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FeedPosted Dec 18th 2008 11:41AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Apple Inc (AAPL), Chicago Merc Exch Hld'A' (CME), NYSE Euronext (NYX), Analyst initiations
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Analyst upgrades:
- Jefferies upgraded Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) to Buy from Hold and raised its target to $22 from $17 on valuation and the company's "diversified" business.
- Barclays expects Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) to outperform in Q1 as investors become more comfortable with the company's balance sheet. Shares were upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight.
- Keefe Bruyette upgraded Asset Acceptance (NASDAQ: AACC) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation but lowered their target to $6 from $8.
- Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) and Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) were added to Goldman's Conviction Buy List.
- Lattice (NASDAQ: LSCC) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Analyst downgrades:Continue reading Analyst calls: XLNX, STLD, ICE, NYX, MT, JOYG, CME, LLL, AAPL, ENR ...
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