MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• 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

• 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.

Analyst upgrades: NFP, BLKB and TWMC originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 08 May 2008 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• 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.

• 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.

Analyst downgrades: ANH, MFA, NWSAF and SKS originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.