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Chimera (CIM): High Income in Specialty Finance

Posted Mar 1st 2010 10:30AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy

"The market sell-off also is creating some attractive, high-income opportunities. Consider Chimera Investment (CIM), for example," says Mark Skousen.

The editor of the High Income Alert explains, "Based in New York, Chimera is a specialty finance company that invests in mortgage loans and other real-estate securities. The real estate investment trust (REIT) is managed by a company we've traded profitably before: Annaly Capital Management.

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Analyst calls: BWLD, SNY, NYT, STP, ERIC, RTP, KTOS, ZGEN

Posted Nov 24th 2008 10:57AM by Laurie Pasternack (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Motorola (MOT), New York Times'A' (NYT), Analyst Initiations, Rio Tinto plc ADS (RIO), Suntech Power Hldgs ADS (STP)

Analyst upgrades:

Jefferies upgraded Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) to Buy from Hold on valuation with the stock down 65% in two months as they believe the company has a "best-in-class fundamental story." The firm lowered its target to $25 from $30.
Morgan Stanley upgraded Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) to Overweight from Equal Weight on valuation and believes near-term cost reductions could provide a positive catalyst.
Citigroup upgraded New York Times (NYSE: NYT) to Hold from Sell and lowered its target to $5.50 from $7 on valuation and believes the dividend cut will boost the company's liquidity.
Pantry (NASDAQL PTRY) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Friedman Billings.
LECG Corp (NASDAQ: XPRT) was raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) was upgraded at RBC Capital to Outperform from Sector Perform.

Analyst downgrades:

Jefferies downgraded Suntech (NYSE: STP) to Hold from Buy and lowered its target to $6 from $25 as they believe concerns about a convert refinancing in February 2010 will continue to weigh on the stock.
Credit Suisse cut Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to Underperform from Outperform due to expectations for a decline in wireless infrastructure spending.
ING downgraded shares of Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) to Hold from Buy as they believe it will be challenging for the company to execute asset sales planned at reducing debt in the current environment.

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