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Water: An underrecognized commodity for Veolia (VE)

"One essential commodity that is often overlooked by investors is water," says Gregory Dorsey, contributing editor to Stephen Leeb's Income Performance Letter.

He explains, "It's absolutely vital and is in growing demand for many reasons. And we've found an excellent way for income investors to ride this trend -- Paris-based Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE). Here is his review.

"Veolia is not your typical utility, but it's still a utility that every income investor should consider. Veolia is the world leader in the management of water and wastewater services for local governments, industrial and service sector clients.

"It's also a world leader in the design, construction and operation of facilities for water and wastewater systems. With a focus on managing the complete water cycle from extraction to treatment to waste, Veolia stands ahead of its competitors.

"But although water is the chief attraction for us, Veolia generates steady revenue and income from other businesses as well.

"Its Veolia Environmental Services covers the entire solid waste cycle, including urban cleaning services, soil and site remediation, collection, sorting, transfer, treatment and recycling/recovery and is the world's largest waste management company.

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Analyst upgrades: Nokia, Thornburg Mortgage, AbitibiBowater

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Nokia, Thornburg Mortgage and AbitibiBowater were today's noteworthy upgrades:

  • Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to Outperform from Perform on valuation following the recent weakness, as their checks indicate demand remains solid. WestLB raised Nokia to Buy from Add on valuation, as they believe concerns about Chinese demand are overdone.
  • Bear believes Thornburg Mortgage (NYSE: TMA) is much more likely to survive given liquidity from the Fed's Term Securities Lending Facility. Bear upgraded Thornburg to Peer Perform from Underperform.
  • BMO Capital upgraded AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) to Market Perform from Underperform citing the company's $496M private debt exchange offer.

OTHER UPGRADES:

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