analyst

(eg. human, rose, vexed )

analyst /ˈæ nə ləst/ ?

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(n) someone who is skilled at analyzing data
(n) an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
(n) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis

On super Tuesday, Bush's former brain, Karl Rove, debuted on Fox News Channel as a political analyst.
Occasionally, analyst conclusions are earth moving.
When an analyst thinks a company is something Dodge Cox would be well advised to hold for five years, the analyst makes the case to an investment-policy committee.

"Because his wife's a (expletive) analyst at the agency," Armitage replied.
on Feb 11, 2007 By: Richard Armitage Source: International Herald Tribune
Obama said: "There wasn't a better interviewer in TV, not a more thoughtful analyst of our politics, and he was also one of the finest men I knew. Somebody who cared about America, cared about the issues, cared about family. I am grief-stricken with...
on Jun 13, 2008 By: Barack Obama Source: guardian.co.uk