When it comes to figuring out what are the stocks to sell now, bearish analyst ratings are an important factor to consider. The sell-side typically doesn’t issue many “sell” ratings. In fact, a majority of ratings are “buy” or equivalent, with around 5%-10% being “sell” or equivalent and the rest “hold” or equivalent.As I have discussed previously, blindly following Wall Street “buy” ratings isn’t necessarily a profitable move. The same could possibly be said about blindly shorting stocks rated “sell” by th ...