Analyst notes

Rumblings about the failings of securities analysts tend to reappear every time the bears begin to growl. Few people complain about duff investment advice when markets are rocketing upwards but they need someone to point the finger at when things become a bit stickier. Whose fault is it? It's those pesky analysts, that's who. They told us to 'buy' everything. Now we've discovered that they were also working for the guys they were wanting us to buy. Or just getting us to trade for trading's