The stock is removed from the portfolio if the recommendation changes to neutral, hold, market perform or sell. Bulldog's computer then figures the return an investor would receive if he followed the analyst's recommendations. If you're curious about that analyst you saw on TV, just type in his name on the search bar. Another screen shows the companies the analyst has accurately covered for the past three years. Successive screens show the consensus earnings forecasts for all analysts covering a specific company.
Users can search by analyst or company name.
Analysts are ranked for quarterly and fiscal-year estimates, going back as far as three years. Armed with this knowledge, they were well prepared to convince most of the major houses to sign on. The site now covers the analysts of 215 out of 227 top firms. A few major holdouts, such as Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Robertson Stephens, remain to be convinced. Thompson and Johnstone expect the site to receive 100,000 page views a day by early next year.