Quote from startraitor:
I was just looking at the timing of that ge downgrade yesterday. Previous to the downgrade, here was one of the news headlines.
General Electric Company topped the list at midday on Thursday for Buying on Weakness, which tracks stocks that fell in price but had the largest inflow of money.
This was after ge lowered outlooks the day before intraday as well. Well timed news on one stock can game the whole index as well. Do subscribers of McGraw (Standards and Poors) get this ratings prior to general release and how guarded is this information prior to release and who determines timing of general release? Seems like a murky gray area between SP, GE, subscribers and public as GE pays McGraw for ratings, when the general release can have such an effect on the equity and overall index.