Online stock commentary - Free sites

www.thebull.com.au – A free and subscription site. I do not find the news section very useful. However each Monday they publish a Tip Sheet (Buy,Hold,Sell) from three analysts. Occasionally I find a tip useful and put it on my watchlist. The tips do require more in depth research!

www.etfwatch.com.au/data-analysis – A free site providing factual* information regarding EFT’s and LIC’s. A quick way to find basic information on specific products. * = Double check the facts because too often the facts are not correct.

http://www.yieldreport.com.au/ A free site providing factual information Notes, Bond, Hybrids, Convertibles. No known issues, but not a field I have researched adequately.

https://hotcopper.com.au/ - A free site. It is very active site frequented by price manipulators, rogues, spivs, rumourtargists et al. Gamblers will love this site, because too many of the active participants are trying manipulate the share price of a stock they just bought or want to buy, Caveat Emptor. But if you want to know about the latest news, rumour or gossip, this is the site.

http://www.fool.com.au/ - Free and paid subscriptions. A very active stock “recommendation” site. It has quite a few dissatisfied “ex paid” users who did not find the pot of gold. Most of the “recommendations” are not recommendations when you look at the wording carefully. Howvwer if a stock is a winner, the alude to their past recommendation. I use a high level of scepticism with this site.

However, they occasionally bring to my attention a stock worth adding to my watchlist