Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIXG, AEP, CMCSA, HAL, MFE, POT, RIG, WYNN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are some of the top analyst calls seen so far this Friday morning from the upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street firms:

Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Adams.
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo; FBR Cut its target to $44.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) Target Cut to $145 at Canaccord.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Raised to Neutral at Macquarie.

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JON C. OGG

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About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

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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