just found the following stats for Feb...most insto's had somewhat positive/neutral recs on the BLY with substantially higher price targets, however from the table below it is clear that the retail online punters like 99% of HC were the one buying, while the same a$$holes recommending BLY were net sellers for Feb.
Broker NetVol Commonwealth 19982053 E-Trade 10408366 ITG Aust. 10317480 Westpac 3153917 Ord Minnett 2681779 Deutsche 2222234 AIEX 2233574 Instinet 1976376 Norris Smith 817880 ABN Amro Morgan 846028 Bell Potter 561866 Aequs Sec 250000 Morgan Stanley 500438 Wilson 446575 Baker-Young 285000 BBY 303000 Third Party 225538 Patersons 211600 Lodge 100000 Susquehanna 140000 JDV 120925 Tolhurst 99980 Baillieu 73500 Optiver 33960 Carmichael 36125 MINC Financial 32000 Morrison -2702 Reynolds 20000 LTS -15340 Shaw 16000 Southern Cross 0 Citi Smith 5407 Timber Hill Aus 17600 Burrell -13554 CameronSec 0 ASX Anonymous 0 0 Lonsec -4175 Eyres 7555 Shadforth -40811 Taylor -35000 IMC Pacific -40257 Fortis -22874 Tricom Equities 0 State One Stock -195000 CMC Markets -244382 Austock -200000 Tibra Trading -307538 Macquarie Insto -115986 Merrill Lynch -1114016 Macquarie Retai -2076943 ABN AMRO -2059518 CLSA Singapore -3779599 UBS -3374346 JPMorgan -4708242 GSJBWere -10398730 Citigroup -13797764 Credit Suisse -15579979
BLY Price at posting:
8.5¢ Sentiment: LT Buy Disclosure: Held