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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, ARMH, AVP, BCS, CSCO, C, HGSI, LAD, LOGI, NVDA, STR)

These are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Hold at Canaccord Genuity. Avon Products Inc.…

By Jon C. Ogg
Published November 1, 2011, 8:06am ET · 1 min read

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These are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls.

Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Started as Buy at MKM Partners.
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Raised to Outperform with $48 target at Credit Suisse.
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) named as value stock of the day at Zacks.
Logitech International SA (NASDAQ: LOGI) Cut to Strong Sell at S&P (late-Monday call).
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Questar Corporation (NYSE: STR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

JON C. OGG

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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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