Our Equity Research team has consistently led the industry, providing insightful, timely and comprehensive information for advisors across the nation and around the world. With more than 100 industry analysts and associates, Raymond James fields one of the larger research organizations in the brokerage industry – among the top five of all U.S. brokerage firms, according to Thomson Financial.
We cover nearly 1,100 companies in eight industry groups, seeking attractive niches within broader industries. The overall performance of our Analysts’ Best Picks list (an annual release detailing our analysts’ best stock picks for the coming year) has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 by an average of 14.4% per year and averaged 18.4% in annual returns over the last 10 years.*
Our analysts continually rank among the nation’s – and the world’s – best. Twenty-three of them have been named to The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street“ survey a total of 80 times, with the firm finishing fifth in cumulative awards over the past 10 years.
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* Annual average Analysts’ Best Picks total return performance (18.4%) versus the comparable S&P 500 performance (4.0%), for 2001 through the close of December 2, 2010. On a total return basis with performance averaged as if an equal dollar allocation were made to each stock at the beginning of the period and held until 12/31 of the following year.
Since 2001, a total of 114 stocks have been recommended through this list. Of this total, 75 advanced (66%) and 39 declined (34%) within the recommended holding period. The holding period for each year’s list is approximately 55 weeks from the inception date to 12/31 of the following year.
An investor would incur commissions (and interest charges if transacted in a margin account) to act upon these recommendations. The results presented should not and cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. Individual results will vary and transaction costs related to investing in these stocks will affect overall performance. There is no assurance that the list will achieve the results expected and investors may incur profits or losses. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of 500 widely held stocks and is generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. A complete record of all Analysts’ Best Picks since 2001 is available upon request.