Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CPN, CSC, DUK, EXC, FE, GE, INTU, MCD, MPEL, MSI, P, PAAS, PEP, TRV, EGY, WPI)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning.

Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE: FE) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Maintained Outperform but cut estimates at Credit Suisse.
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) Raised to Buy at UBS.
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $97 at Credit Suisse.
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $18 at BofA/ML.
Motorola Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MSI) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo; Started as Outperform at William Blair; Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity.
Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
The Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Bear of the Day
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) Reiterated Buy as Value at Zacks.
Watson Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: WPI) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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