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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKS, ADM, SAM, DLTR, HSH, MA, NYB, NYT, NTRS, NYX, PAAS, SFD, STT, AMTD, TSN, V, VOLC, WFC)

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

AK Steel Holdings Corporation (NYSE: AKS) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

Boston Beer Co. (NYSE: SAM) Cut to Sell at UBS.

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Hillshire Brands Company (NYSE: HSH) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Mastercard, Inc. (NYSE: MA) Cut to Sell at UBS.

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) Cut to Neutral with $14 target at Credit Suisse.

The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) Maintained Hold but cut earnings estimates at Argus.

Pan American Silver Corporation (NASDAQ: PAAS) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) Cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) Cut to Sell at UBS.

Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ: VOLC) Started as Outperform with $36 target at Credit Suisse.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

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JON C. OGG

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