Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades

29 Apr 12:30am
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Upgrades
Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform
STEC Inc (STEC)- B. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy
Cray (CRAY)- Northland Securities Market Perform » Outperform
MCG Capital (MCGC)- BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform
National City (NCC)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform
US Airways (LCC)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform
Masimo (MASI)- Citigroup Hold » Buy
Marvell (MRVL)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform
FirstFed Financial (FED)- Friedman Billings Underperform » Mkt Perform
Credit Suisse (CS)- Bear Stearns Underperform » Peer Perform
Petro-Canada (PCZ)- CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform
Big Lots (BIG)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight
Altera (ALTR)- Charter Equity Mkt Perform » Buy
LM Ericsson (ERIC)- Charter Equity Mkt Underperform » Mkt Perform

Downgrades
Excel Maritime Carriers (EXM)- Cantor Fitzgerald Buy » Hold
bebe stores (BEBE)- Roth Capital Buy » Hold
Gulfport Energy (GPOR)- Dahlman Rose Buy » Hold
Chemed (CHE)- JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Scotiabank (BNS)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Underperform
McMoRan Expl (MMR)- Jefferies & Co Buy » Hold
American Intl (AIG)- Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
UAL Corp. (UAUA)- Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
Continental Air (CAL)- Credit Suisse Outperform » Underperform
Williams-Sonoma (WSM)- Piper Jaffray Buy » Neutral
Noble Corp (NE)- Stanford Research Buy » Hold
bebe stores (BEBE)- Brean Murray Buy » Hold
Sealy (ZZ)- Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Buy » Neutral
Goodyear Tire (GT)- JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Cash America (CSH)- Jefferies & Co Buy » Hold
Kohl's (KSS)- Robert W. Baird Outperform » Neutral
Royal Bank of Canada (RY)- Citigroup Hold » Sell
Northern Trust (NTRS)- Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold
LM Ericsson (ERIC)- Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
Shire Pharm (SHPGY)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Underperform
Chartered Semi (CHRT)- JP Morgan Neutral » Underweight
MB Financial (MBFI)- JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
Weingarten Realty (WRI)- UBS Neutral » Sell
Sirtris Pharma (SIRT)- Rodman & Renshaw Mkt Outperform » Mkt Perform


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A Massachusetts based value investor, I look for companies whose current valuation is at a discount to their true value. When I purchase a stock, my typical holding period is several years. I consider buying a stock purchasing a piece of a business. I am confident once I make a decision to buy that eventually the market as a whole will recognize the true value of the business and value it accordingly. It may take 1 month, 6 months or a year, but if I buy it at enough of a discount to its true value my results will be (and have been) superior to the market as a whole. Of all the disparate investing disciplines, value investing has stood the test of time. The great investors of have all been value investors. Warren Buffett, Ben Graham, Bill Ruane (Sequoia Fund), Bill Miller and Wally Weitz, all have consistently outperformed the market for decades by using various forms of value investing. Currently I am a contributing writer to Seeking Alpha, Vinvesting.com, The Stock Masters and Value Investing News. Posts have been reprinted in The Wall St. Journal, Yahoo Finance, Google Alerts, Google Finance, TheStreet.com. 24/7 Wall St. and Topix.net.