Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AOC, BAC, CR, DOV, FSLR, HPT, MMM, MMC, MA, SPWRA, TROW, V, WU)

October 14, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre

These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing in early hours of pre-market trading this Tuesday morning:

  • AON Corp. (AOC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
  • Bank Of America (BAC) Raised to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James
  • Crane Co. (CR) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs
  • Dover Corp. (DOV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
  • First Solar (FSLR) Raised to Market Perform at FBR
  • Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT) Raised to Outperform at Wachovia
  • 3M (MMM) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs
  • Marsh & McLennan (MMC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
  • MasterCard (MA) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan
  • SunPower Corp. (SPWRA) Raised to Market Perform at FBR
  • T. Rowe Price (TROW) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
  • Visa Inc. (V) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
  • Visa (V) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan
  • Western Union (WU) Raised to Overweight at JP Morgan

Jon C. Ogg
October 14, 2008

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