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 * 1) Many positions require a bachelor's degree in a related field
 * 2) Employers often require a master's in business administration (MBA) or a master's degree in finance.
 * 3) Knowledge of options pricing, bond valuation, and risk management are important.
 * 4) The median annual wage of financial analysts was $74,350 in May 2010
 * 5) The lowest 10 percent earned less than $44,490
 * 6) The top 10 percent earned more than $141,700.
 * 7) Financial analysts often work more than 40 hours a week.
 * 8) Almost one-third of full-time analysts usually work between 50 and 70 hours a week.
 * 9) Recommend individual investments and collections of investments, which are known as portfolios
 * 10) Evaluate current and historical dat
 * 11) Study economic and business trend
 * 12) Study a company's financial statements and analyze commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates to determine a company's value by projecting the company's future earning
 * 13) Meet with company officials to gain better insight into the company's prospects and management
 * 14) Prepare written reports
 * 15) Meet with investors to explain recommendations
 * 16) Financial analysts evaluate investment opportunities.
 * 17) They work in banks, pension funds, mutual funds, securities firms, insurance companies, and other businesses.
 * 18) They are also called securities analysts and investment analysts
 * 19) Financial analysts typically start by specializing in a specific investment field
 * 20) Some analysts work for the business media and are impartial, falling into neither the buy side nor the sell side.
 * 21) There are different types of analysts
 * 22) **//Portfolio managers-//** supervise a team of analysts and select the mix of products, industries, and regions for their company’s investment portfolio
 * 23) **//Fund managers-//** work exclusively with hedge funds or mutual funds
 * 24) **//Ratings analysts-//** evaluate the ability of companies or governments to pay their debts, including bonds
 * 25) **//Risk analysts-//** evaluate the risk in investment decisions and determine how to manage unpredictability and limit potential losses
 * 26) Employment of financial analysts is expected to grow 23 percent from 2010 to 2020
 * 27) Faster than the average for all occupations
 * 28) Regulatory reform enacted in 2010 should allow the financial industry to grow at a similar pace as in previous decades.
 * 29) Financial analysts held about 236,000 jobs in 2010
 * 30) Many financial analysts work at large financial institutions based in New York City or other major financial centers
 * 31) In 2010, about 46 percent of financial analysts worked in finance and insurance industries.
 * 32) They worked primarily for security and commodity brokerages, banks and credit institutions, and insurance carriers.
 * 33) Others worked throughout private industry and for government.
 * 34) Buy side analysts develop investment strategies for companies that have a lot of money to invest.
 * 35) These companies, called institutional investors, include mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, independent money managers, and nonprofit organizations with large endowments, such as some universities.
 * 36) Sell side analysts advise financial services sales agents who sell stocks, bonds, and other investments.
 * 37) Financial analysts generally focus on trends affecting a specific industry, geographical region, or type of product