Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACE, BX, CSIQ, C, CME, XOM, FSLR, ISRG, NYB, NTRS, S, THC, RIG, VMED, WFC)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Monday morning in Wall Street research calls:

Ace Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) Removed from Conviction Buy List but maintained Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Canadian Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Cut to Hold at Auriga.
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
CM Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Raised to Buy with $138 target at Auriga.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) Raised to Buy at Lazard.
New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: NYB) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Virgin Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

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