"The easy trade was on the sell side," he said.

"As a result many believe they can play hardball with the sell side," referring to brokerage firm analysts.

I've been on the buy side and the sell side.

The Web is changing the sell side, too.

Even so, most of the drama was on the sell side.

"I want to get back to the sell side of the business," he said.

We should never forget that Wall Street basically represents the sell side.

They need to figure out the right balance of resources - Fidelity analysts, maybe a little bit from the sell side.

On the sell side of the transaction, the consumer's interest is to sell the home at the highest possible price.

"The big orders were almost all on the sell side," he said.