Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades

8 May 12:33am
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Upgrades
Healthcare Services Group (HCSG)- CL King Neutral » Strong Buy
Middlesex Water (MSEX)- Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral » Buy
Fannie Mae (FNM)- Fox Pitt Underperform » In Line
NYSE Euronext (NYX)- Sandler O'Neill Hold » Buy
California Pizza (CPKI)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold » Buy
Arch Chemicals (ARJ)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Underweight » Hold
Youbet.com (UBET)- Brean Murray Hold » Buy
Housevalues (SOLD)- Cantor Fitzgerald Hold » Buy
Anadarko Petro (APC)- Bernstein Mkt Perform » Outperform
TLC Vision (TLCV)- CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform
Comcast (CMCSA)- Soleil Hold » Buy
Mediacom Comm (MCCC)- Soleil Hold » Buy
VASCO Data Security (VDSI)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy
Sara Lee (SLE)- Wachovia Underperform » Mkt Perform
Magellan Midstream (MGG)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform
Zymogenetics (ZGEN)- Citigroup Sell » Hold
NYSE Euronext (NYX)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy
UnionBanCal (UB)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight
MF Global (MF)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight
SVB Financial Group (SIVB)- Lehman Brothers Underweight » Overweight
R.H. Donnelley (RHD)- Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold
Syniverse Holdings (SVR)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight

Downgrades
dera Pharma (IDRA)- Janney Mntgmy Scott Buy » Neutral
Kenneth Cole (KCP)- CL King Strong Buy » Neutral
ADA-ES (ADES)- Wedbush Morgan Buy » Hold
PetroChina (PTR)- JP Morgan Neutral » Underweight
Synchronoss Tech (SNCR)- Needham Buy » Hold
Innophos Holdings (IPHS)- Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
Quanex (NX)- KeyBanc Capital Mkts Buy » Hold
Quanex (NX)- Davenport Strong Buy » Buy
Sun Life (SLF)- CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform
Healthcare Realty (HR)- Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold
PNM Resources (PNM)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Underperform
Taleo (TLEO)- Brean Murray Buy » Hold
I-Flow (IFLO)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Sell
Ctrip.com (CTRP)- Piper Jaffray Buy » Neutral
Sohu.com (SOHU)- Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold
Aqua America (WTR)- Wachovia Outperform » Mkt Perform
Georgia Gulf (GGC)- Citigroup Hold » Sell
Knight Capital Group (NITE)- Lehman Brothers Overweight » Equal-Weight
Idearc (IAR)- Lehman Brothers Overweight » Equal-Weight

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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.