Ok, name a dependable public stock analyst, one who accurately portrays companies and makes good predictions. One of the better analysts I know of is Warren Bu

Ok, name a dependable public stock analyst, one who accurately portrays companies and makes good predictions. One of the better analysts I know of is Warren Buffet, but he doesn't share his analysis publicly, nor does he make his money based on publishing his analysis. He's also wrong sometimes, but his his right moves have far outweighed the wrong moves. Most analysts are not Warren Buffet, or even close to it. My favorite example: Costco. I love Costco, shop there all the time, the CEO is Mr. Fantastic as far as giant corporate CEOs are concerned in my book. Cashiers make too much money there, according to analysts. (Quoting from Wikipedia, but originally from the Houston Chronicle) In an interview published in the Houston Chronicle on July 17, 2005, he told Steven Greenhouse that he was not interested in Wall Street analysts who took issue with his care for employees and customers rather than happier shareholders. Investors might want higher earnings, but Sinegal stated, “We want to build a company that will still be here 50 and 60 years from now." A favorite saying of his is “you have to take the shit with the sugar”. Investors who bought $10,000 of Costco stock in 1992 had $43,564 ten years later, a return of 354% (or 15.855% annually). So it's not just "Computer Programmers" who are skeptical of stock analysts. I have a minor in Mathematics, I can compute earning ratios just as well as the analysts. I don't paint them with a broad brush because I know little about what they do, I paint them with a broad brush because I know A LOT about what they do. And what they do is akin to "reading the bones", unless they have insider information, based on past performance. I mentioned Buffet before, but he only makes decisions when he's almost certain(and still stometimes wrong) he knows about he company he invests in. The talking head analysts I see have no such certainty requirement. So I suppose you are an Analyst?