Analyst calls: Cisco upgraded

American Express downgraded to 'neutral,' Facebook upgraded to 'buy'

By MSN Money Partner Jan 14, 2013 12:20PM
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Today's noteworthy downgrades include: 
  • American Express (AXP) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman
  • IBM (IBM) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
  • Nokia (NOK) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
  • SunPower (SPWR) downgraded to Sell from Underperform at CLSA
  • Wells Fargo (WFC) downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer 

Today's noteworthy upgrades include: 
  • Cisco (CSCO) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at William Blair
  • Deere (DE) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
  • Facebook (FB) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank 
  • Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan 
 
Monday's noteworthy initiations include: 
  • Nexstar (NXST) initiated with an Outperform at Credit Suisse
  • LeapFrog (LF) initiated with a Buy at Monness Crespi

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