American Railcar Industries (NASDAQ: ARII) is one of the worst ones today with shares down over 10% at $19.45, now down more than 50% from 52-week highs.  UBS is the culprit this morning after it downgraded the stock from an already cautious Neutral rating down to a new SELL rating.

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) just can’t catch a break.  Its shares are at a new 52-week low under that $43.02 level down at $42.45 today.  When your core anemia products are under fire from Congress and from the FDA, this is what happens.

International paper (NYSE: IP) is feeling the wrath of a downgrade after JP Morgan cut its rating to Neutral from Overweight, and shares are down almost 2% at $28.94 today.

McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) is so far the only DJIA component trading lower this morning after gapping up.  Maybe this defensive name is going to have a hard time duplicating its massive same-store performance that has been seen over the last two years or more.  Shares are down marginally at $54.21, and its 52-week trading range is $43.65 to $63.69.

Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) shares are down almost 10% at $20.85 this morning, which is another 52-week low.  Two weeks ago it gave preliminary results and noted it would have a 4140 million adjustment.  This morning it noted that it missed the deadline for filing its annual report, a real no-no for investors.

United Rentals Inc. (NYSE: URI) ar also down over 1% today at $17.50 after JPMorgan cuts its rating from an already cautious Neutral down to an "underweight" rating.

Jon C. Ogg
March 18, 2008