That’s up to the shareholder to decide. But on September 3, 2014, Morgan Stanley downgraded the REIT American Tower from Overweight to Equal Weight.

Morgan also downgraded Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Cypress Sharpridge Investments (NYSE:CYS) while Goldman Sachs downgraded Stericycle (NASDAQ:SRCL)

http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/downgrades/14/09/4821467/benzingas-top-downgrades

No one know how shares will perform over the next 6 months,however stock holders of stock can initiate what the Chicago Board Option Exchange calls an Equity Collar Strategy

The P&L graph of a collar strategy looks like this below: AMT collar

 

 

 

 

 

Holders of stock have to decide whether Morgan Stanley and Goldman are correct, and decide whether it’s time to protect profits by using downside option protection strategies.