Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMD, AA, AXP, APC, COF, DFS, XOM, FCX, MA, Q, SCHN, PCU, V)

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published
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These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in early all Street research calls:

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Conviction Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Buy at UBS.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Buy at Lazard Capital.
Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray; Maintained Sell but removed from Conviction Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Schnitzer Steel (NASDAQ: SCHN) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE: PCU) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.

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JON C. OGG
FEBRUARY 2, 2010

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