Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Biogen, Honeywell, Microsoft, Ping Identity, Qualcomm, Verizon Communications and Wendy's.
Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alibaba, Amazon.com, Apple, Carvana, Illumina, NextEra Energy, Nikola, Shake Shack, Teladoc Health and WPX Energy.
One big merger was announced Wednesday when Allstate offered to pay $4 billion in cash for insurer National General. A second merger between two medical device makers has also been rumored.
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Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alibaba, Apple, American Express, Brinker, Caterpillar, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Dell, Halliburton, Palo Alto Networks, Starbucks, Texas Instruments and Travelers.
wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Allstate, AT&T, ADP, Baker Hughes, Carvana, CenturyLink, Cree, Intelsat, Mastercard, Vale, Visa and Zoom Communications.
These four top Merrill Lynch financial stock picks pay “defensible” dividends, boast extremely reasonable valuations after the huge sell-off and have the potential for good moves higher over the rest of 2020.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Advanced Micro Devices, Alibaba, AIG, Baidu, Broadcom, Costco, Intel, Ping, Pinterest, RingCentral, Shopify and Uber.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Albermarle, Amgen, Applied Materials, Biogen, CRISPR Therapeutics, CrowdStrike, CSX, Kroger, Slack, Teva Pharmaceutical and Xerox.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included Allstate, Corning, DexCom, Lam Research, On Deck, Qualcomm, Spotify, Western Digital and Whiting Petroleum.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Thursday included Allstate, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Blue Apron, Costco Wholesale, Home Depot, Microsoft, Take-Two Interactive Software, Target and Walmart.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Allstate, CalAmp, Chubb, Costco, Esperion Therapeutics, Flex, Hartford Financial Services, Nio, Rockwell Automation and Roku.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday included AEP, Boeing, Dollar Tree, General Electric, Micron Technology, NextEra Energy, Procter & Gamble, Roku, Snap, Starbucks, Tesla and Wynn Resorts.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wednesday included Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, CME, DaVita, Skyworks Solutions, Spirit Airlines, Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia.
Wednesday was another solid day for the broad U.S. markets. October’s scare didn’t mean much for Thursday. Crude oil saw another dip. The S&P 500 was largely positive.
