Kramer Jim – The story of one manipulator
Philologist, writer, journalist, financial analyst, internet trading specialist, Sergey Golubitsky, the founder of the vCollege School of Stock Trading, the first in the Russian-language Internet, and a columnist for Insider.pro, spoke about, how charisma can be an even more effective tool of influence, than academic status. The paradox of trust in financial analysts to the detriment of financial journalists is explained by two factors. On the one side, such a characteristic feature of the mythologized consciousness of the masses as trust in the "scientific status" (for analysts it is an aura of professionalism, while journalists in the popular mind are buffoons, designed to entertain, but not teach). On the other hand, trust in analysts is explained by another mythologeme, which is implemented in a narrower - exchange - space. It's about the mechanism, causing short-term fluctuations in quotations and not related to objective reality (for example, with indicators of quarterly reporting), but with the reflection of this reality in the subjective assessments of the market. In other words, the share price is not rising because, that the issuer reported high profits, and therefore, that this profit exceeded the so-called whisper numbers, Whispered by financial analysts.