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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AWK, AMTG, NLY, BZH, CHK, CXS, CRY, F, KFT, L, PGR, RF, TICC, WMT)

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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning.

American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) raised to Outperform at Baird.

Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities.

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) cut to Underperform at FBR.

Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) cut to Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.

Crexus Investment Corp. (NYSE: CXS) raised to Market Perform at FBR.

CryoLife Inc. (NYSE: CRY) cut to Hold at Benchmark.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

Kraft Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: KFT) raised to Buy at Jefferies.

Loews Corp. (NYSE: L) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.

Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) raised to Buy at BofA/ML.

TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) named Value Stock of the Day at Zacks.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Raised to Buy with $83 target at Stifel Nicolaus.

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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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