particular instrument is appropriate for a specific investor at a particular time and the intrinsic value of the security compared to its market price, if any.
The technique has evolved over time with the changing nature of information.
In the 21st century, with a flood of open source information and increasingly complex, global markets, new approaches are necessary.
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