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• 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.

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• UBS downgraded TDK Corp. (NYSE: TDK) to Reduce from Neutral after the company's operating profit missed estimates.

• Deutsche Bank cut Maguire Properties (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold following the company's disappointing Q2 report.

• Sandler cut BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE: BBX) to Sell from Hold on valuation.

• Valuation and debt levels pushed Unterberg to downgrade ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN) to Market Perform from Buy.

• William Blair downgraded shares of Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) to Market Perform from Outperform as they believe the CMS decision on ESA reimbursement guidelines is extremely restrictive regarding Aranesp use in oncology...

• Lyondell Chemical Co (NYSE: LYO) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight.

• UBS cut FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) to Reduce from Neutral.

• Stanford downgraded MoSys (NASDAQ: MOSY) to Hold from Buy.

• Brean Murray downgraded SumTotal Systems (NASDAQ: SUMT) to Hold from Buy.

• Buckingham cut Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) to Accumulate from Strong Buy.

Analyst downgrades 8-01-07: AMGN, CEPH, LYO and TDK originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Lehman Bros downgraded shares of Motorola Inc (NYSE: MOT) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a $20 target citing a slower recovery in handset margins.

• Stifel downgraded Maguire Properties Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Sell from Hold. Friedman Billings removed Maguire from its Top Picks list, citing the $2.9 billion acquisition of California assets for the removal.

• Bear Stearns downgraded China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC) to Underperform from Peer Perform based on valuation.

• ThinkEquity cut Palm, Inc (NASDAQ: PALM) to Accumulate from Buy with an $18 target citing valuation driven by takeover speculation as well as lack of execution improvements.

• UBS downgraded shares of both CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) to Neutral from Buy on valuation. The broker raised CSX's target to $45 from $41 and raised Kansas City's target to $38 from $33.

• AG Edwards downgraded Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) to Hold from Buy on valuation.

• Lehman downgraded Hasbro Inc (NYSE: HAS) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a $30 target.

• Matrix USA downgraded KB Home (NYSE: KBH) to Hold from Strong Buy based on valuation.

Analyst downgrades 2-21-07: Motorla, Palm, CSX downgraded today originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) was upgraded at DA Davidson to Neutral from Sell with a $32 target, following better-than-expected second-quarter results.
• Piper Jaffray upgraded Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ: CAKE) from Market Perform from Underperform on valuation.

• Goldman Sachs added both Hewlett Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) and McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) to its Conviction Buy List.
• JP Morgan upgraded Quest Communications Int'l Inc (NYSE: Q) to Overweight from Neutral based on valuation.
• Citigroup upgraded Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) and Alcan Inc (NYSE: AL) to Buy from Hold to reflect a favorable outlook for metal prices.
• Raymond James upgraded EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) to Outperform from Market Perform following VMware's IPO announcement.
• Wachovia upgraded Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) to Outperform from Market Perform citing the company's withdrawal from the Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) bid process.
• Baird upgraded Maguire Properties Inc (NYSE: MPG) to Neutral from Underperform with a $42 target.
• Brean Murray upgraded Aeropostale Inc (NYSE: ARO) to Hold from Sell.

Analyst upgrades 2-08-07: Cisco, Alcoa & Cheesecake Factory upgraded originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.