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Equinix upgraded

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:32:34 +0000

Collins Stewart upgrades Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) to Buy. Price target $110.

Collins analyst says, “With a solid report and a strong 20% (plus) revenue growth outlook with at least stable margins for 2010, that we believe contains an element of upside, we believe the stock has again become attractively priced for purchase…

Gaylord Entertainment upgraded by JP Morgan

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:30:32 +0000

JPMorgan upgrades Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) from Neutral to Overweight. The firm also raised its price target on the stock from $20 to $24.

This morning’s upgrade follows yesterday’s Q4 results from Gaylord. The stock rose about 1.6% yesterday amid the news.

Best Buy Stock Upgraded

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:48:26 +0000

Best Buy (BBY) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Rochdale.

Amazon stock upgraded from Hold to Buy

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:46:52 +0000

Kaufman Bros. upgraded Amazon.com (AMZN) to buy from hold as it finds the risk/reward on shares attractive following the recent pullback and expects the company to report strong Q4 results. Kaufman maintains a $155 price target on the stock.

Illinois Tool Stock Upgraded

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:43:57 +0000

Barrington Research upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Market Perform to Outperform. Price target $55.

Penny Stock Sirius XM

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:42:39 +0000

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) Today we have seen two positive research reports on the company. A boutique firm called Wunderlich giving this a “Buy” rating. The more important upgrade is a debt upgrade from Standard & Poor’s. A third call is not an upgrade, but is another positive call.

Stocks Earning Season Continues

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:37:04 +0000

Earnings season continues with Altria (ALTR), Amazon.com (AMZN), AstraZeneca (AZN), AT&T (T), Baxter (BAX), Bristol-Myers (BMY), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Eli Lilly (LLY), JetBlue (JBLU), Microsoft (MSFT), 3M (MMM), Motorola (MOT), Nokia (NOK), Procter & Gamble (PG), Time Warner Cable (TWC), and Tyco (TYC) all announcing.

Corning Stock Upgraded by Goldman Sachs

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:33:12 +0000

Corning (GLW): She upgrades to Buy from Hold, with a new target of $23, up from $18, asserting that the LCD cycle likely bottomed in Q4. She sees upside to Street EPS, and expected multiple expansion.

Cramer Stock Picks in Bull Market

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:32:29 +0000

Cramer called the remarkable bull market strong for everything recovering from autos to chemicals to chips to healthcare. Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE), Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD), China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), and Southern Copper (NYSE: PCU) were his developing nation picks. Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NYSE: NAT), Statoil (NYSE: STO), BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), and Bank Of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) were his developed nation picks. He even endorsed JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU).

Netflix shares up on earnings

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:30:07 +0000

Netflix Inc. saw its shares jump more than 20% Thursday morning — to a new all-time high — after better-than-expected fourth-quarter results caused several brokers to upgrade the stock.

The stock was up $10.27 at $61.24 in morning trading. That helped the shares recover ground lost over the last three months and set a new record high.