Please note my emphasis and comments in italics and bold
Brocade Communications Systems , Inc. (BRCD) (3 second tier firm upgrades upgrades )
Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Wunderlich- $8 from $6.
Upgraded to Buy from Hold at ThinkEquity – Price target raised to $8 from $6.
Price target raised to $7.25 from $5.75 at BMO Capital
Sun Life Financial Inc. (SLF) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley
eLong, Inc. (LONG) (Interesting strong note on a stock with a very weak down-trending daily)
upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray. Brean Murray upgraded eLong citing the strong Q4 report and execution. Price target is $17.
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Apple not looking to make iPhone smaller, NY Timesreports
WSJ article as well, regulators informally looking into charges
Raytheon Company (RTN) (Strong cupping daily and monthly)
upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC; tgt $59 (Stock Price: 51.50
JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU)
downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup
Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM) (very impressive daily up-trend)
Downgraded to NEUTRAL (from Buy)
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (WTW) (Low float stock – huge 30% market cap move yesterday)
upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley
target raised to $72 from $50 at Wedbush
Sunpower Corporation (SPWRA)
Upgrade – The firm upgraded shares from Hold to Buy with a price target of $22 up from $13.
Torchmark Corporation (TMK) (12% increase in price target on a very strong trending daily)
target raised to $72 from $64 at FBR Capital
Acorda Therapeutics Inc. (ACOR) (Upgrade on a stock that is falling off sharply on its daily as it is now in the teen’s.)
upgraded to Hold from Sell at Hapoalim
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (MXWL) (Downgrade on another strong daily)
downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel Nicolaus- following earnings and based on valuation (Stock Price: 19.55)
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (ANW) (intresting 3 day hourly)
downgraded to Hold from Buy at Dahlman Rose- downgraded Aegean Marine citing uncertainty regarding future volume growth and spreads on fuel sales.
Newfield Exploration Co. (NFX)
downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee
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