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Analyst Upgrades

  • FBR Capital upgraded Halliburton (HAL) to outperform from market perform as it sees less headline risk from the Gulf of Mexico spill following Wednesday's House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. The firm upped its target for shares to $44 from $35.
  • FBR Capital also upgraded Morgan Stanley (MS) to outperform from market perform as it views the valuation as attractive following the recent pullback in shares. The firm maintains a $35 price target for shares.
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded Avnet (AVT) to buy from hold on valuation; it views the recent pullback as a buying opportunity. The firm raised its target for shares to $39 from $36.
  • U.S. Steel (X) was upgraded to conviction buy from buy at Goldman.
  • News Corp. (NWS) was upgraded to buy from hold at Argus.
  • Sprint (S) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.

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Analyst Calls: AVT, COF, HAL, JACK, LEN, MS, NOK, NWS, S, TEVA, X ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AINVanalyst upgradesARBAAVTCOFCTRNdowngradesHALHalliburtoninitiationsinthenewsJACKKB HomeKBHLENMorgan StanleyMSNOKNokiaNWSRASROSESHPGYSprintSYTEVAXThu, 13 May 2010 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Analyst downgrades 9-11-07: OCR, MAS, SMOD and VDSI]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/11/analyst-downgrades-9-11-07-ocr-mas-smod-and-vdsi/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/11/analyst-downgrades-9-11-07-ocr-mas-smod-and-vdsi/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/11/analyst-downgrades-9-11-07-ocr-mas-smod-and-vdsi/#commentsFiled under: ,

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Omnicare, Masco, Smart Modular and VASCO Data Security were today's noteworthy downgrades:
  • Matrix downgraded shares of Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) to Hold from Buy to reflect the company's very weak performance and higher than average risk.
  • Merrill Lynch downgraded Masco Corp (NYSE: MAS) to Sell from Neutral to reflect expectations for a decline in U.S. housing starts and remodeling in 2008. The broker recommends swapping into Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI).
  • Smart Modular (NASDAQ: SMOD) was downgraded to Market Outperform from Strong Buy at JMP Securities following the Q4 pre-announcement.
  • VASCO Data Security (NASDAQ: VDSI) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Friedman Billings on valuation.
OTHER DOWNGRADES:
  • RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE: RAS) was downgraded to Underperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
  • KMG America (NYSE: KMA) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Friedman Billings on valuation.

Analyst downgrades 9-11-07: OCR, MAS, SMOD and VDSI originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>kmakmg americaKmgAmericamasmascoocromnicareraitrassmart modularSmartModularsmodtexas industriesTexasIndustriestxivascovdsiTue, 11 Sep 2007 10:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Cramer's dirty dozen]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/14/cramers-dirty-dozen/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/14/cramers-dirty-dozen/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/14/cramers-dirty-dozen/#commentsSTOP TRADING! segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer issued what he calls a "Dirty Dozen" of stocks to avoid. He made some of these in sub-prime liar-loan companies as well on TheStreet.com. Here is his list that the short sellers are targeting, although Cramer said this isn't his list per se and he actually thinks some of these are well managed. Many of these are up huge today as well:

IndyMac Bancorp. Inc. (NYSE:NDE)
Carterac (NYSE:CHC)
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. (NYSE:FBR)
Fremont General Corp. (NYSE:FMT)
Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT)
Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE:NCT)
American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE:AHM)
Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE:GKK)
Rait Financial Trust (NYSE:RAS)
Thornburg (NYSE:TMA)
CapitalSource (NYSE:CSE)

There is one missing here, but that's 11 of the 12. Today is the second anniversary of the MAD MONEY show.

Cramer's dirty dozen originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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