Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CHD, GSIC, MW, SPWRA, TSO, VCLK)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

It is a Friday in late-August, so the research calls are pretty thin.  These are some of today’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen this morning:

Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (NYSE: CHD) Raised to Outperform at BMO; a safe defensive stock for a bear market.
GSI Commerce Inc. (NASDAQ: GSIC) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (NYSE: MW) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) Raised to Buy at Soleil.
Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
ValueClick, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCLK) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research (late Thursday call)

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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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