Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APA, BAC, BRK-A, CLF, CSTR, CREE, CY, FITB, GILD, GFI, HAL, HIG, HBC, PHG, PVH, STI, UBS, VECO, WFC)

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By Jon C. Ogg Published

Bull and Bear

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

Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) cut to Neutral at Macquarie.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) raised to Outperform at KBW.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) cut to Market Perform at KBW.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) raised to Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) cut to Underweight at J.P. Morgan.

Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) raised to Buy at Needham.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) cut to Market Perform at KBW.

Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Gold Fields Inc. (NYSE: GFI) cut to Sell at Citigroup.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) raised to Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) raised to Outperform at KBW.

HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (NYSE: PHG) cut to Hold at Soc-Gen.

PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) started as Outperform Credit Suisse.

SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) cut to Market Perform at KBW.

UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) cut to Neutral at J.P. Morgan.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) raised to Outperform at KBW.

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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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