The futures dipped lower early on Thursday. The summer doldrums are in full swing, with markets seemingly in a holding pattern in this slow part of the year. It appears many investors and brokers are adhering to the market adage of “sell in May and go away.” However, there is still some ongoing action in play in the markets.

Many expect the Federal Reserve to hold steady on rates next week, or at the most to raise by 25 basis points, but with inflation remaining stubbornly high it is still uncertain what is to come.

Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude gained slightly, as the latter pushed higher by just less than 1% putting it just barely above $73 a barrel. Separately, gold edged higher but is still holding just below the $2,000 level at $1,961. Some feel that gold can take a run at new all-time highs, should there be any disruptions in the equity markets, as many bears are calling for. Bitcoin traded lower again in Thursday’s premarket, down just over 1.5% at $26,393.

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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

Airbnb Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNB): Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Underweight rating and a $99 price target. The consensus target is $130.06. The stock closed on Wednesday at $116.55.

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Overweight rating and a $159 price target. That is well above the $134.65 consensus target and Wednesday’s closing print of $121.23.

American Electric Power Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: AEP): Goldman Sachs started coverage with a Buy rating and a $98 price target. The consensus target is $100.81. The stock closed up just over 1% on Wednesday at $84.58.

Carrier Global Corp. (NYSE: CARR): Morgan Stanley downgraded it to Equal Weight from Overweight and cut the price target to $47 from $49. The consensus target is $48.37. Wednesday’s final trade was for $45.60 a share.

DoorDash Inc. (NYSE: DASH): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $70 price target. The price target is below the $77.94 consensus target. Wednesday’s closing share price was $70.15.

Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK): Goldman Sachs initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $99 price target. The consensus price target is $109.08. The shares closed on Wednesday at $91.57.

Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR): Wolfe Research’s downgrade was from Peer Perform to Underperform with a $6 price target. The consensus target is $10.00. The shares closed on Wednesday at $6.18.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS): Jefferies cut its Buy rating to Hold and cut its price target to $65 from $69. The consensus target is $70.64. Wednesday’s close was at $58.49.

Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ: LYFT): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $9 price target. The consensus target is $12.80. Wednesday’s close was at $10.30.

Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M): Zacks named this stock as its Bear of the Day. The analyst suggests that investors should look to take their lumps in this struggling retail name. Its shares have traded as high as $25.12 in the past year but closed most recently at $16.21.

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META): Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Equal Weight rating. Its price target is $276, and the consensus target is $274.98. The stock closed on Wednesday at $263.60.

Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST): Piper Sandler started coverage with a Neutral rating and a $60 price target. The consensus target is $61.09. The stock closed on Wednesday at $56.90.

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE): As BofA Securities lowered its Buy rating to Neutral, its price target fell to $31 from $59. The consensus target is $54.33. Wednesday’s $31.49 close was up over 5% for the day.

Pinterest Inc. (NYSE: PINS): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Equal Weight rating. The firm’s $23 price target is much less than the $28.59 consensus target. The stock closed on Wednesday at $24.35.

Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Equal Weight rating and a $10 price target. The consensus target is $9.22. Wednesday’s close at $10.19 was down over 3% on the day.

Solid Power Inc. (NASDAQ: SLDP): Wolfe Research downgraded the stock to Underperform from Peer Perform and has a $2 price target. The consensus target is $3.88. Shares closed on Wednesday at $2.45.

Southern Co. (NYSE: SO): Goldman Sachs started coverage with a Buy rating and an $80 price target. The consensus price target is $73.15, and shares closed on Wednesday at $70.13.

T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS): Wolfe Research upgraded it to an Outperform rating from Peer Perform, but its $160 price target is below the $178.57 consensus target. The stock closed on Wednesday at $126.55, down close to 1.5% on the day.

Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER): Wells Fargo started coverage with an Overweight rating and a $50 target price. The consensus target is $48.98. The stock closed on Wednesday at $38.99.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN): When Jefferies downgraded it to Hold from Buy, the analyst cut the price target to $114 from $135. The consensus price target is $129.35. The stock closed at $103.26 on Wednesday.

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL): Goldman Sachs started coverage with a Buy rating and a $75 price target. Shares last closed at $64.31, well below the $70.20 consensus price target.

Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL): Goldman Sachs resumed coverage with a Buy rating and a $133 price target. The consensus target is $121.50. The stock closed at $107.08 on Wednesday.

Zscaler Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS): Oppenheimer started it with an Outperform rating and a $180 price target. The consensus target is $166.12. Wednesday’s close was at $144.92.

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Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, AT&T, Cenovus Energy, Dollar General, Dynatrace, FedEx, Molson Coors Beverage, NiSource, Uber Technologies and Vale.

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