Should Security Analysts Have a Professional Rating? The Negative Case
Lucien O. Hooper · Financial Analysts Journal · 1945
In 1942, the Committee on Standards of the New York Society of Security Analysts proposed establishing a rating or professional title for security analysts. This article analyzes the arguments against such a rating—lack of demand or need for a rating, difficulties, and poor timing because of World War II. (See “Should Security Analysts Have a Professional Rating? The Affirmative Case” for the arguments for a rating.