Top Analyst Downgrades and Cautious Views from Wall Street

These are this Monday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall St.

Alkermes PLC (NASDAQ: ALKS) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard.

Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) was downgraded to Sell from an already cautious Hold rating at Argus.

Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Nomura.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) was cut to Sell from an already cautious Hold rating at Societe General.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE: KMB) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch,

Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) was downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) was downgraded to Outperform from Buy at CLSA.

Newmont Mining Co. (NYSE: NEM) was downgraded to Sell from an already cautious Hold rating at Deutsche Bank.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie.

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