# Professor Richard Sylla is quoted in an article examining how Wall Street analysts are navigating the recent period of stock market volatility

1 Faculty News April 7, 2020 ![CrainsNewYorkBusiness_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/CrainsNewYorkBusiness_190x145_0.jpg?itok=_ive2tkB)>

Excerpt from [Crain's New York](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/finance/old-school-analysts-hope-profit-wall-streets-volatility) -- "'The book marks the beginning of security analysis, or stock picking, as a profession,' said [Richard Sylla](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/richard-sylla), a financial historian at New York University's Stern School of Business."

[Read More](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/finance/old-school-analysts-hope-profit-wall-streets-volatility)