Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MITT, A, ALTR, APOL, CLF, CBRL, EVEP, FLO, HIIQ, MTG, NFLX, YHOO)

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By Jon C. Ogg Published

Bull and Bear

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

A.G. Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: MITT) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) started as Outperform with $48 target at Credit Suisse.

Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) named bear of the day due to weakening demand for its products and increased competition at Zacks Investment Research.

Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) cut to Market Perform at BMO.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) reiterated Buy and raised price target by $10 to $88 at Argus.

EV Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: EVEP) raised to Outperform with $57 target at Credit Suisse.

Flowers Foods Inc. (NYSE: FLO) named Bull of the Day because of growing market share and expanding margins at Zacks Investment Research.

Health Insurance Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: HIIQ) started as Outperform with $17 price target at Credit Suisse.

MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) raised to Overweight from Underweight at Barclays.

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) started as Outperform at RBC.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.

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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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