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Analyst upgrades:
  • Jefferies upgraded shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) to Buy from Hold and raised the target to $79 from $52.50 on valuation and believes the company can use its strong cash flow position to acquire assets.
  • Baird said The Corporate Executive Board Company's (NASDAQ: EXBD) valuation is discounting a miss and that the company is well positioned as an early-cycle story with a new CFO, continued mid-market traction, and likely better than feared 2009 results. The firm upgraded shares to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target to $38 from $41.
  • Merrill upgraded Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE: NVS) to Buy from Neutral and Sanofi-Aventis SA (ADR) (NYSE: SNY) and Shire Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ: SHPGY) to Buy from Underperform on valuation and defensive earnings.
  • Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Keefe Bruyette.
  • Barclays Plc (ADR) (NYSE: BCS) was raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
  • Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) was upgraded at Soleil to Buy from Hold.

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General Electric (GE) ended the day up 24 cents and 0.70 percent at $34.67. Barron's list of respected companies based on capitalization no doubt was responsible for some of the love GE had on the market today. GE scored as one of the top five on that list, right next to Proctor and Gamble and Berkshire Hathaway.

NBC/Universal also launched online video syndication, using AOL to help it bring Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Twenty Good Years to web audiences. Will this build audience for those shows on the cable side of things? Time will tell.

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Almost 60 days have passed since I posted Scary market -- any safe stocks? and Still scary market -- more SAFE HAVENS.

Interestingly five of these eight companies made the top 20 (actually top 17) on Barron's list of most repected companies based on capitalzation in the current issue of Barron's (subscription required). The other three are not large enough to make the poll. Even more interesting GE, PG & BRK are three of the top five. Is it possible these Wall Street money managers have been reading my stories?... Naw -- and I certainly have not been talking to them.

Tracking these companies stock prices after only 60 days does not really test the validity of my comments or the strength of these companies. However, it is important as an excercise and for accountability since I have been writing for the BloggingStocks.com site. Since posting the share prices five have moved up and three have gone down. I have not changed my mind about any of these companies or their stocks during this period. They are listed in the order I mentioned them in my earlier posts.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $3,206 up (+7%) from $2,995.

Washington Mutual (WM) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $42.08 down (-8.1%) from $45.50.

Southern Company (SO) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $34.12 up (+5%) from $32.50.

Wal-Mart (WMT) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $47.49 up (+9.7%) from $43.30.

United Parcel Service (UPS) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $70.95 down (-10.5%)from $78.40..

Anheuser-Busch (BUD) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $47.30 up (+4.3%) from $45.50.

Proctor & Gamble (PG) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $61.92 up (11.2%) from $55.70.

Petro China (PTR) closed Monday (9/11/06) at $104.06 down (-6.6%) from $110.90.

After 60 days there has been an average gain of 1.2%. During this same time the S&P 500 advanced from 1270.25 to 1299.54 for a 2.3% gain. Clearly investors would have better off owning the index over this period of time. As a group are they safe to own, yes -- best performance, no. The recent downturn in oil prices affected the value of PTR. The weak housing market is weighing on Washinton Mutual. Not changing a thing. "See" you in 30 days.

Disclosure: I own shares in BRK, WM, SO, UPS, and PTR. If I am wrong I will feel the pain.

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Thirty days have passed since I posted Scary market -- any safe stocks? and almost 30 days since Still scary market -- more SAFE HAVENS.

Thirty days is really of no consequence in testing the validity of my comments or these companies. However, I was curious about how they were tracking and I think I should be as accountable as anyone else and more than most since I have been writing for the BloggingStocks site. Since posting the share prices six have moved up and two have gone down. I have not changed my mind about any of these companies or their stocks during this period. I had a good-til-cancelled order for some WM, which filled, taking advantage of the drop. We are also seriously looking at acquiring some more UPS, which is down significantly, to our original purchase price, eliminating all of our profit. They are listed in the order I mentioned them in my earlier posts.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) closed Friday at $3,102 up from $2,995.

Washington Mutual (WM) closed Friday at $42.75 down from $45.50.

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Scary market + 30 days -- tracking "safe" havens originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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