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Analyst upgrades: NFP, BLKB and TWMC

MOST NOTEWORTHY: National Financial Partners, Blackbaud and Trans World were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Citigroup upgraded shares of National Financial Partners (NYSE:NFP) to Buy from Hold on valuation, as they believe the recent weakness is overdone. Citigroup also added the stock to their Top Picks Live list.
Jefferies upgraded shares of Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) to Hold from Underperform on valuation, as they believe management did the right thing by lowering guidance while buying back stock more aggressively.
B. Riley lifted Trans World (NASDAQ:TWMC) to Buy from Neutral as they believe the company could ultimately go private should credit conditions improve

OTHER UPGRADES:

Keefe Bruyette raised Anworth Mortgage (NYSE:ANH) to Outperform from Market Perform.
Unit Corp (NYSE:UNT) was upgraded at Raymond James to Outperform from Market Perform.
RBC Capital upgraded Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) to Sector Perform from Underperform.

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Anworth Mortgage, MFA Mortgage, New Star Asset Management and Saks were today's noteworthy downgrades:

Keefe Bruyette downgraded Anworth Mortgage (NYSE: ANH) and MFA Mortgage (NYSE: MFA) to Market Perform from Outperform to reflect lower book value estimates based on the widening in agency spreads.
Deutsche Bank downgraded New Star Asset Management (OTC: NWSAF) to Sell from Buy, as they are negative on the company's business model and growth prospects in the current environment.
Saks (NYSE: SKS) was cut to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America as they believe the high-end is slowing.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Goldman downgraded Lonmin Plc (OTC: LNMIY) to Neutral from Buy.
RBC Capital downgraded Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) and First Potomac (NYSE: FPO) to Underperform from Sector Perform.
Shares of Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) were downgraded to Neutral from buy at Piper and to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna.

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