Sometimes the best financial advice is to be still and listen to your own counsel. However, for even the most skilled and self-reliant stock-pickers, an occasional dose of outside perspective can be helpful.

If you are looking for a brokerage for advice, then StarMine's recent ranking of big brokerage performance is a good place to start.

Wachovia Securities is at the top of the list, in part because of a strong buy on Comcast, with a 46% gain over the rating period.

The remaining top ten includes Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, JPMorgan, Bear Stearns, Stifel Nicolaus, Deutsche Bank, UBS, and CIBC World Markets.