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Stocks were looking for a small bounce on Thursday after Wednesday’s big sell-off that ended up being less of a big sell-off. Investors have every right to feel jilted in 2016 with every rally having been a selling opportunity. That being said, there is also the reminder that investors successfully bought every dip for over four years prior to the end of 2015.

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The latest bear case for the Dow ticked down to 14,961 from 15,076 for what could be a theoretical floor versus the prior bullish upside target for Dow 19,700.

These are this Thursday’s top analyst calls.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was started as Buy with a $36 price target (versus a $28.00 prior close) at Citigroup. GE has a consensus target of $32.38 and a 52-week trading range of $19.37 to $31.49. GE has already pulled back far from its bullish and bearish indications for 2016.

3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) was started as Buy with a $166 price target (versus a $136.96 close) at Citigroup. 3M has a consensus analyst target of $159.29 and it has a 52-week range of $134.00 to $170.50. 3M has pulled back about $10 from its bullish and bearish outlook for 2016.

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