Short version: I was a stock analyst, for a firm with dozens of institutional salesmen and thousands of retail brokers. Some of my recommendations were very, v

Short version: I was a stock analyst, for a firm with dozens of institutional salesmen and thousands of retail brokers. Some of my recommendations were very, very wrong. The right thing to do is stand up, take the heat, and explain what you now know as best you can. I learned that watching a colleague who I thought was otherwise an unserious ass.