The phrase "a handful of analysts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small number of analysts, often implying that the group is not large but is significant enough to be mentioned.
Example: "A handful of analysts have predicted a downturn in the market based on recent trends."
Alternatives: "a small group of analysts" or "a few analysts".
Investors, in part, are reacting to recent warnings from a handful of analysts and commentators who say that the bank may need to raise more capital.
Indeed, a handful of analysts give Mr. Pandit kudos for addressing many of Citi's longstanding problems and argue its diverse business lines position it well if markets stabilize.
Still, despite public humiliation for a handful of analysts and a $1.44 billion settlement in 2002 involving 10 Wall Street firms' research operations, investors still read analysts' reports, and they still believe them.
They may well now put their hats in the ring.One sign of others' potential interest is that only a handful of analysts are allowed to comment on the bid, because most have mergers-and-acquisitions colleagues busily working on deals for would-be suitors.
"Consumers have shown a willingness to incur overdrafts if it's covering mortgage payments or car payments, but not to cover a hot dog and a soda," said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com and one of a handful of analysts and consumer advocates briefed by Bank of America on its new policy.
Surprisingly, however, the new search engine was not widely adopted; in fact, only a handful of analysts expressed interest in getting the interface installed on their desktop machines.
"We only send a handful of analyst-verified incidents to our clients," he says.
Mr. Morell also faulted "Zero Dark Thirty" as putting undue emphasis on the role of a handful of C.I.A. analysts in the search for Bin Laden, saying it involved "the selfless commitment of hundreds of officers".
These companies and a handful of others, analysts said, have managed to attract buyers and sellers by broadening their service features beyond the typical marketplace site, which heretofore had focused mainly on the concerns of buyers.
While a handful of financial analysts asked questions about the suspiciously high returns offered by Stanford's investment schemes a few months earlier, it was not until February 2009 that reports first surfaced that Stanford's investment bank was being investigated by the SEC.
They are in the index because they sell at lofty price-to-earnings ratios and have big dreams attached to them by a handful of security analysts.
