Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) was raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) was started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) was named Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.

Chico’s FAS Inc. (NYSE: CHS) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Read also: May’s List of 13 Stocks Expected to Rise 40% to 100%

EVERTEC Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) saw its quiet period come to an end and analysts have initiated coverage on the international transaction processing service provider as follows: started as Buy at UBS, started as Buy at Deutsche Bank, started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) was raised to Outperform from market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Medivation Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) was started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Pinnacle Foods Inc. (NYSE: PF) was started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.

Rally Software Development Corp. (NYSE: RALY) was started as Buy at Deutsche Bank and started as Outperform at JMP Securities.

Sanchez Energy Corp. (NYSE: SN) was started as Buy at SunTrust.

Urban Oufitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) was raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

Read also: Infrastructure Stocks to Buy from UBS

Deutsche Bank gave a list of picks in its call for it being time to rotate from industrial stocks into banks and technology stocks.

The U.S. dollar index is trading up 0.91% today, now at 82.226. The GSCI commodity index is down 2.1% at 611.06. WTI crude oil closed up 3.2%, at $93.99 a barrel. Brent crude trades up 2.9% at $102.83 a barrel. Natural gas is down 6.4% today at about $4.05 per million BTUs on a larger-than-expected build in U.S. inventories (more coverage here). Gold settled up 1.5% today at $1,467.60 an ounce.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up more than 131 points to 14,831.58 (0.89%), the NASDAQ rose about 41 points (1.26%) to 3,340.62, and the S&P 500 rose 0.94% or nearly 15 points to 1,597.59.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) raised to ‘market perform’ at Northland Securities; Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) raised to ‘buy’ at Sterne Agee; Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) raised to ‘equal weight’ at Morgan Stanley; Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (NYSE: GNK) cut to ‘underperform’ at Credit Suisse; and SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) cut to ‘neutral’ at Goldman Sachs.

Earnings reports since markets closed last night resulted in some price moves today, including these as of the last half hour of trading: Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) is down fractionally at $33.58; Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) is up 1.4% at $28.85; CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) is up 2.6% at $47.62 after posting a new 52-week high of $48.30 earlier today; Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is up 5.6% at $28.97 (more coverage here); JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU) is up 4% at $13.02; Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is up 1.5% at $57.09 after posting a new 52-week high of $57.88 earlier today (more coverage here); Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) is up 7.5% at $39.71 after posting a new 52-week high of $39.92 earlier today; Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) is up 5.8% at $53.83; Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is up 5.7% at $175.44 after posting a new 52-week high of $179.66 earlier today; Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) is down 4.2% at $7.16 (more coverage here); Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) is up 4.2% at $68.10 after posting a new 52-week high of $68.87 earlier today; Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) is down 0.6% at $28.67(more coverage here); and Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) is up 8.3% at $4.64.

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear earnings reports from American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG), Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD), Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT), LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD), SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE: ADT), and Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is up 6.7% at $14.73 after posting a new 52-week high of $14.90 earlier today. The hotel and casino operator posted a surprise profit on the strength of its Macau business.

Halcon Resources Corp. (NYSE: HK) is down 9% at $5.72. The independent energy company reported poor earnings this morning.

ING U.S. Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) is up 5.7% at $20.62. The U.S. insurance arm of Dutch giant ING held its IPO today. More coverage here.

Stay tuned for Friday. Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo and Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker are giving speeches. We have also noted the following events on the schedule (all times Eastern):

• 8:30 a.m. – Non-farm payrolls and employment situation
• 10:00 a.m. – Factory orders
• 10:00 a.m. – ISM non-manufacturing index

Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Lazard after this week’s weakness.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) was named Bull of the Day as emerging markets are driving increased food demand according to Zacks Investment Research.

Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Stern Agee.

LifeLock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) was reiterated as Buy with a $12.50 target by Canaccord Genuity. The firm called it “Locked and loaded for more good quarters; stock seems too cheap down here.”

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR) was reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse.

PrivateBancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) was raised to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at JMP Securities.

Renewable Energy Group Inc. (NASDAQ: REGI) was reiterated Buy and the price target was raised to $12 from $9 by Canaccord Genuity.

Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) was raised to Buy from Hold at Needham.

Superior Energy Services Inc. (NYSE: SPN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.

Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) was raised to Market Perform at Northland Securities.

Merrill Lynch gave a list of stocks expected to breakout even if the “Sell in May and Go Away” theme arises this year. Jefferies also has its top buy ratings for the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sectors ahead of next week’s Jefferies Annual 2013 TMT Conference.

See also: Top Analyst Downgrades and Cautious Calls from Wall Street

The U.S. dollar index is trading up 0.43% today, now at 83.032. The GSCI commodity index is flat at 609.10. WTI crude oil closed flat today, at $89.18 a barrel on the June futures contract. Brent crude trades down 0.1% at $100.26 a barrel. Natural gas is down 0.8% today at about $4.23 per million BTUs. Gold settled down 0.9% today at $1,408.80 an ounce.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up more than 152 points to 14,719.53 (1.05%), the NASDAQ rose nearly 36 points (1.11%) to 3,269.33, and the S&P 500 rose 1.04% or more than 16 points to 1,578.78.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Bankrate Inc. (NYSE: RATE) cut to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs; Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) cut to ‘underperform’ at BofA/Merrill Lynch; Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) raised to ‘overweight’ with a price target of $100 at J.P. Morgan; Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) raised to ‘buy’ with a price target of $25 at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys; and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reiterated as ‘buy’ with a price target of $25 at Argus.

Earnings reports since markets closed last night resulted in some price moves today, including these as of the last half hour of trading: Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is up 24.9% at $217.81 after posting a new 52-week high of $219.38 earlier today (more coverage here); Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is down 1.5% at $53.22; Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) is up 1.2% at $10.99; Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) is up 2.5% at $35.67 after posting a new 52-week high of $36.23 earlier today (more coverage here); AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) is up 0.5% at $2.94; Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) is up 10.5% at $55.88; Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is down 5.2% at $19.94; Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is up 1.5% at $97.24 after posting a new 52-week high of $99.49 earlier today (more coverage here); and RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) is up 2.1% at $3.21 (more coverage here).

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear earnings reports from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM), Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE: EW), Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR), Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX), Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), and Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is up 9.8% at $16.62. The air lines reported decent earnings today, but is forecasting lower fuel costs going forward. More coverage here.

American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is up 5.2% at $40.60. The insurer won a lawsuit dismissal in California today.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is down 5.9% at $4.60. The coal miner’s quarterly report came in as poorly as expected and its outlook is now particularly strong. More coverage here.

Stay tuned for Wednesday. We have noted the following events on the schedule (all times Eastern):

• 7:00 a.m. – Mortgage Bankers Association purchase applications
• 8:30 a.m. – Durable goods orders
• 10:30 a.m. – EIA weekly petroleum status report
• 1:00 p.m. – 5-year note auction

We wanted to take a look at some of the bright spots in the earnings season so far, and these include Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU).

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), the Wintel duo, were not expected to show much in the first quarter. Fourth-quarter PC shipments were down and not expected to improve, while Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system was generating some buzz, but not much in the way of sales. The two companies offered surprising, if not exciting results. Both companies’ share prices have remained above their pre-release levels even though both remain well within their 52-week ranges. One possible note of caution going forward is that the channels may be stuffed with product that is not moving and we won’t know that until next earnings season.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) seems to post a new 52-week high every day. Perhaps there is increasing optimism that the company will buy out Verizon Wireless partner Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD). That buyout would be immediately accretive to revenue and profit, but leave Verizon with a punishing debt load. This may be one of those situations where everything is fine until it’s not.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), like Verizon, seems to make a new high every day. The company appears to have fixed its quality control issues and many of its most important lines of business are growing again. As we noted last week, we expect the 2.9% dividend yield to get a boost any day now.

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) absolutely shattered expectations and the shares have been on a tear for the last couple of days, posting another 52-week high today of just under $220. Subscriber numbers were up and much of the credit is going to the company’s original production of “House of Cards.” Original programming is expensive and eats into the bottom line, but given the demands for licensing content from other media houses, Netflix’s original programming should carry it to more growth going forward.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) earnings beat estimates and were just a bit shy on the top line. Paid clicks were up 20%, but the amount the company received for each click fell by 4%. That’s still a net positive, however, and the plain fact is that web searching is massive, and Google simply owns search in much of the world. That’s not likely to change anytime — sooner or later.

Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE: BTU) did not post a profit in the first quarter but its loss was only a third as large at analysts had expected. Peabody and Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), which reported in-line results this morning, both expect sales to improve as natural gas prices rise for the rest of this year. The entire coal mining sector could begin to see improvements based on these two miners’ results

We said at the beginning that we were going to cover bright spots so far this earnings season, but there is one storm cloud that deserves to be mentioned as well. As we’ve noted before, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) may be very bad news not just for the mining and heavy equipment sector, but for the whole mining group. The big miners have been struggling with rising costs and surging stockpiles. It could be several quarters before the mining sector sorts itself out.

On a GAAP basis, the company’s net loss totaled $0.33 per share.

The 18-month decline in coal shipments and coal pricing have taken a heavy toll on the coal miners. Last week Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE: BTU) reported a smaller-than-expected loss of $0.05 per share, and the company’s stock rose more than 3%. Something similar likely will happen with Arch Coal’s stock today.

The company’s CEO said:

Despite the global coal market headwinds that have prevailed over the last 18 months, we are delivering strong cost control, exercising capital restraint and minimizing cash outflows in the trough of the market cycle … Globally, we believe metallurgical and thermal coal markets are in the process of stabilizing, and we anticipate gradual improvement as we progress through the remainder of the year.

The improvement Arch Coal sees is a function of depleting stockpiles at power generating plants as natural gas prices rise. That is good for the miners, but the process is slow and Arch Coal expects the rest of 2013 to present a story of (very) slow growth mainly as a result of cost reduction.

Arch Coal has maintained its earlier forecast of 125 million to 135 million tons of thermal coal shipments for the year, but it has lowered its cash cost estimates both in the Powder River Basin and in Appalachia. The company expects to ship 8 million to 9 million tons of metallurgical coal in 2013 and has already received commitments for 6.5 million tons, of which 61.1 million tons is priced at about $91 a ton.

The company’s shares are up 1% in premarket trading at $4.94 in a 52-week range of $4.47 to $10.26. Thomson Reuters had a consensus analyst price target of around $7.50 before today’s report.

The U.S. dollar index is trading down 0.08% today, now at 82.650. The GSCI commodity index is up 0.3% at 607.50. WTI crude oil closed up 0.9% today, at $88.76 a barrel, closing the May futures contract. Brent crude trades up 0.8% at $100.45 a barrel. Natural gas is down 3.2% today at about $4.27 per million BTUs. Gold settled up 1.8% today at $1,421.20 an ounce.

The unofficial closing bells put the DJIA up about 20 points to 14,567.33 (0.14%), the NASDAQ rose more than 27 points (0.86%) to 3,233.55, and the S&P 500 rose 0.47% or more than 7 points to 1,562.50.

There were a several analyst upgrades and downgrades today, including Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) cut to ‘sell’ at Argus; Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) cut to ‘sell’ at SocGen; Newmont Mining Co. (NYSE: NEM) cut to ‘sell’ at Deutsche Bank; Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) raised to ‘neutral’ at B. Riley (our Netflix earnings preview is here); and AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) raised to ‘overweight’ at Morgan Stanley.

Earnings reports since markets closed last Friday resulted in some price moves today, including these as of the last half hour of trading: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is up 2.9% at $82.78 (more coverage here); Check Point Software Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHKP) is up 0.7% at $45.62; Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) is up 5.5% at $39.26 (more coverage here); Hasbro Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is up 3.5% at $46.60 after posting a new 52-week high of $48.46 earlier today; and NVR Corp. (NYSE: NVR) is down 8.7% at $919.04.

Before markets open tomorrow morning we are scheduled to hear earnings reports from Netflix Inc., Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD), Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC), Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN), AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS), Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH), Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL), Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH), and VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW).

Some standouts among heavily traded stocks today include:

Power-One Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER) is up 56.4% at $6.32. The maker of solar inverters is being acquired by ABB (NYSE: ABB) for about $1 billion. More coverage here.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up 4% at $30.94. The software giant is up on news that an activist investor has poured some $2 billion into the company’s stock. More coverage here.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is down 2.1% at $21.30. The conglomerate’s stock was downgraded by analysts at J.P. Morgan today. More coverage here.

Stay tuned for Tuesday. We have noted the following events on the schedule (all times Eastern):

• 8:58 a.m. – Flash PMI manufacturing index
• 9:00 a.m. – FHFA house price index
• 10:00 a.m. – New home sales
• 10:00 a.m. – Richmond Fed manufacturing index
• 11:30 a.m. – 4-week bill auction
• 1:00 p.m. – 2-year note auction

As the first of the U.S. coal miners to report — and the largest — Peabody’s results offer an opportunity to look at Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX), James River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC), Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE: CLD). All these stocks are getting a boost today from Peabody’s results.

In its press release, Peabody noted a decline in Australian pricing in the quarter, but a rise in shipments. U.S. revenues were down 12% on a 6% drop in shipments. But Peabody expects a change going forward.

For the remainder of 2013, Peabody expects coal to recapture the “majority” of the demand it lost to natural gas in 2012. Rising U.S. prices for natural gas have returned coal to is low-cost status as a fuel for power generation. Demand from coal-fired plants rose 15% in March, while natural gas demand fell by 16%.

Given Peabody’s surprising results, a look at the other coal miners might provide some insight into the sector ahead of more earnings reports. Unlike Peabody, none of these firms has Australian operations to figure into the equation.

Alpha Natural Resources is expected to post an EPS loss of $0.59 on revenues of$1.32 billion. The company’s expected loss has narrowed from $0.67 three months ago, but given Peabody’s drop in shipments, Alpha’s revenue, projected to drop more than 30% year-over-year in the first quarter, could be weaker than expected. Alpha reports earnings on May 1.

The consensus first-quarter estimates for Arch Coal calls for an EPS loss of $0.34 on revenues of $912.03 million. The expected loss has widened from $0.30 in the past three months, and the revenue estimate is 12% lower than last year’s first quarter total. Arch reports earnings next week.

CONSOL Energy is expected to post first-quarter EPS of $0.18 on revenues of $1.25 billion. The EPS estimate has come down $0.02 in the past three months, and the estimated EPS is way down from $0.42 in the same period a year ago. CONSOL has been somewhat insulated from the harsh treatment for coal because the company also produces natural gas and some liquids. CONSOL reports results next week.

James River is expected to post an EPS loss of $1.63 on revenues of $192.64 million when it reports earnings on April 29. Revenues are expected to be nearly a third lower than a year ago and EPS is more than three times worse. Analysts expect little from James River this quarter, and it is very likely the company will deliver on those expectations.

Walter Energy is expected to post an EPS loss of $0.88 on revenues of $505.55 million when it reports on earnings on May 1. Expectations have fallen from an EPS loss of $0.48 just three months ago. In the first quarter a year ago, Walter Energy posted EPS of $0.65.

Cloud Peak reports earnings on April 30 and is expected to post EPS of $0.28 on revenues of $353.29 million. Revenues are expected to be down more than 5% year-over-year, and EPS expectations to have fallen from $0.37 just three months ago. Over the past 12 months, however, Cloud Peak is the only one of these companies to put up share price growth. Shares are up about 34%, compared to a drop of 70% at Walter, 64% at James River, 55% at Alpha, 49% at Arch, 27% at Peabody and about 5% at Consol.

Peabody’s shares are up 9% just before noon today, at $20.43 in a 52-week range of $18.56 to $31.97.

Alpha’s shares are up 5.3%, at $7.21 in a 52-week range of $5.28 to $17.30.

Arch’s shares are up 8.8%, at $4.95 in a 52-week range of $4.47 to $10.26.

CONSOL’s shares are up 4.4%, at $32.70 in a 52-week range of $26.41 to $37.39.

James River’s shares are up 6.8%, at $1.74 in a 52-week range of $1.46 to $5.89.

Walter Energy’s shares are up 2.2%, at $18.95 in a 52-week range of $18.21 to $69.41.

Cloud Peak’s shares are up 4.3%, at $18.95 in a 52-week range of $13.65 to $22.31.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) started as Positive at Susquehanna.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) maintained Buy with $52 target at Argus.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.

DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ: XRAY) raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTA) started as Outperform with $29 target at Credit Suisse.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) cut to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.

Gold Fields Inc. (NYSE: GFI) raised to Neutral at Citigroup.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) started as Market Perform at KBW.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) reiterated Outperform and raised target price to $67 at Oppenheimer.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) defended on weakness and maintained Buy rating with target raised to $77 from $71 by Janney Capital.

Model N Inc. (NYSE: MODN) started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.

Open Table Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

PVR Partners L.P. (NYSE: PVR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

SLM Corp. (NASDAQ: SLM) reiterated Outperform with $24 target price at Credit Suisse.

Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UA) raised to Positive at Susquehanna.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reiterated Outperform and raised target price to $55 at Oppenheimer.

W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) started as Outperform with $91 price target at Credit Suisse.

Deutsche Bank unveiled a new list of small cap stocks that it thinks will lead the bull market charge.

Another dividend lovers piece is from Oppenheimer, showing the top picks in the high-yield business development company sector.

Some of these calls are very counterintuitive and some are actually not that much more aggressive when compared to other analyst calls. Some of the other calls come with great risk and great reward possibilities if they come true. Some are value stocks and turnaround stocks, while others are simply big story growth stocks. We have shown the calls and compared them to consensus price targets from Thomson Reuters’ pool of analysts, and we also have added color on each of these calls.

Our list for April is actually 19 stocks, more than the 11 we highlighted that could rise 50% to 100% (or more) back in early March. The list for April includes the following stocks: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTX), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Bona Film Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: BONA), Gulfport Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: GPOR), Halcon Resources Corp. (NYSE: HK), MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD), Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP), OvaScience Inc. (OVSC), Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU), Rosetta Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: ROSE), Rubicon Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: RBCN), Ruby Tuesday Inc. (NYSE: RT), Sangamo Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO), Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SRPT), Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL) and Warner Chilcott PLC (NASDAQ: WCRX).

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is a call from mid-March, and we might have skipped it entirely had this analyst call not been so aggressive. Wells Fargo maintained its Outperform rating on the troubled chip and processor turnaround stock. What stood out was the $5 to $7 price range offered up, implying a double and then some, compared to the $2.60 share price at the time. That leaves even more upside from the $2.30 or so share price now. We had a hard time grasping the good news that Wells Fargo saw, but the analyst team there is not exactly thought poorly of by Wall St. and Main Street.

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is in the battered coal sector, but it could have a nice snapback if UBS is correct. Trading in the mid-$5 range, down from the high $70s in 2008, this down and out stock could have nice upside. The UBS target is $9, and the Wall St. consensus price target is $7.65. That is close to 80% upside projected at UBS, but even the consensus target price comes to a projected 50% upside now. Another fairly fresh call at the end of March from Jefferies was at the street-high target price of $12, which implies more than 100% upside, if its insight is accurate.

Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTX) was a fresh call from April 3, and the stock responded to the research call. RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage at Outperform with a $9.00 price target. That implied 80% upside at the time, ahead of the company discussing data on its drug pipeline at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. The upside to this call is still about 61%, if the firm is correct.