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Analyst downgrades: RVBD, SIRI and ASML

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Riverbed Technology, Sirius Satellite and ASML Holdings were today's noteworthy downgrades:
  • Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) to Hold from Buy after it negatively preannounced to reflect economic conditions and the company's lack of visibility.
  • Credit Suisse said shares of Sirius Satellite (NASDAQ: SIRI) are trading near fair value and that shares will probably trade in a range between mid-$2s to $3 in 2008. Shares were downgraded to Neutral from Outperform.
  • JP Morgan lowered ASML Holdings (NASDAQ: ASML) to Neutral from Overweight as they believe chip manufacturing equipment orders are suffering from the weak DRAM memory market.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) was cut at Goldman to Neutral from Buy.
  • Tesco PLC (OTC: TSCDY) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Societe Generale.
  • RBC Capital cut Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) to Sector Perform from Outperform.

Newspaper wrap-up: Some see bubble in oil

MAJOR PAPERS:
  • The office of the Massachusetts secretary of state is investigating whether Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) improperly traded mortgage-backed securities for its own account with two hedge funds that failed this past summer, without notifying in advance the funds independent directors, reported the Wall Street Journal.
  • The Schork Report's Stephen Schork sees an oil correction coming and predicted oil in the $65-$68 range, according to the Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street" column.
OTHER PAPERS:
  • Insurer Aetna (NYSE: AET) has instituted a tighter reimbursement policy for Amgen's (NASDAQ: AMGN) anemia drugs, creating a setback for Amgen, reported the Los Angeles Times.
  • A consortium led by Icelandic investor Baugur is interested in making an offer for Saks (NYSE: SKS), reported the New York Post, but Saks will not consider a sale until the credit market improves.
  • From BusinessWeek's "Inside Wall Street" section:
    • BusinessWeek suggested that US Airways' (NYSE: LCC) poor performance compared to it's competitors makes it an attractive target to be bought.
    • Rami Rosen of investment firm Oscar growth believes pacts like Radware's (NASDAQ: RDWR) venture with International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) will help to drive growth.
    • BusinessWeek hailed Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) performance, saying it is one of the few internet companies that has beaten Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

Analyst upgrades 6-07-07: Semiconductor sector, DGX and FNM

MOST NOTEWORTHY: The semiconductor sector, Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) and Federal National Mortgage Association (NYSE: FNM) were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Bernstein upgraded the semiconductor sector to Overweight form Market Weight on expectations that utilization will rise starting in Q2. The firm upgraded ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) to Outperform from Market Perform and Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) to Market Perform from Underperform.
  • UBS upgraded Quest Diagnostics to Buy from Neutral, citing Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings' (NYSE: LH) contract renewal with Cigna HealthCare, which should ease concerns regarding deteriorating pricing.
  • Fannie Mae was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Friedman Billings, citing improving fundamentals, better business mix and the possibility the company reports current financials in the next 12-18 months.
OTHER UPGRADES:

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

Last updated: November 11, 2009: 03:35 AM

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