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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/30/2009) (C)(CSCO)(SAPE)(DOX)(CTSH)

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Updated throughout the day.

Updated 3.23 PM EST:  Analyst Michael Mayo says Citigroup (NYSE:C) will take a $10 billion write down the quarter. Citi denies it (CNBC)

Updated 10.24 AM EST:  Cisco (NSADAQ:CSCO) may drop its bid for Tandberg  (Barron’s)

Venezuela may have gold reserves with a total value over $13 billion.  (CNBC)

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) may have had concerns about Galleon as early as 2001 (Financial Times)

Likely near-term tech acquisition targets include Sapient (NASDAQ:SAPE), Computer Sciences (NYSE:CSC), WNS (NYSE:WNS), Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), Cognizant Technology (NASDAQ:CTSH) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) (Reuters)

Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) may spin-off AOL in December  (TheStreet.com)

CIT (NYSE:CIT) is likely to file for bankruptcy in the next few days.  (Reuters)

Cargill is the largest private company in the US followed closely by Koch Industries  (Forbes)

Douglas A. McIntyre

Top Analyst Upgrades (DOX, CVX, GS, ILMN, INTU, KBH, HOT, WU)

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning:

Amdocs (DOX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Chevron (CVX) Started as Buy at Societe Generale.
Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill.
Illumina (ILMN) Raised to Buy at Auriga.
Intuit (INTU) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
KB Home (KBH) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Starwood Hotels (HOT) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Western Union (WU) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ACN, ADBE, DOX, CREL, CTRP, IACI, ISIL, KLAC, SAPE, SSCC)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we have seen this Thursday morning:

  • Accenture (ACN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Amdocs (DOX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Corel (CORL) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Ctrip.com (CTRP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • IAC/Interactive (IACI) Cut to Equal-Weight at Barclays.
  • Intersil (ISIL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Sapient (SAPE) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Smurfit-Stone (SSCC) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg
December 4, 2008

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AMZN, DOX, BRY, CNQ, CEO, CFX, DVN, EOG, GGP, MDR, NWS, PCP, SPWRA, SVR)

These are some of the many analyst downgrades we have seen on Wall Street this Thursday morning:

  • Amazon.com (AMZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Amdocs (DOX) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Berry Petroleum (BRY) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • CNOOC (CEO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Colfax (CFX) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Devon Energy (DVN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR; Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • EOG Resources (EOG) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • General Growth Properties (GGP) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • McDermott (MDR) Cut to Hold at Jefferies; Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • News Corp. (NWS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Precision Castparts (PCP) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • SunPower (SPWRA) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Syniverse (SVR) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
November 6, 2008

Goldman Sachs Changes on Conviction Buy List in Tech (DOX, ADP, SNCR, SVR)

This morning Goldman Sachs has announced some changes to its CONVICTION BUY LIST:

  • Amdocs (NYSE: DOX) is being added to the Americas Conviction Buy list with a 49% return potential to its target after its earnings report.  Recent order flows should give the company a healthy 2008 with accelerating revenue growth and limited macroeconomic headwinds.
  • Automatic Data Processing (NYSE: ADP) is being kept officially as a Buy rating at Goldman, but it is being pulled off of the Conviction Buy List as part of a "moving away from macro-sensitive trends."  ADP is down 15.5% since being added, slightly worse than the S&P at -14.3%, and it has underperformed the S&P over a 6-month and 12-month period.

In the larger Amdocs call away from macro-sensitivity, Goldman Sachs said it is also noting Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ: SNCR) as one of its best buy ideas (has a Buy rating).  Goldman is also becoming increasingly optimistic on Syniverse (NYSE: SVR) (although it has a neutral rating today).

Jon C. Ogg
January 23, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ACS, DOX, BBBY, ESRX, HD, LOW, NWA, RFMD, SHLD, UA, ADP, BE, CSC, PAYX, SAPE, HEW)

These are not the only key analyst calls that may impact stocks this Monday, but these are the ones that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:

  • Affiliated Computer (ACS) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Amdocs (DOX) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Express Scripts (ESRX) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan.
  • Home Depot (HD) & Lowe’s (LOW) both raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Northwest Airlines (NWA) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • RF Micro Device (RFMD)raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Sears Holdings (SHLD) downgraded to Underperform from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Under Armour (UA) raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

UBS Downgrades IT and Outsourcing/Business Process sector:

  • Automatic Data (ADP), BearingPoint (BE), Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), Paychex (PAYX), and Sapient (SAPE) were all downgraded from BUY to NEUTRAL;
  • Hewitt Associates (HEW) downgraded from Neutral to Sell.

Jon C. Ogg
January 14, 2008