Most international rating agencies issue a downgrade only after a significant correction in the stock.
Similarly, they come up with an upgrade report after a sharp rise in the stock.
But don't take their reports on face value and DYOR (Do Your Own Research) before investing.
Because rating reports are a lagging indicator and price is always a leading indicator.
2/ Ultra Bearish articles:
Depressive articles from rating and brokerage houses are used to make retailers sell their stocks.
This gives an opportunity for big players to accumulate them at rock-bottom prices.
Example 1: Adani Ports
The best example would be the current year's Adani Fiasco.
When the Adani Ports news came out, after the fall the report came out saying they have downgraded the outlook on Adani Groups to negative from stable. (2nd Feb)
Look what happens after.
Adani Ports
The stock responds by locking in a 10% upper circuit.
Currently, the stock is up about 55% from when the report came out.
The big players utilized the opportunity to buy the stock at rock bottom and make money in a short while.
Certain conditions have to be met for these upgrades and downgrades.
The pattern where the move is over has certain conditions which are covered in the next tweet.
Taking contra bets is easy if the following conditions are met:
BUY:
1. The stock has already plummeted by 90-100% 2. The rating report then downgrades the stock 3. The stock refuses to go down any further
Buy when all conditions are met.
SELL:
1. The stock has already had a fabulous run-up (15-20x in a short span) 2. The rating report then gives an ultra-bullish target of 100% up from CMP 3. News-based rally on low volume
Sell when all conditions are met.
So, next time you see an upgrade/downgrade report from some major rating agency, check whether the conditions mentioned above are met, and learn stage analysis & do your own research before investing.
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