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Closing Bell: Bulls on vacation (BAC, C, CIT, HLCS, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted Aug 11th 2009 4:21PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), CIT Group (CIT)

Today was one of those of those days that started out weak, and ended up that way as well. Wholesale inventories were down again for the 10th month in a row. Many analyst calls and a late summer breather are also to blame for the selling after we have seen such a strong summer rally. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

DJIA: 9,241.45 (-1.03%)
NASDAQ: 1,969.73 (-1.13%)
S & P 500: 994.35(-1.27%)

Top Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was hit today on an analyst call from Rochdale's Dick Bove, who said the settlement being held up by a judge is bad for banks. Shares were down 4% at $15.98 late in the day.


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Analyst upgrades: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy, International Coal

Posted Mar 19th 2008 11:23AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bank of America (BAC),

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Countrywide Financial, AstraZeneca, Massey Energy and International Coal were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Wachovia upgraded Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) to Market Perform from Underperform, as they do not expect any other bidders to emerge and for the acquisition by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to close.
  • HSBC upgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Overweight from Neutral on valuation and their belief that an agreement with Ranbaxy on Nexium is possible.
  • Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE) and International Coal (NYSE: ICO) were upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan citing higher coal price forecasts.
OTHER UPGRADES:

Analyst initiations 7-05-07: CSUN, HLCS and ORCL

Posted Jul 5th 2007 10:45AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Analyst initiations

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Oracle Corp (ORCL), Helicos BioSciences (HLCS), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) and China Sunergy (CSUN) topped today's noteworthy initiations:
  • JP Morgan initiated Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ: HLCS) with a Neutral rating based on the potential of its single-molecule genetic sequencing platform but noted that commercialization carries near-term risk.
  • Hambrecht believes Clean Energy Fuels' (NASDAQ: CLNE) total addressable market is over $20B given the company's focus on natural gas vehicle fuel for return-to-base applications and started shares with a Buy rating.
  • Jefferies wants to see China Sunergy (NASDAQ: CSUN) demonstrate that its silicon wafer suppliers can meet aggressive ramping plans before becoming more positive on the stock, starting shares off with a Hold rating...
OTHER INITIATIONS:
Analyst summaries provided by TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required).

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DJIA+20.0310,246.97
NASDAQ-2.982,151.08
S&P 500-0.071,093.01

Last updated: November 11, 2009: 08:39 AM

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