Where is all that info?

Everytime I see CNBC or Bloomberg, they mention something like:

Goldman says Oil can go upto 100 towards the end of this year, bla bla bla...

Where do i get all such analyst recommendations? What about what the morgan stanley or Citi's analyst said about Oil? Where can i get all such statements re specific instruments / markets (specifically, Indices, Oil and Gold).

I can see such recommendations of buy/sell/hold on individual shares on my stock broking account by selftrade but nothing on Indices, Oil, Gold.

Do I need to pay for those services? or are they available somewhere for free?

platts.com is half decent for oil (and some other commodities). Plenty of decent free info on there.

Become a client and they'll send you this ****e.

Yup - at which point your inbox will be destroyed. I get like 300 mails a day with flow info, research etc from various sources (internal and external). Simply can't read it all. I have a few rules set up etc to filter some of the good stuff that I always read, but some good stuff gets missed in the deluge.

Be careful of those london_lad. When Oil had dropped from 140 all the way down to 100, there was talk of Oil hitting $200 a barrel by christmas. I think it is ********. More likely they release that info so that people buy, and they can unload their long position because they know it is going down.

Most analysts get it wrong.

Take a look how often a stock has a buy note from GS and drops on he day.........

That's because goldman are corrupt *******s who use their salesmen to unwind their crap positions

Everyone I ever talk to who has done business with them tells me this. I can honestly see no reason why anyone would ever be a client of theirs.

And that's why, long term, they are totally ****ed - a bit like ebay and paypal imo

Beware of the analysts!!

Shakone said:

Be careful of those london_lad. When Oil had dropped from 140 all the way down to 100, there was talk of Oil hitting $200 a barrel by christmas. I think it is ********. More likely they release that info so that people buy, and they can unload their long position because they know it is going down.

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Agree, it is all ramping!

Like Warren Buffet said, "Never ask the barber if you need a haircut"

House Builders are saying that the property market has bottomed out and now is the time to buy

Any analyst that agrees probably has a huge property portfolio

I remember when the analysts were saying that the S&P hit bottom @ 750...

Went well below that in March...

I hate any analyst that doesn't agree with me!

Most should be ignored, they haven't got a clue about what is what...not a clue!

Problem with market analyst is people assume that means forecaster/predictor...
These people cannot predict the market, its like taking a trade - It has a probability of working in your favour or not - Some losers, some winners. Analysts are the same, except most of the time they are creating buyers so they can offload large positions. x

new_trader said:

Agree, it is all ramping!

Like Warren Buffet said, "Never ask the barber if you need a haircut"

House Builders are saying that the property market has bottomed out and now is the time to buy

Any analyst that agrees probably has a huge property portfolio

I remember when the analysts were saying that the S&P hit bottom @ 750...

Went well below that in March...

I hate any analyst that doesn't agree with me!

Most should be ignored, they haven't got a clue about what is what...not a clue!

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totally agree its all about trying to make people chase the market these days when Im trading I worry more about global news rather than some analyst trying to confuse things other than major anouncements I steer clear of any other "breaking news" unless its a bye out or merger related

foredog said:

Most analysts get it wrong.

Take a look how often a stock has a buy note from GS and drops on he day.........

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fade them?

Analysts suck, they all suck. Most of the time they're just wrong. 9 times out of 9 they're either 23 year old idealistic MBA's straight out of business school with their first job and no real world experience, or they're people hawking newsletter/subscription sites/blogs etc and will advertise emphasizing the 1 or 2 times they got it right while ignoring the many dozens of times they got it completely and totally wrong.

Once and awhile you might see one get it right, but most of the time they just blow smoke up your ***. You'll hear stories about them: "[insert name here] predicted the 2008 stock market crash as well as the burst of the subprime mortgage bubble, etc." I've seen it more times than you can shake a box of grape nuts at. Call me a cynic.

There are some, however, that are worth some entertainment value, but take is solely as entertainment, just like professional wrestling or a monster truck show.

I will say if you're going to listen to anybody, listen to people that have a stake in the game, i.e. hedge fund guys, mutual fund managers, professional investors/traders, guys like Jim Rogers, Buffett, Damon Vickers, etc are usually better to listen to than the usual clown show of talking heads on CNBC & FOX.

If we know GS is always or mostly trying to unload their positions by giving out opposite advice, why not make a strategy to go contrarian on their advice? Ride the tide?

Where can I get GS Research or at least major predictions on indexes and commodities?