Your friends don't know anymore than you do. And it's illegal to trade on it. In fact, it's illegal for your friend even to tell you the information. Otherwise, they are probably no better than you at picking stocks. You also need to be very careful of your stockbroker.
Stockbrokers make their money by buying and selling stocks.
While they would like all their recommendations to make money, it doesn't matter to them whether their recommendations are profitable or not profitable. All that matters is that you continue to trade stocks with them. If you stop trading, don't expect any Christmas cards from them. The second piece of information I gave him was that making money in the stock market is not a one shot deal. Money is made through a series of transactions over a long period of time.