Zacks Investment Research - Definition

A company that compiles information on Analyst recommendations for more than 5,000 publicly-traded companies. Zacks collects and disseminates recommendations from several thousand analysts, and is known for its interpretations of "consensus" recommendations. Its services are available on a subscription Basis.

This investment research firm was started in 1978 by Leonard Zacks, a Ph.D. who earned his doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As an entrepreneur, Leonard Zacks goal was to provide investors with critical and necessary information needed to make investment decisions. At the beginning, Zacks focused on organizing, processing, and evaluating the information and research that was coming from brokerage firms in the United States. From that point, Zacks gradually grew in size and in reputation as an independent research company.

Terms near "Zacks Investment Research"

ZAR

Zero Balance Account (ZBA)

Zero Basis Risk Swap (ZEBRA)

Zero Bound

Zero Cost Collar

Zero Coupon

Zero Coupon Bond

Zero Coupon Inflation Swap

Zero lot line

Zero Minus Tick