Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AVP, BBVA, RATE, BPL, CLWR, CLF, CMCSA, CXO, DELL, FOSL, GE, GRPN, PM, PXD, SD, ZMH )

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These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.

Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) raised to Neutral at UBS.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (NYSE: BBVA) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

BankRate Inc. (NYSE: RATE) cut to Neutral at Citigroup.

Buckeye Partners L.P. (NYSE: BPL) raised to Buy with target of $58 at Argus.

Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) cut to Underperform at Raymond James.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE: CXO) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.

Fossil Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) cut to neutral at Macquarie, cut to Underperform at FBR and cut to Outperform at CLSA.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reiterated Outperform and raised target by $1 to $25 at Credit Suisse.

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) raised to Buy at Stern Agee.

Phillip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) raised to Neutral at Nomura.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.

SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Zimmer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZMH) raised to Buy with $90 target 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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