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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, AMGN, MT, BIIB, DVN, DRYS, ERJ, FSLR, GRMN, HSNI, KCG, MCD, MGM, POT, RNR, SBUX, VE)
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday morning.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at Baird and cut to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) cut to Hold at Argus on valuation.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) cut to Neutral at Macquarie.
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Ebraer SA (NYSE: ERJ) started as Buy at UBS.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald and raised to Outperform at Baird.
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) raised to Outperform at Wedbush.
HSN Inc. (NASDAQ: HSNI) cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.
Knight Capital Group (NYSE: KCG) cut to Market Perform at Raymond James.
McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) cut to Hold at Dahlman Rose.
RenaissanceRe (NYSE: RNR) raised to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) cut to Hold at Argus.
Veolia Environnement SA (NYSE: VE) cut to Neutral at BofA/ML.
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