Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AGNC, BX, BA, CG, C, DKS, ENS, HFC, KKR, LULU, NDAQ, TNAV, WABC)

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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated as Outperform with $675 price target at FBR; Maintained Buy with $800 target at Canaccord Genuity.

American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Raised to Overweight at Barclays.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; Started as Equal-weight at Barclays; Started as Buy at UBS; Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) removed from U.S. 1 List but maintained Buy rating at BofA/ML.

Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) removed from U.S. 1 List but maintained Buy rating at BofA/ML.

EnerSys Inc. (NYSE: ENS) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.

HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE: HFC) Raised to Buy with $40 target price at Argus.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) Started as Buy with $16 target at Argus.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) Maintained Hold at Argus.

NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Cut to Underperform from Neutral at Zacks.

TeleNav, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNAV) Cut to Underperform at Baird.

Westamerica Bancorp (NASDAQ: WABC) named Bear 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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