Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, CSIQ, CIEN, SCHW, EXC, GG, GILD, RIG, VMW, VITC)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are ten of the top research calls of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms this Wednesday morning:

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Scotia.
Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie.
Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) Cut to Sell at Soleil.
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) Raised to BUy at Sandler O’Neill.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) Cut to Hold at Soleil.
Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) Raised to Action BUy List (was already Buy) at TD.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) Raised to Market Outperform at JMP Securities.
Vitacost.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITC) Downgraded everywhere: Jefferies, Benchmark, Needham, and at Roth.

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JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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