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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANDE, AINV, AMAT, BAC, BYD, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, HK, RCL, SNDK, CRM, SYMC, VMW)

Administrator — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:01:10 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.

The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at Zacks.
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EXH) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Cut to Hold at ThinkEquity.
Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE: HMA) Cut to Hold at Argus.
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Started as Perform at Oppenheimer.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Raised to Outperform at Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: AINV, AMAT, ANDE, BAC, BYD, CRM, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HK, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, RCL, SNDK, SYMC, VMW

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ACAS, AINV, ACI, BMRN, COF, CSCO, EMR, FSLR, IACI, IBM, JOYG, LXK, PNRA, SWC, TSM, WYNN)

Administrator — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:23:24 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $220 at Oppenheimer; Reiterated Buy with $198 target at BofA/ML; Maintained Buy with $220 target at Canaccord Genuity.
American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late-Tuesday call).
BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN) Cut to Neutral as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) Maintained Buy but raised target to $65 at BofA/ML.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Maintained Neutral but cut target to $22 at BofA/ML.
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Raised to Buy at Kaufman Bros.
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) Raised to Buy at Citigroup; Raised target to $39 at BofA/ML.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $190 at Argus.
Joy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Lexmark International Inc. (NYSE: LXK) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) Maintained Neutral but raised target to $135 at BofA/ML
Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) Reiterated Outperform and $28 target at Credit Suisse.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE: TSM) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Maintained Buy at Zacks.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ACAS, ACI, AINV, AMZN, BMRN, COF, CSCO, EMR, FSLR, IACI, IBM, JOYG, LXK, PNRA, SWC, TSM, WYNN

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, AINV, CPST, DELL, ENER, LEAP, MEE, TIF, BTU, VVUS, ZBRA)

247wallst — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:54 +0000

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning:

Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse; Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Apollo Investment (NASDAQ: AINV) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Capstone Turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST) Raised to Outperform at Northland.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) Cut to Sell at UBS.
Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) Started as Market Perform at BMO Capital.
Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) Started as Buy at Jesup & Lamont.
Zebra Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ZBRA) Raised to Outperform at Baird.

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JON C. OGG
FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADBE, AINV, BTU, CPST, DELL, ENER, LEAP, MEE, TIF, VVUS, ZBRA

Top Day Trader Alerts (CIEN, AINV, IT, AKNS, NLST)

247wallst — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:48:01 +0000

This morning’s top day day trader alerts are out and we have links on each story over to VSInvestor.com with more detailed analysis and data on each:

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) is down about 3% after earnings failed to please.

Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) is down less than 1% on a secondary offering.

Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) is down over 6% on an insider sale secondary offering.

Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKNS) is up even more than the 46% gain earlier report on a solid retail distribution pact.

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is at it again with a 3% gain after yesterday’s gain.

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JON C. OGG

Posted in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert Tagged: AINV, AKNS, CIEN, IT, NLST

Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/9/2009) (AINV)(AAPL)(CBY)

247wallst — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:55:36 +0000

Updated throughout the day.

Obama intends to extend the term of the TARP and may use some of it for deficit reductions (CNBC)

Howard Stern may not renew his contract with Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) (WSJ)

The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) tablet PC will be launched in March (Apple Insider)

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will exit the TARP quickly. (TheStreet)

Kraft (NYSE:KFT) may change its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) bid. (NYTimes)

Apollo Investment NASDAQ:AINV) will sell 10 million shares to pay down debt. (AP)

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted in Rumors Tagged: AAPL, AINV, CBY, KFT, SIRI, WFC

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AFFX, APD, ACAS, AMLN, AMAT, AINV, CTXS, DRYS, XOM, IRBT, LRCX, NFLX, NSR, NHY, NYX, BTU, UPS)

247wallst — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:57:12 +0000

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

Affymetrix (AFFX) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
Air Products (APD) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
American Capital (ACAS) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Amylin Pharma (AMLN) Cut to Sell at Canaccord.
Applied Materials (AMAT) Started as Sell with $8 target at Auriga.
Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Citrix Systems (CTXS) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
DryShips (DRYS) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
iRobot (IRBT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Lam Research (LRCX) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Netflix (NFLX) Started as Sell at Maxim Group.
Neustar (NSR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Norsk Hydro (NHY) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Peabody Energy (BTU) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
United Parcel Service (UPS) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
January 29, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACAS, AFFX, AINV, AMAT, AMLN, APD, BTU, CTXS, DRYS, IRBT, LRCX, NFLX, NHY, NSR, NYX, UPS, XOM

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AINV, BHI, BAC, WFR, MBT, OZM, SPWRA, STP, VIP, WMT)

247wallst — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:40:00 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning:

Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
Baker Hughes (BHI) Cut to Underweight at from Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Bank of America (BAC) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
MEMC Electronics (WFR) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) Cut to Underperform at credit Suisse.
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (OZM) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.
Sunpower (SPWRA) Started as Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Suntech Power (STP) Started as Sell at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Vimpel Com (VIP) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Wal-Mart (WMT) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Jon C. Ogg
January 21, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AINV, BAC, BHI, MBT, OZM, SPWRA, STP, VIP, WFR, WMT

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AINV, BHI, CNI, RDEN, KSU, PALM, RL, RRGB, SII, TER)

247wallst — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:51:57 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades on Wall Street this Tuesday morning:

Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Baker Hughes (BHI) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Canadian National Railway (CNI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (RDEN) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Palm (PALM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Smith International (SII) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Teradyne (TER) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
January 20, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AINV, BHI, CNI, KSU, PALM, RDEN, RL, RRGB, SII, TER

Second Round Analyst Downgrades (AINV, T, GSIC, MFE, NVLS, SNH, TSO, TXRH, VZ)

247wallst — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:24:14 +0000

It seems that the early bird analyst calls did not capture the notion that analysts are starting 2009 with more opportunities to downgrade stocks. Here are some additional pre-market analyst downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning:

Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus; shares are down over 5% on the call.
AT&T (NYSE: T) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein; shares down over 2%.
GSI Commerce (NASDAQ: GSIC) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
McAfee (NYSE: MFE) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Novellus (NASDAQ: NVLS) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Senior Housing (NYSE: SNH) Cut to Neutral at UBS; shares indicated down 2%.
Tessoro (NYSE: TSO) Cut to Sell at Soleil.
Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein; shares down almost 3%.

Here are the top 10 pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades:

ALTR, AMZN, BCE, BIIB, LEAP, PDLI, CLUB, VAR, AUY

Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AINV, GSIC, MFE, NVLS, SNH, T, TSO, TXRH, VZ

Apollo Sells Stock, Pays Down Debt (AINV)

247wallst — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:15 +0000

Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) has priced its proposed secondary stock offering this morning. The company sold 22,327,500 shares at an offering price of $17.11 per share, in an approximate $382 million of gross proceeds. As far as how this compares to the overall size of the company, Apollo’s market cap is roughly $2 Billion.

Leon Black, Chairman & CEO of "AGM" and Joshua Harris, President of "AGM" have each subscribed for $10 million and $2.5 million, respectively, at the offering price of $17.11 per share.

Net proceeds of the offering to repay debt owed under its senior credit facility, to make investments in portfolio companies, and for general corporate purposes.

J.P. Morgan was the sole book-runners, and co-managers were listed as Keefe Bruyette & Woods, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, and BB&T Capital Markets.

Shares are down almost 1% at $17.12; the 52-week trading range is $12.49 to $24.17.

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Jon C. Ogg
May 13, 2008