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February 22, 2013

Watch for reaction to overnight GDP and Ifo data out of Germany, which increasingly appears to be Europe's sole area of strength.

Watchlist:  SWY KORS SWKS IP WLT SWN OC RHT JCP LYB ESV TSO TEX DLTR DG HFC NOW FDO SINA HES DDD VLO Z CAM LBTYA 
 
(Some stocks on the list may be 'hard to borrow', please check with your broker)

Notable earnings before Friday’s open: 

AGUANFB,EGOHMSYIPGNVEWCRX 

Economic Calendar: 
Jerome Powell Speaks
10:15
Fed's Rosengren participates in panel on "Crunch Time: Fiscal Crises and the Role of Monetary Policy"

Upgrades and Downgrades ALU, MT, BBRY, BIP, BG, CAT, FSLR, GOV, HPQ, HD, ISRG, MCD, MDT, RFMD, S, TASR, TNK, PAY, VVUS, WEN, XRX, AGU, CF, MOS, POT, RNF
(NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but the stock was maintained a Sell as a low value asset at Goldman Sachs.
(NYSE: MT) raised to Neutral at HSBC.
(NASDAQ: BBRY) cut to Sell from Neutral at MKM Partners.
(NYSE: BIP) named Bull of the Day at Zacks as the “high quality, diversified assets will continue to produce solid and consistent cash flows.”
(NYSE: BG) was named by Zacks as the Bear of the Day and the firm said that bitter results for the recent quarter indicate more troubles ahead.
(NYSE: CAT) raised to Outperform at Raymond James.
(NASDAQ: FSLR) cut to Underperform at Pac-Crest.
(NYSE: GOV) cut to Sector Perform from Outperform at RBC.
(NYSE: HPQ) raised to Neutral from Sell with $19 target at UBS and maintained Neutral but raised target price to $20 from $12 at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: HD) raised to Outperform and target raised to $76 from $67 at Oppenheimer (full summary).
(NASDAQ: ISRG) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
(NYSE: MCD) reiterated Outperform and raised target $2 to $104 at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: MDT) reiterated Buy and raised target by $6 to $54 at Argus.
(NASDAQ: RFMD) raised to Buy at Lazard and cut to Market Perform at Raymond James last night.
(NYSE: S) reiterated Buy with $7.50 price target as trading below Softbank offer price by Argus (Full Report Summary).
(NASDAQ: TASR) raised to Overweight at J.P. Morgan.
(NYSE: TNK) cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
(NYSE: PAY) cut to Hold at Argus after many downgrades and implosion yesterday.
(NASDAQ: VVUS) maintained Buy but lowered price target to $26 from $30 at BofA/Merrill Lynch after Qsiva denied approval in Europe.
(NASDAQ: WEN) cut to Underperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: XRX) reiterated Buy with $13 price target at Argus.

Dahlman Rose trimmed potash and fertilizer stock ratings: Agrium (NYSE: AGU) cut to Sell, CF Industries (NYSE: CF) cut to Sell, Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) cut to Hold, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) cut to Sell and Rentech Nitrogen Partners L.P. (NYSE: RNF) cut to Sell.

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