Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, ALTR, MT, AHL, BBVA, BBY, CNX, DVA, INTU, ITRI, MYL, BTU, SFD, VE)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

Bull and Bear

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

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) cut to Neutral at UBS.

ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Buy at UBS.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: AHL) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) raised to Hold at Soc-Gen.

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) raised to Outperform at BMO.

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) cut to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys.

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) maintained Buy but cut target price to $49 from $53 at Argus.

Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) cut to Market Perform at BMO.

Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) raised to Neutral at BofA Merrill Lynch.

Veolia Environnement S.A. (NYSE: VE) cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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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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