Zacks Investment Research

Kevin kindly swapped my RW subscription to the Zacks Ultimate package. The Zacks Ultimate is worth it.

Thank you Kevin.

My Zack's journey began when I felt my modest portfolio could perform better if I was armed with more knowledge & insight to the inner workings of the stock market. That's when I decided to try the Zacks Method for Trading Home Study Course. The information contained within was simple yet insightful, technical but not overwhelming and very well presented. Aside from all the knowledge I gained, I also appreciate that I can follow the course at my own pace and on my own time. I also find it helpful to have the ability to review the materials as needed, in order to better understand the concepts and strategies within. Right away I found myself making better stock picking decisions.

My satisfaction in the Home Study Course also led me to becoming a member of their Investor Services. The cost to join this service was one I was reluctant to shell out, however, based off my satisfaction with their Home Study Course, I decided to give the service a try. This was truly the best investment decision I have ever made! The key to this service is the actively managed portfolios. This puts a handful of professional investors at your disposal, on a daily basis, managing various portfolio strategies. You can find a portfolio that matches your investment style & goals, and begin making those trades right away. The managers make moves in real time, based off what is happening in the world of investing. With text alerts & notifications on your smart phone, you are truly staying on top of your investment portfolio. The commentary and market insight contained in each portfolio is very informative as well. The gains I have seen by the actively managed portfolios I follow & trade, have simply been unbelievable! If you are looking for solid gains (and who isn't) I can not recommend this enough.

Lastly, is the Zack's stock screening tool known as the Research Wizard. With the aid of this program, I have been making constant gains on a weekly basis. This program is so expansive & robust, that I feel I will continue learning all of its true value for years to come.

In short, where other stock subscriptions have left me feeling less than satisfied with their performance, and frankly tired of their barrage of emails that temp me to join yet another one of their paid services, Zack's has not failed me.
My once modest portfolio has seen significant growth during my time with Zack's. And now, thanks to the services Zack's offers, I feel extremely confident my portfolio will grow into the retirement nest egg I always imagined it would be.

I am a paid subscriber to Zacks' services. Every business day, they send a summary purporting to show the prior day's performance of the five "Top Movers" in the various portfolios they manage. Today's report of yesterday's performance looks like this:

Zacks Top Movers for Oct 24,2019
Symbol %Chg Portfolio
ALGN 14.70% HCare Innovators
SMAR 10.80% Counterstrike
QURE 8.28% HCare Innovators
TLRY 7.73% Marij Innovators
AEM 6.40% Surprise Trader
S&P 500 0.19%

Zacks selects from the hundreds of positions in their portfolios ONLY those that have advanced; they NEVER EVER show a losing position, even when the vast preponderance of their positions on some days is negative. Then they shamelessly compare their "Top Movers" on any particular day with the S&P500 Index for that day, which of course recognizes both advances and declines of all of the positions in the Index.

Zacks practice of recognizing ONLY their winning positions and totally ignoring their losing ones guarantees them a claim of superior performance -- no matter how bad their actual performance might be. In the real world, anyone who could do that would become a millionaire in short order, with no chance of bankruptcy. When I have asked (repeatedly) that they justify this kind of analysis, they stonewall.

There is more to this story, to be presented on another day.

As far as I am concerned, all of their wild claims for useful guidance in the markets is pure hogwash.