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This was one of those pre-holiday trading sessions where the closing bell outcome depended on which index you looked at. Tech stocks were up with the S&P 500, but the DJIA was a mixed bag throughout the trading day. This appears to have been a 3-year high for NASDAQ and a 2-year high for the S&P. As far as the holiday-shortened week is concerned, today may be a blueprint for trading here in the U.S. and abroad.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 11,478.13 -13.78 (-0.12%)
S&P 500 1,247.08 +3.17 (0.25%)
Nasdaq 2,649.56 +6.59 (0.25%)

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Analyst Upgrades

  • Wynn Resorts (WYNN) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Oracle (ORCL) and Alliance Data Systems (ADS) to outperform from neutral at Macquarie.
  • Saint Joe (JOE) to outperform from market perform at Keefe Bruyette.
  • Starwood Hotels (HOT) to neutral from underperform at RW Baird.
  • Middlesex Water (MSEX) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
  • Consol Energy (CNX) to buy from hold at BB&T.

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Analyst Upgrades

  • Goldman upgraded Citigroup (C) to conviction buy from buy, Principal Financial (PFG) to buy from neutral, and Stancorp Financial (SFG) and Hartford Financial (HIG) to neutral from sell.
  • JetBlue (JBLU) was upgraded to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Barclays upgraded Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Carnival (CCL) upgraded to overweight from equal weight.
  • Hollysys Automation (HOLI) was upgraded to buy from hold at Roth Capital.
  • RBC Capital upgraded Alliance Data Systems (ADS) to outperform from sector perform.
  • RRI Energy (RRI) was upgraded to buy from hold at Citigroup.

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The market won't let QE2 go ahead of the G20 meetings. Now the talk is that the second wave of quantitative easing is mostly priced in, as well as fears of ongoing currency wars. The markets were mixed at the open, but shares were lower by the close on the DJIA, and trying to hold on to positive in the NASDAQ and S&P500.

Here were the unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 11,132.26 -14.31 (-0.13%)
S&P 500 1,183.05 +2.79 (0.24%)
Nasdaq 2,479.39 +19.72 (0.80%)

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Analyst Upgrades

  • KeyBanc upgraded Las Vegas Sands (LVS) to hold from underweight based on Singapore performance and a potential revaluation of the yuan.
  • ThinkEquity upgraded Seattle Genetics (SGEN) to buy from hold based on the positive SGN-35 HL data. The firm raised its price target to $16 from $12.
  • Merriman upgraded Applied Signal (APSG) to buy from neutral with a $28 to $31 valuation range, citing greater confidence in earnings estimates and the company's recent contract wins.
  • Siliconware Precision (SPIL) was upgraded to neutral from underperform at Macquarie.
  • Pulte Group (PHM) was upgraded to neutral from sell at Goldman.
  • Greenbrier (GBX) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Morgan Keegan.

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Analyst Upgrades

  • RBC Capital upgraded Suncor (SU) to outperform from sector perform following the Q1 report and FY10 production guidance. The firm has a $46 target on the stock.
  • Wells Fargo upgraded Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) to outperform from market perform. The firm expects the company to report higher-than-expected Q1 revenue and guidance, as it thinks a late cycle ad recovery is occurring.
  • Piper Jaffray upgraded Power Integrations (POWI) to overweight from neutral following the company's Q1 results and subsequent sell-off. The firm has a $43 price target for shares.
  • ArcelorMittal (MT) was upgraded to buy from hold at ING Group.
  • Sapient (SAPE) was raised to conviction buy from buy at Goldman and to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Powerwave (PWAV) was upgraded to buy from hold at Befferies and to buy from neutral at Merriman.

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Analyst Calls: ACN, CCO, CLX, EHTH, HAS, HOLX, MT, POWI, SON, SU ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 04 May 2010 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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They don't all work out. After gapping up in June, Applied Signal Technology's (APSG ) stock chart has misbehaved, which is why I'm placing a hold on the company's shares, first recommended on June 22, 2009, at a price of $24.34.

Despite a decent third quarter EPS performance of 25 cents, 1 cent below the First Call Q3 EPS estimate of 26 cents, institutional investors have continued to exit the stock, with the stock recording several dips below the key, 50-day moving average line.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Applied Signal TechnologyAPSGMon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Applied Signal Technology is ignoring the recession]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/applied-signal-technology-is-ignoring-the-recession/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/applied-signal-technology-is-ignoring-the-recession/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/applied-signal-technology-is-ignoring-the-recession/#commentsIt goes without saying that the tech-based intelligence, surveillance, and security systems sector is favored here, and with the aforementioned in mind Applied Signal Technology (NASDAQ: APSG) is worth a review.

In general, analysts expect strong demand for Applied's broadband communications equipment and its new Model 680 Raider product to continue.

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Results for the tech stocks in last week's preview were a mixed bag, some beats, some misses, some in line. By and large, expectations for tech companies reporting results this week remain high, though. Here's what analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial are anticipating in the way of earnings, as compared to the same period of the previous year.

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