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April 23, 2013

Yesterday's existing home sales data were held down by lack of supply on the market. Lack of supply is also a key negative right now for the new home market.

Watchlist:  CAT LULU CE TSLA ABBV SNDK SLB FLR WDR SRPT AKAM TSO FSLR BIDU DE VMW MPC CBI JOY PSX LEN

(Some stocks on the list may be 'hard to borrow', please check with your broker)

Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: 

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Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: 
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Economic Calendar: 

Redbook
[Bullet
8:55 AM ET
New Home Sales
[Report][Star]
10:00 AM ET
4-Week Bill Auction
[Bullet
11:30 AM ET
2-Yr Note Auction
[Bullet
1:00 PM ET

Upgrades and Downgrades MT SAN BAC CAT CONN GE INFA KMB MBI MS VECO RATE C CMP MSFT RCI SLM WU YUM
(NYSE: MT) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Nomura.
(NYSE: SAN) was raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
(NYSE: BAC) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight and its target price was raised to $16 from $13 at Morgan Stanley.
(NYSE: CAT) was raised to Overweight from Neutral and the target price was raised to $100 from $93 at J.P. Morgan.
(NASDAQ: CONN) was named as Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.
(NYSE: GE) was reiterated as Buy with a $25 price target by Argus, with the explanation that the two-day sell-off is a great buying opportunity.
(NASDAQ: INFA) was raised to Neutral based on new orders and backlog from Underperform at Credit Suisse.
(NYSE: KMB) was reiterated Buy but raised price target to $116 from $98 based on 20-times earnings at Argus.
(NYSE: MBI) was raised to Hold from Sell by S&P Capital IQ late on Monday.
(NYSE: MS) was raised to Buy from Neutral with a $25 price target at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys.
(NASDAQ: VECO) was raised to Outperform from Perform at Oppenheimer and maintained as Buy with $48 price target at Canaccord Genuity.
(NYSE: RATE) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
(NYSE: C) was reiterated as Sell as earnings trends were unsustainable according to Argus.
(NYSE: CMP) was downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets.
(NASDAQ: MSFT) was maintained as Hold but earnings estimates were cut in 2013 and 2014, based on lower Windows 8 sales, by Argus.
(NYSE: RCI) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform but still called a core holding at Credit Suisse.
(NASDAQ: SLM) was downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight by Evercore Partners.
(NYSE: WU) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup.
(NYSE: YUM) was downgraded to Underperform from Buy at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

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