Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BUD, BWLD, CB, STZ, EPD, ERIC, GME, JOSB, MA, OIS, ORCL, UPS, VZ, WETF, WYNN)

February 1, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD) cut to Hold at Soc-Gen.

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) raised to Buy at KeyBanc.

Chubb Corp. (NYSE: CB) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

GameStop Inc. (NYSE: GME) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

Joseph A. Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Oil States International Inc. (NYSE: OIS) started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) raised to Outperform at BMO.

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

WisdomTree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) raised to Buy at Janney.

The World Gold Council’s “bullish” outlook for 2013 has a lot of issues that is making us rethink the 12-year rally in gold.

If you want to know how capital inflows are impacting stocks, you better take a look. This is acting to drive stocks, and is one part of why we are considering raising our 2013 DJIA target from 14,590.

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