He became a securities analyst in 1970 and started his own firm in 1982.
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Evans began his career as a securities analyst and trader before starting a brokerage firm in 1980.
Goldman has met with clients "to discuss any concerns they may have with the firm, " according to Brad Hintz, a securities analyst at Sanford C.
He flew planes for the Navy in World War II, then worked his way up the Wall Street ladder, first as a securities analyst, then as a money manager.
Mark Asset Management President Morris Mark, who started as a securities analyst more than 40 years ago, stands behind homebuilder Toll Brothers as his pick to beat.
Stewart Johnson, a securities analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, an investment bank, reckons that many of Genworth's lines, including fixed annuities and long-term care plans sold in the mid-1990s, along with a business in Britain that pays bills in the event of unemployment, were returning less than 6%.
Modern sporting rifles are among the most profitable weapons that gunmakers produced, says Rommel Dionisio, a Wedbush Securities analyst, as well as one of its fastest-growing segments.
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The article quotes a Japanese securities analyst saying the holders of Japanese yen have been selling, and buying foreign currency to make investments in higher yielding foreign currencies.
Ford will lead market-share gainers in the U.S. auto industry between now and 2015, picking up 0.8 percent of the market, while General Motors recovers a 0.5-percent share gain and Toyota picks up 0.3 percent of the market in the same time frame, according to the latest version of an exhaustive annual prognosis by a veteran securities analyst.
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"If you're a banker and you're looking at the ability to repay debt at the corporate level, there is virtually no operating cash flow, " says a Hong Kong securities analyst.
Stovall, one of the most widely known investment pros on Wall Street who have been a securities and market analyst for over 50 years, says the consumer staples, utilities, healthcare, and telecom sectors will remain the strong groups this time around.
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Lee Keun Joo, a senior analyst at Daewoo Securities, predicts a steady 21% rise in annual revenues until 1999, thanks to telecommunications and Hyundai's thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) operations.
"Construction starts may have been up last year, but I expect that to fall around 10% this year because of the central government's lowered target for public-housing starts and diminished investment from private-property developers, " said Johnson Hu, a CIMB-GK Securities analyst.
"We have to believe that this remains a company in trouble, " Banc of America Securities analyst David Strasser said in a recent report.
"This is probably one of the best biotech deals ever, " says George Farmer , a sell-side analyst at Fortis Securities , which is pursuing a banking relationship with Amylin.
Lawrence Biegelsen, a sell-side analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, makes that suggestion in a note downgrading Medtronic to market perform today.
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"The rise in unemployment is a key factor, " says Chie K. Ngu, a banking analyst with TA Securities in Kuala Lumpur.
James Antos, a banking analyst at Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong, says CMB needs to do better in managing its cost of funding.
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MacRumors reports on a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today that details his estimates of the products Apple will launch this fall.
But Indonesia has coal-fired power stations under construction that will absorb an extra 20m tonnes or so of coal by 2011, points out Adam Worthington, a commodities analyst at Macquarie Securities.
Michael Pachter, a video-games analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, predicts that the Wii will spawn a whole new generation of fitness and calisthenics games, going far beyond existing titles that use dance mats or video cameras (such as the EyeToy, which works with PlayStation consoles) to detect players' actions.
Analysts expect a win there, but analyst Timothy Anderson at Prudential Securities recently issued a note arguing that the risk to Lilly's Zyprexa patent may be higher than many analysts expect.
In a note to investors earlier this month, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brent Bracelin, credited the group with playing a big role in HP's ability to beat his sales estimates over the past seven quarters.
"They're still in a learning phase, " said Yasuhiro Narita, a trading house analyst at Nomura Securities Co.
"It sends a very scary message to all the chaebol owners that 'This could happen to you, '" says James Han, a financial analyst at Jardine Fleming Securities in Seoul.
Michael Pachter, a video game analyst at Wedbush Securities, said the free-to-play business model is popular because it reaches the broadest audience, it's approachable and easy, and there's no barrier to entry.
In a Tuesday research note, Mizuho Securities analyst Abhey Lamba predicted Microsoft's closer ties will push more PC makers to produce machines that run on Google's Chrome operating system and other software besides Windows.
"It's not the kind of situation where fears are just going to fade away, since the required amount of aid that Spain will need is likely to mount given the increasing needs of local government, " said Masayuki Doshida, a senior market analyst at Rakuten Securities in Japan.
James Faucette, a wireless analyst at Pacific Crest Securities said Motorola's (nyse: MOT - news - people ) acquisition of mobile e-mail software vendor Good Technology could make Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people ) a good fit for Motorola.
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