Financial Analysts

Conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions.

Job Task

• Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports, using computer.
• Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
• Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.
• Interpret data affecting investment programs, such as price, yield, stability, future trends in investment risks, and economic influences.
• Maintain knowledge and stay abreast of developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.
• Monitor fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments through the analysis of information obtained from financial publications and services, investment banking firms, government agencies, trade publications, company sources, and personal interviews.
• Prepare plans of action for investment based on financial analyses.
• Present oral and written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries.
• Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the investing public.
• Collaborate with investment bankers to attract new corporate clients to securities firms.
• Contact brokers and purchase investments for companies, according to company policy.
• Determine the prices at which securities should be syndicated and offered to the public.

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