Stories of Capitalism : : Inside the Role of Financial Analysts / / Stefan Leins.
The financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of stock prices, the succes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2018. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Meeting the Predictors
- 2. The Problem with Forecasting in Economic Theory
- 3. Inside Swiss Banking
- 4. Among Financial Analysts
- 5. Intrinsic Value, Market Value, and the Search for Information
- 6. The Construction of an Investment Narrative
- 7. The Politics of Circulating Narratives
- 8. Analysts as Animators
- 9. Why the Economy Needs Narratives
- Methodological Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index