Analyst calls: Facebook downgraded

JDSU is upgraded to 'buy,' and Research In Motion is downgraded to 'underperform.'

By MSN Money Partner Jan 31, 2013 12:44PM
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Thursday's noteworthy upgrades include:
  • Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill, and to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette, and to Overweight from Equal Weight at Stephens
  • Citrix Systems (CTXS) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
  • Vale (VALE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
  • JDSU (JDSU) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Needham
  • Fusion-io (FIO) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Lazard Capital
  • Deutsche Bank (DB) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
Thursday's noteworthy downgrades include:
  • Comerica (CMA) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Bernstein
  • Facebook (FB) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Stifel Nicolaus
  • Fusion-io (FIO) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse
  • KeyCorp (KEY) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Bernstein
  • Regions Financial (RF) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Bernstein, and to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird
  • Seagate (STX) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
  • Hess Corp. (HES) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Societe Generale
  • Research In Motion (RIMM) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse
  • Las Vegas Sands (LVS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Craig-Hallum
Thursday's noteworthy initiations include:
  • Cubist (CBST) initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital
  • Forest Labs (FRX) initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital
  • Salix (SLXP) initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital
  • Infinity Pharmaceuticals (INFI) initiated with an Overweight at JPMorgan
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Jan 31, 2013 2:07PM
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Facebook has a bright future.It`s planing to hire 14,000 workers in the next year.I bought

the stock at $18 because I knew is was beated down too much.It`s a keeper.

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