Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> March 25, 2002
JEFFREY T. KESSLER is Senior Vice President and Senior Analyst at
Lehman Brothers. He is responsible for Lehman's business services
research, and is the recognized Wall Street expert on security
companies. He is frequently quoted in business services and
security trade journals and financial publications such as The
Wall Street Journal. Mr. Kessler began his career in 1983 as a
securities analyst with Argus Research Corp. He moved to Cowen &
Co. in 1985, and joined Lehman Brothers in 1989. Mr. Kessler
earned his BA (1973) and MA (1978) in Economics/Political Science
at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He also earned an MS in
Journalism (1975) from Columbia University. Profile
performed?
Mr. Kessler: The security stocks initially responded with
uncommon zeal. Wall Street's old view of security was that of
