Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, AES, ALU, BUD, BHI, DD, EL, MNKD, MU, MWW, NE, NVDA, SHLD, TSCO, X, V)

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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 brokerage and research firms this Monday morning.

Abercrombie & Fitch Company (NYSE: ANF) Reiterated Buy with $70 target at Jefferies.
AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) Started as Buy at UBS.
Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Soc-Gen.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD) Started as Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley.
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (NYSE: EL) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.
MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Micron Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Reiterated Outperform with $12.00 target at Credit Suisse.
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
Sears Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) Maintained Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Tractor Supply Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
U.S. Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $130 at Argus.

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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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