Of course, not all equity analysts are down on Amazon's shares.
Her husband, Derek, was an equity analyst on the 89th floor of the south tower.
The stock fell 19 percent in the wake of the report, but most equity analysts stayed positive on the company.
Academic research shows that equity analysts generally react to changes in stock prices rather than cause them.
Several weeks later, he said, it told the fund's equity analysts that cash flow would be used to buy back shares.
The latest plunge has been somewhat of a surprise to most American equity analysts.
But no equity analysts follow the stock, which trades at a low multiple compared to that of its peers.
Third Avenue Value has added an equity analyst and outside consultants.
But some equity analysts are still betting on a Polaroid turnaround.
Mr. Simpson works with three equity analysts to pick the fund's 70 or so holdings.