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Zacks Investment Research

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Zacks Investment Research has a rating of 3.9 stars from 155 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Zacks Investment Research most frequently mention last year, value investor and long term. Zacks Investment Research ranks 2nd among Stock Research sites.

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Maine
2 reviews
32 helpful votes
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So for as little as a dollar you get 30 days of access but watch the $#*! out next month as you will be opted in for $299 automatically. Nice site to get basic info on but watch your $#*! if you give them them dollar.

Date of experience: November 25, 2019
Virginia
1 review
12 helpful votes
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If you amortize the cost of a Zacks Ultimate Lifetime subscription over the rest of your investing life, it's an unbeatable value at just a few hundred dollars per year or less. I've found a couple of portfolio managers (managing five portfolios between them) whose aggressive growth-oriented style I love and who've made me a lot of money the last few years that I wouldn't have made on my own. And the beauty of a lifetime Zacks Ultimate subscription is that when I'm ready (i. E. retired) I can switch to following the recommendations of the income-oriented portfolio service and this won't cost me a thing.

Date of experience: December 14, 2020
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I want to compliment you for the refreshing style, and thank you for your savvy insights. You explain, very well, the rationale for the trades and why you take profits or sell with an early loss. Continue doing your great job of helping us become better traders and investors.

Date of experience: July 31, 2023
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Always good to have guidance
February 9, 2022

I value the Zacks Ultimate Additions and Deletions because it's valuable cross-check on other investing inputs and my own thinking. Various portfolio additions uncover things I wouldn't have found otherwise. And deletions awaken me to get rid of things I probably would have kept too long.

Date of experience: February 9, 2022
Switzerland
1 review
44 helpful votes
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Sgh stock downgraded after it fell... then zacks wrote some articles and downgraded to strong sell. Then the stock moved in 1 month 55% up and after this run they upgraded to buy. Completely like a fla in thr wind... shame on you

Date of experience: July 12, 2019
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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The quality and easy availability with Zacks Investment research is absolutely necessary for quick and accurate investing in the current marketplace. I feel and have demonstrated that I have all the skills and knowledge to manage my own portfolio - but I don't want it to be a full-time job, and I don't want to cut myself short on lack of insight. I subscribed to Zacks Investment Research in the middle of March 2020 - and started a new self managed account with new/fresh money (six digits worth) and have made well into 60% returns on that money during the year.
I could of actually made more on the investments had I not chosen such a "conservative" rule-set to trade by - but I'm more than happy with the results!

Date of experience: December 22, 2020
Indiana
1 review
25 helpful votes
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They are guessing as any one else could with no knowledge and no experience in the stock market. They are great when the market is going up and suck when it is going down. They have no credibility and I lost a lot of money betting on their so called #1 stock picks. Do as Warren Buffet reccomends and put your money in the S&P 500 and forget about it. This company is bogus. They just want your money.

Date of experience: March 1, 2019
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great for idea generation and red flags
May 9, 2021

The Portfolio Additions and Deletions feature in Zacks Investor Collection suggests which Zacks picks are timely, or no longer expected to go up. Zacks Investor Collection is a good source of information and idea generation."

Date of experience: May 8, 2021
Poland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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What does investing mean to me?
July 3, 2023

I had no knowledge, I had no patience, I wanted money quickly.
And this is not so.
I need the knowledge that Zacks gives me, the plan and direction that the reports and the information in them give me.

Date of experience: July 3, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Better Stock Picks Than I've Gotten Anywhere Else
September 7, 2023

"I loved Zacks Ultimate, but right now in my life, I didn't have time to look into all the information it provided. Most weeks I only have time to look into the two or three stock picks from Zacks Confidential - rarely do I have time to read the entire commentary (I love it when I do have time). I've gotten some good performing stocks from Zacks Confidential such as PARR, which is up +50% in just 4 months, CVGL which doubled in a year, and ON doubled in a year, which is a pick I think I got from Zack's Ultimate (before I canceled it). The stock picks that didn't do so well have only lost a small amount, so that I haven't had any real losers from Zack's. I don't blindly accept all Zack stock picks - I look into them, follow price charts, and get in at my price, but the guidance that Zack's has provided me has been very helpful.

Date of experience: September 7, 2023
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Zacks #1 Stocks
November 10, 2021

The Zacks Premium homepage on Zacks.com, Zacks #1 Rank List and Industry Rank features are most valuable. The Zacks #1 Rank list has been great for me. It gives me unknown, to me, stocks that I could research. I have been using Zacks for one year now. I have purchased three #1 ranked stocks that all have at least doubled. After seeing a #1 Ranked stock, I check on the Industry Rank. Then, I look at the earnings estimates.

Date of experience: November 10, 2021
Florida
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Do not subscribe!
February 26, 2019

The research is great HOWEVER they make it extremely difficult to cancel a subscription. I signed up for a free trial and ended up paying $250 a year because they don't send notification/confirmation emails so I didn't even know I was paying for it. They don't have an option to cancel your subscription on their website and getting though to someone when you call is immensely difficult. Their hours are Monday-Friday 9 am to 6 pm EST yet I'm calling at 1:18 pm EST on a regular old Tuesday and I am going straight to a voicemail that gives me their business hours and forces me to leave a VM for them to call back. I would never subscribe again nor would I recommend anyone to do so. They only care about getting your money. I honestly feel ripped off and helpless because they have my card information and are just going to autocharge it and there's nothing I can do. Well my only recourse will be to call my credit card company and report it but this is just not right!

Date of experience: February 26, 2019
Alaska
1 review
3 helpful votes
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ETF Investor Service
June 21, 2022

The Zacks ETF Investor Summary Emails are valuable because the info comes directly to me. I don't have to log in or have a computer to access the information. PDBC is this year's big winner for me at over +25%. XLE and XOP are not far behind. These wins are in the tens of thousands. Priceless.

Tremendous value. Thank you.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
Canada
1 review
25 helpful votes
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The Zacks.com is the biggest poison info I have ever seen among any websites I have been to.
When a stock went up a few days, they rated them as strong buy. After 2 days, when the stock goes down 2%, they lowered the rate to 'Hold',
I observed this site 1 months, this happened to the stocks: AT&T, AMZN, CAT...
If you follow them to buy, you will get trapped.

Date of experience: October 23, 2018
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Best investment advice I've ever purchased - #1
February 25, 2021

My experience with Zacks has been an incredible ride and very profitable. I have purchased many stock picking services over my 40 years of investing and now I have one Zacks. My advice is go through all your available Zacks services and find who suits your investing style before jumping in. My "go to" portfolios are Stocks under 10$ (my fav), Technology, Blockchain and Top 10. I now count on these gentlemen to do my due diligence which took one to two hours per day after working all day. The text alerts are amazing - I hear the ping read the text and immediately put my buy in, I trust their judgement that much, then I'll read the recap later that night. I recently made 33K on one of Brian Bolans picks SAVA (sorry Brian I sold and took the cash LOL).
I have made my lifetime subscription costs many times over in a very short time and now and will be introducing my son to the service.

Date of experience: February 24, 2021
Virginia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Zack's Top 10
November 23, 2021

The Zacks Top 10 Stocks Annual Issue is a valuable feature because it includes previews of each pick. The stocks have been winners for me. I will be renewing again next year.

Date of experience: November 23, 2021
Canada
3 reviews
61 helpful votes
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Laughable insight
May 23, 2020

There is one stock and one ETF I have been paying a lot of attention to the last 3 years (FANG and SPXL).
Now with the coronavirus, these two stocks became very clearly insane opportunities. There was no way that it wasn't completely oversold and would go back to much much higher values quickly.
So when I saw Zacks recommend staying away from these (giving them the worst grades possible), they scared me but I decided to suck it up and believe my knowledge about these.
So what did not listening to Zacks get me? Well SPXL gave me +50% in 2 months, FANG an insane +160% in 2 months.
I don't know who called them experts, but they lied. It's not all, every single stock I've owned I realized they've always been wrong. But the example I'm showing is so over the top they lost all credibility to me.
At this point I'm using Zacks to do the exact opposite of what they recommend, and honestly, my portfolio is doing better than it would have in my wildest dreams.
Don't believe a word they say.

Date of experience: May 22, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Arrogant $#*!s
June 20, 2019

Nothing but bs from these guys
Think they know all and try to ignore your unsubscribe requests for a free trial.
Rip off stay away nothing but aggravation

Date of experience: June 19, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Access to Zacks' 5 Stocks Set to Double Special Report helps shaping the more risky part of my portfolio.
A couple of winners in my portfolio like Digital Turbine and InMode. Of course you can't always win, but sofar the majority of the bets has worked out well.

Date of experience: December 21, 2021
Canada
1 review
39 helpful votes
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Thiefs
October 1, 2019

There is no simple way to unsubscribe. You literally have to call them after your 1$ trial. My question is if their so good at trading, and know so much about stocks, why are they stealing from you?

Date of experience: October 1, 2019