Downgrades Quotes

The downgrades of Apple really take the wind out of the sails. That was a stock with a lot of momentum. - James Monaghan

Telstra is asking investors to accept the pain now with the promise of returns in the longer term. It's not surprising that's leading to credit-rating downgrades. - Michael Bush

Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks. - Scott Walker

Overall, the results are in line with expectations, but the outlook is disappointing, especially Austria, and there could be some modest 1-2 percent downgrades to earnings forecasts. - Michael Smith

Our sense is that expectations are now so depressed that we are likely to see more upgrades than downgrades from this level. It has not been such good value since 2003. - Spencer White

I think it's relatively healthy. Nothing goes straight up. We know that. There needs to be a little consolidation before you can go higher. Between the situation in Iran and the Dow downgrades, it's probably been a nice little excuse to take a few profits. - Joseph Keating

However, downgrades are not inevitable. - Steven Adler

Every day you are getting new downgrades and (target) price cuts that add fuel to the downside fire... It's end-of-season tax selling and at the same time you have earnings fears. - Arnie Owen

Downgrades outweigh upgrades and fear outweighs greed. This is not a market that can weather uncertainty and it's been pretty brutal. - Terence Gabriel