Buy Side and Sell Side in Finance... What are Buy Side Analysts and Sell Side Analysts?

From the links:

• http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/buy-side-vs-sell-side/
• http://www.vault.com/articles/The-buy-side-vs.-sell-side-15434841.html
• http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financialcareers/11/sell-side-buy-side-analysts.asp#axzz2G9DTb5Q3
• http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/04/040204.asp#axzz2G9DTb5Q3
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_side
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sell_side
• http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-skip-invesment-banking-2012-10

Will summarize the points from the links above soon. However, I wanted the readers to start thinking about this. The difference between the BUY SIDE and the SELL SIDE.

Cheers,
Gerry.