• Merriman downgraded shares of Occam Networks (NASDAQ: OCNW) to Neutral from Buy as they believe the company's restatement filing raised more questions than it answered and that the company's takeout value is shrinking.
  
• Friedman Billings downgraded Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) and Downey Financial Corporation (NYSE: DSL) to Underperform from Market Perform based on credit trends that are eroding faster than anticipated in the housing market.
  
• William Blair downgraded IMS Health (NYSE: RX) to Market Perform from Outperform following the lower than expected Q3 results to reflect deterioration in the company's market environment. Shares were also downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

• Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia.
  
• B. Riley downgraded Hancock Holding (NASDAQ: HBHC) to Neutral from Buy.
  
• Deutsche Bank downgraded eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to Sell from Hold and E-Trade Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) to Hold from Buy.

Analyst downgrades: OCNW, WM, DSL and RX originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.