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Second Round Analyst Downgrades (AINV, T, GSIC, MFE, NVLS, SNH, TSO, TXRH, VZ)

Burning_money_picIt seems that the early bird analyst calls did not capture the notion that analysts are starting 2009 with more opportunities to downgrade stocks.  Here are some additional pre-market analyst downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning:

  • Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus; shares are down over 5% on the call.
  • AT&T (NYSE: T) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein; shares down over 2%.
  • GSI Commerce (NASDAQ: GSIC) Cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
  • McAfee (NYSE: MFE) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Novellus (NASDAQ: NVLS) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Senior Housing (NYSE: SNH) Cut to Neutral at UBS; shares indicated down 2%.
  • Tessoro (NYSE: TSO) Cut to Sell at Soleil.
  • Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein; shares down almost 3%.

Here are the top 10 pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades:

Jon C. Ogg
January 5, 2009

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