What A Hold Rating Really Means on Online Stock Trading

During the market boom of the ‘90s “strong buy” and “buy” ratings were commonplace terms across the board in online stock trading. Whether such terms were considered to accurately depict the valuation of stocks is lesser known, but market analysts faced minor repercussions for any biased or erroneous interpretations. With high market volatility, countless investors cannot understand why ratings are not more definitive, particularly when markets are clearly showing signs of a rise or downfall.

Things become all the more ambiguous when it comes to the issuance of “sell” or “hold” ratings by market analysts on online stock trading. “Sell” ratings …read more