Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, APOL, BIIB, BX, ELNK, ELN, HAL, LVLT, LULU, MS, NYX, ONXX, R, TSCO, URBN)

Jon OggThese are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Overweight at Barclays; Cut to Hold at Argus. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL)…

Published April 12, 2011, 8:05am ET · 2 min read

Jon Ogg
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Started as Overweight at Barclays; Cut to Hold at Argus.
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) Started as Outperform at JMP.
EarthLink Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) Raised to Buy at S&P Equity Research (late-Monday call).
Elan Corp. plc (NYSE: ELN) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $56 at Argus.
Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) Raised to neutral at UBS.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Started as Underweight at Barclays.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) Maintained Buy at Argus.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) Started as Buy at Roth Capital.
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Tractor Supply Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO) maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) Started as Overweight at Barclays.

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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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