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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Apple, GE, Google, SolarCity and More

Stocks are at all-time highs again, and investors have to be wondering which stocks and sectors they should be holding, buying and selling. 24/7 Wall St. looks each morning for top research ideas that offer new insight or that bring more upside for investors. These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall Street.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) was started as Overweight with a $22 price target (versus a $17.59 close) at Barclays.

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU) was raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was raised to Buy from Hold and the price target was raised to $575 from $500 (versus a $508.89 close) at Soc-Gen.

Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) was raised to Buy from Underperform and the price target was raised to $44 from $36 (versus a $38.02 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Covisint Corp. (NASDAQ: COVS) was started as Outperform with a $16 price target (versus a $13.46 close) at Credit Suisse.

Envestnet Inc. (NYSE: ENV) was initiated with a Buy rating and $43 price target at Sterne Agee.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was reiterated Buy after earnings and the price target was raised to $29 from $28 (versus a $25.55 close) at Argus.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised up to $1,210 from a prior $1,065 (versus a $1,011.41 close) at Argus.

Norwegian Cruse Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) was started as Outperform with a $36 price target (versus a $30.06 close) at Credit Suisse.

Perrigo Co. (NYSE: PRGO) was started as Buy with a $152 price target (versus a $132.65 close) at Argus.

SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) was resumed with a Buy rating and $70 price target (versus a $59.46 close) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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