Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AEO, APEI, AWR, ADSK, CECO, COCO, DV, KLIC, RTP, RIG)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Market…

Published August 6, 2010, 8:15am ET · 1 min read

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

Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
American States Water Company (NYSE: AWR) Cut to Hold at Brean Murray.
Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Career Education (NASDAQ: CECO) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Devry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) Cut to Market Perform at BMO.
Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) Cut to Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RTP) Raised to Outperform at BNP Paribas.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.

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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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