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Stocks Upgrade-Downgrade July-30-09

Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Upgrade From To (Target) Alvarion ALVR Piper Jaffray Underweight Neutral Brandywine Realty BDN Argus Hold Buy ($12) Callaway Golf ELY Stifel Nicolaus Hold Buy Cliffs Natural Resources CLF BMO Capital Markets Market Perform Outperform Dow Chemical DOW Citigroup Hold Buy Equity Res EQR FBR Capital Underperform Mkt Perform Equity Res EQR JP Morgan Underweight Neutral HeartWare HTWR Wedbush Morgan Neutral Outperform ($31) ManTech MANT Jesup & Lamont Hold Buy ($57) Motorola MOT Davenport Reduce/Sell Neutral Nice Systems NICE Oscar Gruss Hold Buy ($32) Park-Ohio PKOH Morgan Joseph Hold Buy ($7) Penn Natl Gaming PENN SMH Capital Neutral Accumulate ($36) Quaker Chemical KWR Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral Buy Royal Caribbean RCL Barclays Capital Underweight Equal Weight Tyco Electronics TEL UBS Neutral Buy USANA USNA Canaccord Adams Hold Buy Westpac Banking Corp. WBK Citigroup Hold Buy http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/calendar/ratings/current.asp Down GradeCo...

Standpoint Research initiates BAC with a Hold July-24-09

MSN Money - USA Standpoint Research initiates BAC with a Hold and price target of $18 saying although there is still some uncertainty surrounding this stock

Bank of America (BAC: NYSE) Down-Graded By Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller

Bank of America (BAC: NYSE) By Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller ($12.89, July 20, 2009) WE ARE DOWNGRADING SHARES of Bank of America (ticker: BAC) to In Line from Outperform, based on our view that: Bank of America continues to struggle to generate positive earnings per share on a core basis, which is likely to continue in second-half 2009 on credit and core revenue headwinds; tangible book value (TBV) is expected to decline in the third quarter and fourth quarter and year-end 2010 to be below current estimates; "normalized" EPS will likely pushed out and less conviction around what norm ...

Stock Upgrades July 8, 2009

Stock Upgrades July 8, 2009 - DRYS FSLR AMZN July 8, 2009 - Here are some upgrades in the stock market today: Discuss Stocks - http://stockstobuy.org DryShips, Inc. (DRYS) - DryShips upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at Credit Suisse - Dryships stock is currently up over 5% in pre market - price target $8 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) - Amazon.com upgraded at Susquehanna - weak dollar contributed to this upgrade to positive. AMZN receives a $100 price target. First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) - First Solar upgraded to Buy from Accumulate at ThinkEquity - price target $180 - FSLR trying to break $150 in pre market so far. Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) - Upgraded at Goldman Sachs - Price Target $45 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) - FCX upgraded at Citigroup with a $58 price target. Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS) - SWKS upgraded at Raymond James to Strong Buy http://daytradingstockblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/stock-upgrades-july-8-2009-drys-fslr.html

Bank of America Upgrade June-11-09

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Corp. and its chief executive continue to face heat over the controversial acquisition of Merrill Lynch, but some Wall Street analysts say the banking giant's ability to raise capital removes some uncertainty and makes the stock a buy. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded Bank of America (BAC) on Thursday to outperform from market perform, and lifted its target price on the stock to $16.50 from $12. B. of A. shares closed Wednesday at $11.98 and were off nearly 15% so far this year, according to FactSet Research. The stock rose more than 7% at last check on Thursday to $12.09, in the wake of upbeat analyst commentary. Earlier this month, the bank said it had raised nearly $33 billion in capital related to the $33.9 billion cushion mandated by the government's "stress tests" of bank balance sheets. "The completion of these capital-raising actions takes away a level of uncertainty that kept us from being positive on the share...

Stocks Upgrades April 24

Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Upgrade From To (Target) Accenture ACN KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold Buy Amazon.com AMZN Benchmark Sell Hold ($80) Amgen AMGN Robert W. Baird Neutral Outperform ($60) Cheesecake Factory CAKE William Blair Mkt Perform Outperform Cooper Industries CBE Kevin Dann Sell Neutral ($30) Credit Suisse CS UBS Sell Neutral Delphi Fin DFG Wunderlich Hold Buy ($21) Huron Consulting HURN Deutsche Securities Hold Buy ($46) Informatica INFA Citigroup Hold Buy Knight Transportation KNX William Blair Mkt Perform Outperform LIFE TIME Fitness LTM Stifel Nicolaus Hold Buy ($22) Logitech Intl SA LOGI Avondale Mkt Underperform Mkt Perform ($10) Mattson MTSN Argus Sell Hold MEMC Elec WFR Ardour Capital Reduce Hold ($14.5) Mohawk MHK Longbow Sell Neutral NBTY Inc NTY RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform Outperform Novo-Nordisk A/S NVO Citigroup Hold Buy Research In Motion RIMM Citigroup Hold Buy ($100) Riverbed Technology RVBD Wedbush Morgan Hold Buy ($17.5) Riverbed Tec...

PEGA SYSTEMS INC Stock Chart April-22 2009 $18.2

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