I politely disagree with that. I manage to ignore HC for months at a time, sometimes years, my next goal is "decades".

To their credit HC does allow you to view announcements on your mobile without downloading the pdf file. That's pretty much the only reason why I use it. Having said that there are a handful of posters that I find are very knowledgeable and polite when you point something negative.

But the one holy grail I want is a website that can screen AND send an alert for companies that have performed or starting to perform better than the benchmark (all ords/asx200).

I only found one for the sp500

Hotcopper is excellent...if you read every, single, post, through a lens of scepticism.

I find its great for a laugh by reminding me investing is not about childish ranting on the internet, its about time and research and conviction.

And like Strawman, sometimes you observe a point of view that is an aladdin, a 'diamond in the rough', that gives pause for thought (after the scepticism/bias check) and challenges your research or conviction.

But yes @Bear77 mostly hotcopper is garbage.

HC can be quite useful.

Everytime when I'm interested in a stock, I'll just go to HC and post something negative about that company without doing any research.

If shareholders came back with solid arguments, then I know it's might be a good idea to be on the same boat with those people.

If shareholders got mad instantly and started insulting me, then I'll just stay away from this stock because the company is probably overvalued because of FOMO buys from stupid people.

Poor form @fcmaster26... trolling is not a constructive or good faith use of anyone's time even if some of the folks being trolled are "stupid people". I suspect your "technique" is more likely a "garbage in garbage out" signal rather than a true signal to noise boost, as anyone with clue willing to take the time and effort to respond in good faith to your bad faith post is presumably in the minority of clueful people (most of whom I guess would roll their eyes and ignore you).

Sorry if I offended you somehow. I was just trying to be a smartass.

I absolutely agree with you that we should always try to be constructive and respect other people's time.

But then again, it's HC we are talking about.

Can't help it mate, just can't help it.

Not at all offended and I'd generally agree with the thinking that HC has relatively low SNR. Perhaps I just woke up a bit grumpy this morning as normally I'd take the "roll eyes and ignore" option, but for whatever reason felt compelled to point out that trolling folks you don't know and suggesting some sort of useful insight/signal could come from it was no bueno. I suspect you wouldn't suggest it's a good thing to do here on Strawman even though there's probably a good amount of participation cross-over between HC and Strawman, and probably plenty of folks here who have bought shares without a compelling investment thesis (yours truly included).

Lets strive to increase SNR wherever possible, or failing that refrain from lowering it :)

Anyhoo, time to return folks from this tangent back to their originally scheduled discussion.

@edgescape looks cool indeed, but the pricing would appear to be very spicy for small-timers:

Interesting find.

In summary this is the subject pathway to get access. You can search for the subject on the MQ website.

Factset - AFIN2070 Investments or AFIN1002 Finance 1B.

SP Capital IQ Pro - AFIN3053 Advanced Corporate Finance

I'm not sure about other uni courses. Plus the information is obviously subject to change.

I've also just confirmed my Capital IQ account expires July 2023. So I'd better make the most of it!

Final day of my Capital IQ Pro access is tomorrow

Going to make the most of it tonight. Downloading a list of stocks by industry starting with Tech and Health along with Target prices, EVs Market caps etc...

Plus maybe a few maps of mining claims if I have time.

Since I can't upload the text/excel file that I downloaded from Capital IQ Pro, I've managed to convert as PDF.

SP Global Tech 20230731.pdf

This little newsiwire applet is nice. Go to news to access.

Still have access and I still get emails about new features!