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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALU, BRLI, GPS, GD, PCK, PSO, PAS, PTR, PKX, RTP, COL, WXS)

Burning_money_picThe rate of downgrades versus upgrades is still coming out with a much more negative bias from Wall Street.  These are some of the downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Bio-Reference Labs (NASDAQ: BRLI) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX) Started as Sell at Citigroup.
  • Pearson (NYSE: PSO) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • PepsiAmericas (PAS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Posco (NYSE: PKX) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Wright Express Corp. (NYSE: WXS) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
January 9, 2009

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