[October 16, 2009] Analyst Upgrades for October 16th Tweet Oct 16, 2009 (SmarTrend(R) Upgrades/Downgrades via COMTEX) -- Analyst Upgrades for 10/16/2009... American Equity (NYSE:AEL) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital... AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA/Merrill... Boardwalk Pipeline (NYSE:BWP) upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley... Cardtronics (NASDAQ:CATM) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan... CME Group (NYSE:CME) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette... Google maintained Buy, price target raised to $635 from $585 at Goldman... Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital... Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS... Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette... Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank... Mastercard maintained Overweight, price target raised to $266 from $226 at Piper Jaffray... NutriSystem (NASDAQ:NTRI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral, $24 target, at Janney Montgomery... Targacept Inc (NASDAQ:TRGT) upgraded to Buy, $26 target, at Needham... Terex (NYSE:TEX) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays... Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) initiated as Buy at BofA/Merrill... Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.TradeTheTrend.com. Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.TradeTheTrend.com/signup.html [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]