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Inside “Buy-Side” Intelligence

Like any street, Wall Street has two sides. If retail investors are on the sell side (sold at the offer) then large institutions are on the buy side (bought at the bid.) For them, stock is an investment that must achieve certain returns in the face of various macroeconomic factors.

Retail Investing: Unsuitable for Retirees

As the name implies, retail investing relies on advertising, cache and glamour in order to move product to consumers. For investment bankers and for too many stock brokers, stock is a product. Like retail stores, various wirehouses sold the product to customers (there is no such thing as a retail client, is there?)