They are known as buy-side and sell-side analysts ... A sell-side analyst is an investment analyst whose job is to follow a list of companies, conduct research, and provide reports to their ...

Buy-side analysts select stocks for their firms, using both in-house and sell-side research. Their insights aim to outperform the market, benefiting only their firm or client. Unlike sell-side ...

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Craig James Chapman. "Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side Analysts' Earnings Forecasts ." Financial Analysts Journal 64, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 25 – 39.

the buy-side wants to buy, but the sell-side doesn’t want to sell, one trader tells The TRADE – a sentence not often heard across the industry. Reportedly, the sell-side are going flat, not shorting ...