Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CA, DE, HME, JBL, JOYG, LVS, MGM, MON, RFMD, S, SPWRA, WYNN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in the morning hours from Wall Street research notes:

CA Inc. (NYSE: CA) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) Raised to Buy at Morgan Joseph.
Home Properties (NYSE: HME) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) Raised to Buy at UBS.
Joy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna.
MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMD) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $6 from $5 at Auriga.
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Started as Hold at Wunderlich.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna.

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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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