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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesLHC Group (LHCG)- BB&T Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Colgate-Palmolive (CL)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Kinross Gold (KGC)- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral O2Micro (OIIM)- Roth Capital Hold » Buy O2Micro (OIIM)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy B&G Foods (BGS)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy Utd PanAm Fincl (UPFC)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » OutperformDowngradesOwens Corning (OC)- BB&T Capital Mkts Buy » Hold Dionex (DNEX)- Wedbu...	May 02, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesSmith & Wesson (SWHC)- Northland Securities Market Perform » Outperform Sohu.com (SOHU)- Pali Research Neutral » Buy Microchip (MCHP)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy First Horizon (FHN)- Punk, Ziegel & Co Mkt Perform » Buy Wrigley (WWY)- Bernstein Underperform » Mkt Perform First Horizon (FHN)- Sandler O'Neill Sell » Hold Centene (CNC)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Amerigroup (AGP)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Buenaventura SA (BVN)- HSBC Securities Under...	April 30, 2008
Jim Cramer's Stop Trading	Cramer advised investors to use caution when buying insurance stocks on Wednesday's CNBC Stop Trading! TV show. Cramer said he likes the property and casualty insurers but he would avoid the bond insurers at all costs. He said buy names like Chubb (CB), Travelers (TRV), Metlife (MET) and Prudential (PRU) but avoid American International Group (AIG) and stay away from Allstate (ALL) because of regulation issues. Moving on to commodity stocks, Cramer said buy Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). He mentioned t...	April 23, 2008
Beginning of the Second Quarter Portfolio Reshaping	Well, it’s that time again. Time to make a few portfolio swaps. At present I have two placeholder securities, the industrial Spider, and the technology Spider. Those will go, and I may sell one more security, but that’s it. I will use the proceeds to buy 2-4 positions, so that I will end with 34-35 positions. When I run across an idea between quarters, I write it down on a sheet and wait for the next reshaping. Well, here is the list of tickers I came across over the last 3 mon...	April 09, 2008
Renaissance and Revival	It has been an extraordinarily long time since I last published thoughts here for which I truly apologize. Needless to say, capital markets have been challenging and clients prefer a higher level of care and attention when markets are rocky. Businesses evolve through these challenges and create opportunities to add skillsets and analytics and establish an even firmer foundation and discipline. Renaissance and revival are frequently the result of such times.I particularly want to thank a fellow C...	March 08, 2008
Insurance Thoughts	I am known for my views on insurance stocks, and I wrote about those views at RealMoney yesterday: David Merkel Buy Insurance Stocks. Really. 1/18/2008 12:04 PM EST Bouncing off Adam’s comments on the XLF, the insurers in the index are getting drubbed, and in my opinion, for little good reason. On an earnings basis, many of them are the cheapest I have seen maybe ever, and while some of their earnings prospects will be diminished by the fall in the market, and difficulties in the ...	January 19, 2008
Notable Analyst Rating Changes 1/10: IR, UPS, X Upgraded; ESRX, FIG, CBG Downgraded	Notable Analyst Rating Changes: UPGRADES: Lehman Bros. upgrades Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target increased from $56 to $60. Bear Stearns upgrades UPS (NYSE: UPS) from Peer Perform to Outperform. KeyBanc upgrades U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) from Buy to Aggressive Buy and maintains its $135 price target. For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades DOWNGRADES: Merrill Lynch downgrades Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX) from ...	January 10, 2008
Lightning Round	BullishAecom Technology (ACM), Medarex (MEDX), Nastech Pharmaceutical (NSTK), Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Hain Celestial (HAIN), Peabody Energy (BTU) and Downey Financial (DSL).BearishPerficient (PRFT), CB Richard Ellis (CBG), McAfee (MFE), Whole Foods (WFMI), TFS Financial (TFSL), Optium (OPTM), Akamai Technologies (AKAM) and Limelight (LLNW)....	June 08, 2007
Analyst initiations 6-08-07: Restaurants, CBG and JLL	Filed under: Analyst reports, McDonald's (MCD), 3M Corporation (MMM), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Yum Brands (YUM), Analyst initiationsMOST NOTEWORTHY: Restaurants, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc (NYSE: CBG) and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) were today's noteworthy initiations: Deutsche Bank initiated shares of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Yum! Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) with Buy ratings and a $61 target and $76 target, respectively, and shares of Panera Bread Company ...	June 08, 2007
Top 25 stocks for the NEXT 25 years: CBeyond	Filed under: Products and services, Internet, Competitive strategy, 25 Stocks for Next 25 YearsThe next company in my ongoing series of the top 25 stocks for the NEXT 25 years is CBeyond, Inc (NASDAQ: CBEY). CBeyond has a market capitalization right at $1 billion. The company has an opportunity to be a dominant player in the total communications to the small-to-medium business sector. CBeyond is a communications service provider (CSP), marketing to the small-to-medium business sector, as define...	June 03, 2007

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