Wall Street Upgrades and Downgrades 08-16-11

Wall Street's Upgrades / Downgrades for Tuesday August 16, 2011 continued the trend of significantly more upgrades. Analysts' have generally viewed the recent decline in stocks as opportunity to upgrade the shares they have coveted most. However, perhaps they are missing the trickle-down that would inevitably reach them from their own economists' and strategists' guidance in the weeks ahead should the foreseeing market foreshadow recession.

Wall Street Upgrades and Downgrades

UPGRADES

Company	Analyst’s Firm	From	To
Arris (Nasdaq: ARRS)	Avondale	Market Perform	Market Outperform
Cal Dive (NYSE: DVR)	Morgan Keegan	Market Perform	Outperform
Dexcom (Nasdaq: DXCM)	Feltl & Co.	Hold	Buy
Hess (NYSE: HES)	The Benchmark Co.	Sell	Buy
KAR Auction (NYSE: KAR)	Barrington Research	Market Perform	Outperform
Neostem (AMEX: NBS)	WBB Securities	Hold	Speculative Buy
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S)	Collins Stewart	Neutral	Buy
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL)	Stifel Nicolaus	Sell	Hold
Valspar (NYSE: VAL)	Longbow	Neutral	Buy
VMWare (NYSE: VMW)	Barclays Capital	Equal Weight	Overweight
Watsco (NYSE: WSO)	BB&T Capital Mkts.	Hold	Buy

DOWNGRADES

Company	Analyst’s Firm	From	To
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB)	Oppenheimer	Perform	Underperform
Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI)	UBS	Buy	Neutral
SinoHub (Nasdaq: SIHI)	Rodman & Renshaw	Market Outperform	Market Perform
Tri-Tech (Nasdaq: TRIT)	Brean Murray	Buy	Hold

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