After a turbulent, but mostly positive, week in the stock markets we saw less movement in the stock ratings than we had previously. There were 1,176 BUY rated stocks, down 1 from a week ago. Not a significant weekly drop--the prior two weeks saw a total of 46 stocks fall out of the BUY ratings--but still a continuous decline for a fourth consecutive week.

In the aftermath of the Dow hitting new highs, we had 5,298 SELL stocks, down by 15 from 5,313 last Friday. This was the first week in a month with fewer SELL stocks. This could be a sign of potential stabilization.

Stocks with our HOLD recommendation increased by 7, from 3,011 to 3,018 during the last week.

Weiss rates a total of 9,492 stocks and below is the recommendation distribution.

As you can see, a majority of the stocks fall under the D rating (SELL), representing 51.8 percent of the entire Weiss Ratings stock universe, remaining nearly identical from 51.9 percent in the prior week. BUY stocks represent 12.4 percent, and HOLD stocks 31.8 percent.

On Friday, Weiss upgraded 480 stocks and downgraded 441.

Future spikes in rating changes are expected, as the political and economic uncertainty continues until at least the president-elect takes office in January.

Fortunately, the stock ratings are updated daily, so be sure to check back often to be the first to see changes and trends.