Editing Financial analyst (section)

{{Short description|Person who performs financial analysis}}
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A '''financial analyst''' is a [[professional]]<ref>Marshall D. Ketchum (1967). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4470241 "Is Financial Analysis a Profession?"]. ''[[Financial Analysts Journal]]''. Vol. 23, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1967)</ref> undertaking [[financial analysis]] for external or internal clients as a core feature of the job.
<ref>See generally: Leon Wansleben (2012) 'Financial Analysts' In: K. Knorr Cetina & A. Preda (eds.), Handbook of the Sociology of Finance, Oxford: Oxford UP, pp. 250–271</ref><ref name="Dahlquist" />
<ref name="princetonreview">[https://www.princetonreview.com/careers/68/financial-analyst "Financial Analyst"], ''[[Princeton Review]]''</ref>
<ref name="Investopedia Career Path and Qualifications"/>
The role may specifically be titled '''securities analyst''', '''research analyst''', '''equity analyst''', '''investment analyst''', or '''ratings analyst'''.
<ref name="BLS1">[http://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/financial-analysts.htm Financial Analysts], [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]]</ref>
<ref name="collegegrad.com 2">[https://collegegrad.com/careers/financial-analysts Financial Analysts], collegegrad.com</ref> 
The job title is a broad one:<ref name="Rasmussen">[https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/business/blog/what-does-financial-analyst-do/ What does a financial analyst do?], [[Rasmussen College]]</ref>
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<ref name="roberthalf">[https://www.roberthalf.com.au/employers/finance-accounting/financial-analyst-jobs Financial Analyst job description guide], [[Robert Half]]</ref>
<ref name="BLS5">[https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/article/financial-specialists.htm Financial Specialists], Bureau of Labor Statistics</ref> 
In banking, and industry more generally, various other analyst-roles cover [[financial management]] and (credit) [[Finance#Risk management|risk management]], as opposed to focusing on investments and valuation.