An employee of a bank, brokerage, advisor, or mutual fund who studies companies...

A financial analyst analyses all the available information about a company or market sector, for example, accounts, strategy and management methods. The analyst writes a report and makes judgements about the future stock market performance of a company.

an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations

An expert trained to advise on the risk and return characteristics of investments and on the management of investment portfolios.

A trained individual who advises investors on the management of their investment portfolios.