Contrarian Plays: 3 Stocks to Buy When Analysts Say ‘Sell'

Wall Street loves winners. They enjoy backing stocks that are rising and want to avoid stocks that are falling. Yet rarely do they place a sell rating on a stock.Whether it is because stocks generally go up over time and a rising tide lifts all boats, or they don’t want to miss out on potential fees earned from dealing with a stock sale or other corporate transaction, investors are rarely told to sell any stocks. Out of the thousand of companies that trade on the NYSE or Nasdaq stock exchanges only a few do ...