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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, BAC, BBBB, BHP, CREE, CXS, CTCM, CBST, GS, HBAN, INTC, NBL, PAAS, PTR, PCG, VMW)

Administrator — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:11:15 +0000

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

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) Kept as Underperform and named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Cut to Hold at Wunderlich; Cut to Sell at Kaufman Bros.
Crexus Investment Corp. (NYSE: CXS) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.
CTC Media, Inc (NASDAQ: CTCM) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) Reiterated Hold but cut 2011/2012 estimates at Argus.
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: HBAN) Maintained Neutral with $7.75 target at BofA/ML.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan; Raised to Outperform at FBR; Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) Maintained Neutral with $46 target at BofA/ML.
PetroChina Co. (NYSE: PTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Maintained Underperform but target raised to $70 at Credit Suisse.

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADBE, BAC, BBBB, BHP, CBST, CREE, CTCM, CXS, GS, HBAN, INTC, NBL, PAAS, PCG, PTR, VMW

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AXP, ATML, CLWR, STZ, CTCM, EXPE, FICO, INTC, MRVL, PCS, MSFT, NVDA, PT, USM)

Administrator — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:10:08 +0000

These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Raised to Buy at Argus.
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Raised to Strong Buy from Buy at Needham.
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
CTC Media (NASDAQ: CTCM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late Thursday call).
Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FICO) Raised to Hold at S&P Equity Research.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) Raised to Buy at Roth Capital.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) Raised to Buy at Roth Capital.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer; Credit Suisse issued Short-Term Buy and Raised target to $13 from $11.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Reiterated Outperform and $36 target at Credit Suisse.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Buy at Roth Capital.
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (NYSE: PT) Cut to Underperform at BNP Paribas.
U.S. Cellular Corp. (NYSE: USM) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research/

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JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ATML, AXP, CLWR, CTCM, EXPE, FICO, INTC, MRVL, MSFT, NVDA, PCS, PT, STZ, USM

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACI, BCSI, BWLD, CREE, CTCM, EQY, MEE, PMI, POT, SKS)

Administrator — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:47:42 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this Wednesday morning:

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI) Raised to Buy at Needham.
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) Started as Buy at Morgan Joseph.
Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) Started as Hold at Kaufman.
CTC Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Equity One Inc. (NYSE: EQY) Started at Market Perform a KBW.
Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
PMI Group Inc. (NYSE: PMI) Cut to Strong Sell at S&P Equity (late Tuesday call).
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Can you believe it is September already?

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ACI, BCSI, BWLD, CREE, CTCM, EQY, MEE, PMI, POT, SKS

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATI, ADY, BWA, CTCM, DGI, ERES, NOC, NVDA, BPOP, RBS, SWSI, WFMI)

Administrator — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:20:20 +0000

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

Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
American Dairy Inc. (NYSE: ADY) Cut to Hold at Roth Capital.
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
CTC Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCM) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
DigitalGlobe Inc. (NYSE: DGI) Cut to Hold at Canaccord.
eResearch Technology (NASDAQ: ERES) Cut to Sell at Benchmark.
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Maintained Neutral at Gleacher & Co.
Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE: RBS) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Superior Well Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWSI) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) Raised to Buy at UBS.

JON C. OGG

Filed under: Analyst Calls Tagged: ADY, ATI, BPOP, BWA, CTCM, DGI, ERES, NOC, NVDA, RBS, SWSI, WFMI

Russian ADRs Take Off (MTL)(LUKOY)

247wallst — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:25:02 +0000

Tickerspy’s Russian Stock and ADR Index is up close to 5% as the market goes into its close. Among the biggest movers was LUKOIL (OTC: LUKOY), an oil and gas company that was up over 6.5% today. Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), a mining company, was also up over 6.5%.

Russian oil and mining stocks were up today largely due to the effects of this weekend’s G-20 meetings, where world leaders agreed to continue their fiscal and monetary stimulus until global economic recovery. This news gave investors confidence that there will be demand for industrial commodities in the coming quarters. This has had the effect of pushing up the value of Russia’s ruble again the dollar, along with Russia MICEX index, as oil and metals mining represent a significant portion of that country’s economy.

Garrett W. McIntyre

Posted in Emerging Markets, ETF, International Markets, Metals Tagged: CTCM, LUKOY, MBT, MTL, NILSY, OGZPY, ROS, SGTPY, VIP, WBD

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ACGY, BMRN, CTCM, DENN, XOM, LF, OXY)

247wallst — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:37:04 +0000

These are some of the top early bird Analyst Downgrades seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday morning:

Acergy (ACGY) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN) downgraded at Citigroup, Collins Stewart, and Wachovia.
CTC Media (CTCM) Cut To Market Weight from Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Denny’s (DENN) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein; Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
LeapFrog (LF) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.

Jon C. Ogg
February 19, 2009

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: ACGY, BMRN, CTCM, DENN, LF, OXY, XOM

Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (B, CCL, CTCM, DO, ESS, HAL, HMY, IP, ODFL, PKG)

247wallst — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:32:56 +0000

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen with more than two hours to the open this Monday morning:

Barnes Group (B) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Carnival (CCL) Cut to Sell at S&P.
CTC Media (CTCM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Diamond Offshore (DO) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Essex Property Trust (ESS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Halliburton (HAL) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Harmony Gold (HMY) Cut to Underperform at RBC.
International Paper (IP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
Packaging Corp. (PKG) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
November 3, 2008

Posted in Analyst Calls Tagged: B, CCL, CTCM, DO, ESS, HAL, HMY, IP, ODFL, PKG

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BMC, CNK, CTXS, CME, CTCM, DHT, RDEN, HOV, TPX, WLL)

247wallst — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:10:16 +0000

These aren’t going to be the only impact analyst calls this Tuesday morning, but these are ten of the calls we are focusing on very early this morning:

BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) Started as Neutral at UBS.
Cinemark (NYSE: CNK) cut to equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR.
CME Group (NYSE: CME) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
CTC Media (NASDAQ: CTCM) started as Overweight at Lehman Brothers.
Double Hull Tankers (NYSE: DHT) raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Elizabeth Arden (NASDAQ: RDEN) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) started as Outperform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
June 17, 2008

Cramer Tours Kremlin & Politburo (MTL, WBD, CTCM, SEDC, CETV, TRF, RSX)

247wallst — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:07:05 +0000

This week on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer highlighted how Russia has many very promising prospects for emerging markets investors. He gave many ways to play the country with ADR’s of public Russian companies that trade in the U.S. We only wanted to run a single summary since this was his fixed series going all week. Here were his picks this week for Russia:

Cramer’s Russian pick from Monday was in metals and mining pick of Mechel (NYSE: MTL) for steel demand being driven in Russia, China, and the Middle East.
On Tuesday, Cramer picked Russian food producing giant Wimm-Bill-DANN (NYSE: WBD) with more than 30%of Russian dairy and as the number 2 and number 3 producer of baby foods and juice products.
Cramer’s pick on Wednesday, he gave his top pick that night as CTC Media (NASDAQ: CTCM), the fourth largest television broadcaster in Russia with 42 television stations and 30% longterm growth.
On Thursday, Cramer picked Central European Distribution (NASDAQ: CEDC) as a vodka and liquor distributor in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Friday’s Cramer pick from Russia was Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ: CETV), which invests in, develops, and operates national commercial television channels and stations in Central and Eastern Europe.

As far as going abroad, you’ve always heard 247WallSt.com talk about ETF’s and Closed-End funds as trading vehicles that offer significant upside without as much individual portfolio risk due to a single company. The longest running fund we used for investing in Russia is the Templeton Russia and East European Fund Inc. (NYSE: TRF) and the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX).

If you have followed Cramer, he’s given many similar country category picks over the course of a week, particularly in BRIC countries. As far as another BRIC series Cramer has run for Brazil, Russia, India, and China:

Here were his top Brazil picks.
Here were his top 5 China picks.
One time he did BRIC+ME, from BRIC plus the Middle East.

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Jon C. Ogg
April 11, 2008

Jon Ogg produces the Special Situation Investing Newsletter. He can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.