Good-looking financial analysts make more accurate earnings forecasts and more profitable recommendations

[Limerencel]

"We study whether sell-side financial analysts’ physical attractiveness is associated with their job performance. We find that attractive analysts make more accurate earnings forecasts than less attractive analysts. Moreover, more attractive analysts make stock recommendations that are more informative in the short run and more profitable in the long run. Further analyses reveal that attractive analysts attain their better job performance at least partly through their privileged access to information from firm management. For the sources of the beauty effect, we find that more attractive analysts gain more media exposure, have better connections to institutional investors, and receive more internal support from their employers. Additional evidence suggests that analysts’ physical appearance per se at least partly explains our findings. Overall, our study demonstrates that physical attractiveness has a profound impact on the job performance and information access of sell-side financial analysts."

Source:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3341835

 

[Wool]

Its a package

 

[Deleted member 1084]

just be confident bro

 

[CupOfCoffee]

I'm getting sick of this shit

 

[FrothySolutions]

It's a suit-wearing profession where you interact with people/clients. Of course Patrick Bateman is gonna look more impressive than... than, uh... Donnie Azoff.

 

[Mewcel]

Gee, I wonder how this could be.

-Be attractive
-Wiggle your way into rich financial social circles
-Gain insider information
-Use said information to your advantage in the stock market

 

[Zeta ascended]

Tbh this is my main motivation for looksmaxing. Who gives a flying fuck about pussy. I just want respect. This society is a fucking joke. First they discriminate against you for your looks. Then when you try to improve your negative/shallow and gay.