These are not the only research calls we are looking at in pre-market trading, although these are the initial calls that grabbed our attention early on:
- Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Oppenheimer.
- Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
- DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) and NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) both were raised to Buy at UBS.
- Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) raised to Outperform from Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
- Kinder Morgan partners (NYSE: KMP) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
- Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Oppenheimer.
- Micron Tech (NYSE: MU) started as Buy at UBS.
- Nike (NYSE: NKE) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
- Quicksilver (NYSE: ZQK) raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
- Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup; cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Jon C. Ogg
January 30, 2008
