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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (AUO, CLB, LAB, SKM, SOHU)

247wallst — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:33:53 +0000

These are some of the early bird upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning with more than two hours to the open:

AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Core Labs (NYSE: CLB) Raised to Outperform at JPMorgan.
LaBranche (NYSE: LAB) Raised to Buy from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
January 14, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: AUO, CLB, LAB, SKM, SOHU

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ACAS, ANDE, CLX, CLB, EMC, IBKC, MFC, KWK)

247wallst — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:38:18 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Friday morning:

American Capital (ACAS) Raised to Market Perform at FBR.
Andersons (ANDE) Raised to Buy at BB&T.
Clorox (CLX) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Core Labs (CLB) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
EMC (EMC) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
IberiaBank (IBKC) Raised to Outperform at Baird and Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
Manulife Financial (MFC) Raised to Outperform at CIBC.
Quuicksilver Resources (KWK) Started as Buy at Collins Stewart.

Jon C. Ogg
December 12, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACAS, ANDE, CLB, CLX, EMC, IBKC, KWK, MFC

Cramer Takes Some Jabs (UA, CAT, XOM, CLB, DE)

247wallst — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:52:34 +0000

On Jim Cramer’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim wanted to talk which oil companies were better than others with oil nearing $100/barrel. The ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) quarter wasn’t all that bad and shares are actually back up now. CoreLabs (NYSE:CLB) is great domn $8 from highs.

On Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Cramer said they executed poorly while others executed on target. He thinks the company is not performing as it should. Deere (NYSE:DE) is more agricultural but is doing well.

On Under Armour (NYSE:UA), Cramer addressed the insider sales and said the insider sales were too aggressive and he’s sick of seeing the insiders do it. He agrees with the Morgan Stanley "underweight rating" now. He said that the insiders explained the situation and then sold stock. He said he feels like he got hosed, and now he has no confidence in it. Under Armour shares are down over 3.5% today at $49.50.

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Jon C. Ogg
November 6, 2007