RAN have really let themselves go since the OP started this thread.
The guy who does it in the morning (I don't know any of their names), and has been there for years, is still v. good... but alot of good analysts have left (one english, one american, left ages ago) and they seem to have a new guy on the squawk every 3 months.
It's at the stage now where there are guys reading out headlines and not understanding WTF they mean (or sometimes even how to read them), one guy sensationalises pretty much every thing he says (like 1% up or down, or which sectros are leading and lagging), they squawk out their guesswork behind whatever they think will happen (such as "stocks not looking like they will recover" 2hrs before the close), another squawks out stupid stuff like TICK extremes or inverted head and shoulders, or reads out the whole COT report, and the guy in the TOS chatroom is now even calling out trades on the ES based on a double bottom from a tick chart.
Now I sorta sympathise for these guys, because they are only doing what they think a good analyst does... but look, an analysts job is to assimilate information, provide a context, and deliver it quickly and accurately. It's not an analysts job to call out trades, or squawk out useless information, or - in some cases - the blatant guesswork/opinion of a total n00b.
They used to be right up there, but for anyone trading US instruments there are much better squawks out there now.
The guy who does it in the morning (I don't know any of their names), and has been there for years, is still v. good... but alot of good analysts have left (one english, one american, left ages ago) and they seem to have a new guy on the squawk every 3 months.
It's at the stage now where there are guys reading out headlines and not understanding WTF they mean (or sometimes even how to read them), one guy sensationalises pretty much every thing he says (like 1% up or down, or which sectros are leading and lagging), they squawk out their guesswork behind whatever they think will happen (such as "stocks not looking like they will recover" 2hrs before the close), another squawks out stupid stuff like TICK extremes or inverted head and shoulders, or reads out the whole COT report, and the guy in the TOS chatroom is now even calling out trades on the ES based on a double bottom from a tick chart.
Now I sorta sympathise for these guys, because they are only doing what they think a good analyst does... but look, an analysts job is to assimilate information, provide a context, and deliver it quickly and accurately. It's not an analysts job to call out trades, or squawk out useless information, or - in some cases - the blatant guesswork/opinion of a total n00b.
They used to be right up there, but for anyone trading US instruments there are much better squawks out there now.