Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BJ, CPWR, FITB, GM, JCI, RJF, SJM, SUPG, UAUA)

These are not anywhere near all of the research upgrades & downgrades we are seeing, but here are ten of the impacting calls we have seen so far in early trading today:

• BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) Raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Compuware (NASDAQ: CPWR) Raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan.
• Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at R.W.Baird.
• General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) downgraded to Underperform at Merrill Lynch.
• Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) Cut to Underperform at Goldman Sachs.
• Raymond James Financial (NYSE: RJF) Raised to Outperform at KBW.
• Smuckers (NYSE: SJM) Raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
• SuperGen (NASDAQ: SUPG) Raised to Market Outperform at Rodman & Renshaw.
• UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) Cut to Neutral from Buy and removed from CONVICTION BUY LIST at Goldman Sachs.
• VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
July 2, 2008

Credit Card Companies Are Doing Something Nuts

Credit card companies are at war. The biggest issuers are handing out free rewards and benefits to win the best customers.

It’s possible to find cards paying unlimited 1.5%, 2%, and even more today. That’s free money for qualified borrowers, and the type of thing that would be crazy to pass up. Those rewards can add up to thousands of dollars every year in free money, and include other benefits as well.

We’ve assembled some of the best credit cards for users today.  Don’t miss these offers because they won’t be this good forever.

 

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