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Closing Bell: Moving beyond cost cutting (XOM, HD, SPWRA, SMTL, AMAT, PLA)

Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Home Depot (HD), Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Stocks started out strong, but despite the lower producer inflation via PPI the markets were mixed and the net result was not certain until the very end of the day. Many of the Warren Buffett stocks and George Soros stocks were among the movers today. One issue affecting stocks ahead is that investors and traders alike are starting to figure out that cost cuts at the likes of what was seen over the last year cannot go on forever, and that benefits can only add so much.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,423.81 +16.85 (0.16%)
S&P 500 1,110.31 +1.01 (0.09%)
Nasdaq 2,203.78 +5.93 (0.27%)

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Analyst downgrades 4-13-07: JBHT, LMT, LTD and MEDI downgraded today

Posted Apr 13th 2007 11:21AM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Bad News, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Limited Brands (LTD), Hunt(J.B.) Transport (JBHT)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Some of today's noteworthy downgrades were Medimmune Inc (MEDI), J.B. Hunt (JBHT), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Komag (KOMG) and Victor Corp (VICR):

Freidman Billings cut Medimmune inc (NASDAQ: MEDI) to Market Perform from Outperform on valuation. Prudential downgraded shares to Neutral from Overweight and recommended investors take profits in the company.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ: JBHT) was downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns citing valuation.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List and prefers L-3 Communication (LLL) over the large-cap aerospace/defense company.
Komag Inc (NASDAQ: KOMG) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at American Technology as they believe industry fundamentals have weakened and that the Seagate (STX) preannouncement will increase pricing pressure.

OTHER DOWNGRADES:

Stifel downgraded Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ: MBWM) to Hold from Buy at Stifel.
Soliel downgraded shares of Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) to Hold from Buy.
Matrix USA cut DSP Group (NASDAQ: DSPG) to Strong Sell from Hold.
Brean Murray downgraded shares of Keithley Instruments (NYSE: KEI) to Sell from Buy with a $13 target following the company's Q2 pre-announcement.
Needham cut Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) to Hold from Buy.