February 27, 2006

European Markets:

European Markets are stable this morning;

Sector News:

~Smith Barney downgraded the equipment manufacturers on the Semiconductors including AMAT, AEIS, MTSN, and ASYT.

~Prudential says retail sales will be Neutral at best.

~KSE - taken over in the Natural Gas sector which could help that sector today;

Oil: HAL - awarded a $2.4B no bid contract from the government;

Breaking News:

~CSCO - completes acquisition of Scientific Atlantic;

~GE and a Macquarie investment fund are vying to buy a big stake in TXU's electricity-delivery business, in a deal that could be valued at more than $5 billion.

~DTV - will be buying 100M shares @ 15.50 from the GM retirement account;

Upgrades:

• NBP Northern Border Harris Nesbitt Underperform » Neutral
  
• EQT Equitable Res Citigroup Hold » Buy
  
• WTHN WiderThan Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• ANF Abercrombie Goldman Sachs In-Line » Outperform
  
• SAP SAP AG HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral
  
• OSI Outback Steakhouse Morgan Stanley Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• CEPH Cephalon BWS Financial Buy » Strong Buy
  
• FLSH M-Systems Citigroup Hold » Buy
  
• SNDK SanDisk Citigroup Hold » Buy, NOTE: SNDK breaks out at 59.35.
  
• CRE CarrAmerica JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral
  
• CLX Clorox Prudential Underweight » Neutral
  
• ADSK Autodesk Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy
  
• SM St. Mary Lnd/Expl First Albany Neutral » Buy
  
• CVG Convergys UBS Neutral » Buy
  
• GLG Glamis Gold CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $41 » $46
  
• LOW Upgraded today and has a gap at 69.15
  
  
  
  
• SNRR Sunterra Matrix Research Buy
  
• SEED Origin Agritech Maxim Group Buy $24
  
• NWRE Neoware Systems Needham & Co Buy $30
  
  
  
  
• ADCT ADC Telecom(b;) Miller Johnson Buy $30
  
• MRVL Marvell BWS Financial Buy $57 » $74
  
• SPN Sup Energy Svcs Hibernia Southcoast Capital Buy $31 » $36
  
• AMT American Tower CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform $35 » $37
  
• DECK Deckers Outdoor Lazard Captial Buy $37 » $45
  
• PWAV Powerwave Oppenheimer Buy $16 » $17
  
• AMT American Tower Soleil Buy $29 » $37
  
• CCI Crown Castle Soleil Buy $28 » $36
  
• PLT Plantronics Kaufman Bros Buy $38 » $40
  
• AMLN Amylin Pharms Piper Jaffray Outperform $50 » $52
  
• IMA Inverness Medical Jefferies & Co Buy $36 » $38
  
• IART Integra KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $43 » $45
  
• NX Quanex KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy $65 » $75
  
• WYNN Wynn Resorts Jefferies & Co Buy $64.50 » $75
  
• INSU Insituform Tech Stifel Nicolaus Buy $27 » $30
  
• WGRD Watchguard McAdams,Wright,Ragen Buy
  
• FPO First Potomac Realty Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform $31.50 » $32
  
• LFG Target raised to 68 by KBWI and reiterated market perform
  
• ET Estimates raised by KBWI
  
• ESV Price target raised to 54 by DBAB
  

Downgrades:

• RIC Richmont Mines Inc. BMO Nesbitt Burns Outperform » Market Perform
  
• EQY Equity One BB&T Capital Mkts Buy » Hold
  
• OTIV On Track Innovations Oppenheimer Buy » Neutral
  
• MEL Mellon Financial Sandler O'Neill Hold » Sell
  
• ROP Roper Inds Friedman Billings Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
• SLXP Salix Pharm William Blair Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
  
  
  
• DCN Dana Corp KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy » Hold
  
• GLG Glamis Gold UBS Buy » Neutral
  
• NFB North Fork Banc Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
• AEIS Advanced Energy Citigroup Buy » Hold
  
• MTSN Mattson Citigroup Hold » Sell
  
• LRCX Lam Research Citigroup Hold » Sell
  
• SRE Sempra Energy Citigroup Buy » Hold
  
• RJF Raymond James Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Underperform
  
• RRI Reliant Energy Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
  
• BDN Brandywine Realty JP Morgan Overweight » Neutral
  
• WRI Weingarten Realty JP Morgan Neutral » Underweight
  
• ALSK Alaska Comms Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral
  
• POT Potash UBS Buy » Neutral
  
• HOKU HOKU Scientific Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CBH Commerce Bancorp Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform » Mkt Perform $36
  

Market recap

European Markets:

Up slightly in early morning trading;

Stocks that are components of the Dow:

~HPQ Hewlett-Packard – earnings jump 30% on a 5.6% sales increase, driven by cost cutting and improved results across its portfolio of businesses. Credit Suisse Upgraded from Neutral to Outperform, and Soleil raised the Price Target from $36 to $39, and Deutsche Securities raised target from 28 to 33;

~HON Honeywell - CIBC Wrld Mkts Upgraded from Sector Perform to Sector Outperform and raised price target from $40 to $48;

~GM - General Motors Downgraded by Bernstein from Outperform to Mkt Perform $35 » $22;

Oil/Gas:

~Oil prices bounced based on positive remarks by Morgan Stanley about the Integrated Oil section - they like XOM, CVH, AHC, OXY, and MRO. XOM target raised to 78 and MRO target raised to 87;

~Baker Hughes – should help the oil sector with it’s good earnings;


~SLB, RIG, DO – upgraded by RBCM;

Breaking News:

~A Cerberus group has emerged as the leading bidder for the majority stake in GMAC that parent GM is seeking to sell.

~Cellphone venture Helio plans to announce an exclusive partnership with MySpace, a popular social-networking Web site.

~Arcelor’s net rose 53% on cost-cutting in Europe and growth in Brazil. The steelmaker raised its dividend 85%, as it tries to fend off rival Mittal's hostile bid.

~Barrons online – They highlighted two small cap companies: MEDX and ALKS;

~XMSR – down 2 points this morning on a resignation – could be a scalp at $22.50;

~AMAT – posted a good quarter and traded higher in Germany;

~Housing Starts were spectacular and CNBC stated that the housing arena continues to suprise and amaze.

~AGT - Smith Barney still favorite large cap;

~CSG - share price up on renued take over talks says WSJ;

Upgrades

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• CBI Chicago Bridge Hibernia Southcoast Capital Hold » Buy $30
  
• OPTN Option Care Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $13.50 » $17
  
• FADV First Advantage Matrix Research Sell » Buy
  
• DVW Covad Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy $1.50 » $2.50
  
• FIS Fidelity National Information Services Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform
  
• THC Tenet Healthcare Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform
  
• SNPS Synopsys HSBC Securities Neutral » Overweight $22 » $27
  
• GENZ Genzyme Thomas Weisel Peer Perform » Outperform
  
• AEA Advance America Cash Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $16.50
  
• ISLE Isle of Capri Brean Murray Sell » Hold
  
• PNC PNC Bank Bear Stearns Underperform » Outperform
  
  
• ENDP Endo Pharm Lehman Brothers Overweight
  
• ARRY Array Biopharma Merriman Curhan Ford Buy
  
• SVC Stewart & Stevenson Ryan, Beck & Co Outperform $32
  
• AIR AAR Corp Susquehanna Financial Positive
  
• AIQ Alliance Imaging Stanford Research Buy $7
  
  
• PENN Penn Natl Gaming Nollenberger Capital Buy $37 » $38
  
• HPQ Hewlett-Packard Prudential Overweight $38 » $39
  
• CMX Caremark Rx Prudential Overweight $72 » $75
  
• AMAT Applied Materials RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $20 » $21
  
• QLGC QLogic RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $37 » $38
  
• NBP Northern Border RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform $44 » $52
  
• SNPS Synopsys Needham & Co Buy $23 » $24
  
• NTAP Network Appliance Needham & Co Buy $31 » $35
  
• DAKT Daktronics Needham & Co Buy $31 » $38
  
• PNC PNC Bank Banc of America Sec Buy $68 » $75
  
• BLL Ball Corp Banc of America Sec Buy $46 » $48
  
• LAMR Lamar Advertising Banc of America Sec Buy $50 » $54
  
• HPQ Hewlett-Packard Banc of America Sec Buy $33 » $36
  
• CONR Conor Medsystems CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform $26 » $30
  
• ODP Office Depot FTN Midwest Buy $34 » $40
  
• CMX Caremark Rx First Albany Strong Buy $56 » $58
  
  
• GMRK and TDW - upgraded by RBCM
  
• WMS – upgraded by Bank of America with a 31 target
  
• ATYT – upgraded by Merrill Lynch
  
• PNC – target raised to 82 by Bear Sterns
  

Downgrades:

• EXPE Expedia Soleil Buy » Hold
  
• BDAY Celebrate Express CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform
  
• TOT Total S.A. Credit Suisse Outperform » Neutral
  
• CECO Career Education Piper Jaffray Outperform » Market Perform
  
• RWY Rent-Way Matrix Research Buy » Hold
  
• HILL Dot Hill Systems Needham & Co Buy » Hold
  
• FL Foot Locker Credit Suisse Neutral » Underperform
  
• TOA Technical Olympic USA JMP Securities Mkt Outperform » Mkt Perform
  
• EXPE Expedia Lehman Brothers Overweight » Equal-weight
  
• AZR Aztar Morgan Joseph Hold » Sell
  
• AGP Amerigroup CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Underperform $22.50 » $16
  
• MDCO The Medicines Co RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Underperform $19
  
• PENN Penn Natl Gaming Jefferies & Co Buy » Hold $37
  
• RAIL Freightcar America Jefferies & Co Buy » Hold $47 » $65
  
• PFCB PF Chang's CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform $52
  
• EMR Emerson CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Outperform » Sector Perform $91
  
• AZPN Aspen Tech Matrix Research Strong Sell
  

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February 15th — Wednesday Morning

European Markets:

CAC40: -0.46%

DAX: -0.10%

FTSE100: -0.07%

Sector News:

~Mortgage applications were lower this month which may hurt the Homebuilders.

Stocks that are components of the Dow:

~UTX - may be hurt by the U.S. Senate killing the Asbestos Fund bill. UTX also announced they will produce parts for the GE jet engine which should show in 2007.

~HPQ - positive comments from Cowan;

Breaking News:

~The Dow Industrials finished above 11000 for the first time in a month, gaining 136.07 points, or 1.25%. The Nasdaq composite rose 1%. Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel.

~Tests confirmed Bird Flu in two dead swans in northern Germany, in the country's first known cases of H5N1, German experts said. Verification by an EU lab is expected later this week.

~CSCO - announced a 9.7% stake in SNDA;

~SNDK - signs partnership with VRSN and RSAS to limit online theft of corporate data.;

~AMGN - has increased their notes;

~SHLD - Legg Mason and Atticus add to their position in Sears;

~U.S. Senate kills Asbestos Fund - This could hurt OI, OWENQ, HAL, GRE, SEE, USG;

~Barrons Highlighted two technology stocks: INFA and WITS;

Upgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• WW Watson Wyatt Matrix Research Hold » Buy
  
• CEPH Cephalon Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $85
  
• OMC Omnicom CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $88 » $98
  
• RIO Comp Vale Do Rio Bear Stearns Peer Perform » Outperform
  
• BEN Franklin Resources Morgan Stanley Equal-weight » Overweight
  
• COF Capital One Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $75 » $100
  
• WMS WMS Industries Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy $28 » $31
  
• MWV MeadWestvaco Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy $28 » $31
  
• UDR United Dominion Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy $30
  
• AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform $34 » $39
  
• DGIN Digital Insight Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $37
  
• BOBJ Business Objects UBS Neutral » Buy
  
• ABPI Accentia Biopharmaceuticals Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy $7 » $11
  
• FLS Flowserve Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform $38 » $55
  
• WCN Waste Connections Thomas Weisel Peer Perform » Outperform
  
• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
  
  
  
• NIHD NII Holdings Lehman Brothers Overweight
  
• SVC Stewart & Stevenson Friedman Billings Outperform
  
• CDWC CDW Corp Bear Stearns Peer Perform
  
• SHPGY Shire Pharm Goldman Sachs Outperform
  
• ICON Iconix Brand Brean Murray Strong Buy $18
  
• THC Tenet Healthcare Bear Stearns Peer Perform
  
• CNXT Conexant CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform
  
• ENSI EnergySouth, Inc. AG Edwards Buy $31
  
  
  
  
• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• LVS Las Vegas Sands Prudential Overweight $56 » $59
  
• PRAA Portfolio Recovery Assoc. Brean Murray Hold $40 » $46
  
• RCKY Rocky Shoes & Boots Brean Murray Accumulate $22 » $25
  
• SKX Skechers USA Brean Murray Strong Buy $20 » $24
  
• BWS Brown Shoe Brean Murray Strong Buy $47 » $49
  
• DVA DaVita Deutsche Securities Buy $60 » $64
  
• MSSR McCormick & Schmick's RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $25 » $27
  
• PLA Playboy RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $15 » $16
  
• LVS Las Vegas Sands Stifel Nicolaus Buy $46 » $60

Downgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• TSAI Transaction Systems Matrix Research Sell » Strong Sell
  
• IM Ingram Micro Prudential Overweight » Neutral
  
• SNE Sony HSBC Securities Overweight » Neutral
  
• OCAS Ohio Casualty KeyBanc Capital Mkts / McDonald Buy » Hold
  
• CHH Choice Hotels CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Underperform
  
• GWR Genesee & Wyoming Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CSR Credit Suisse Deutsche Securities Buy » Hold
  
• SSCC Smurfit-Stone Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral $15 » $14
  
• TIN Temple-Inland Banc of America Sec Buy » Neutral $50 » $46
  
• ZIPR Ziprealty Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  
• CD Cendant Thomas Weisel Outperform » Peer Perform
  

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Tuesday Morning, Feb 14, 2006

European Markets:

CAC40: -0.32%

DAX: -0.14%

FTSE100: 0.02%

Sector News:

~Lehman believes that the pull back on Independent Refiners is a buying opportunity. Their Top Pick are VLO, SUN, and TSO;

~DBAB believes that Homebuilders are looking cheap and oversold. They believe that TOL, HOV, DHI, BZH, and SPF look the most oversold;

~KB Homes reported a surge in cancellations

Breaking News:

~VNU shareholders are pressing the Dutch company to break itself into three divisions and sell the pieces rather than agree to a deal with private-equity firms;


~Sun is moving to encourage use of the Linux operating system on its newest computers, in an effort to increase server sales;

~Nokia and Sanyo plan to set up a joint venture to develop and make advanced cellphones, underlining the companies' ambitions to grow globally.

Upgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• HR Healthcare Realty Harris Nesbitt Underperform » Outperform $39
  
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• AMAT Applied Materials AG Edwards Hold » Buy $25
  
• BER W.R. Berkley Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy $60
  
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• AMD Advanced Micro UBS Reduce » Neutral $31 » $41
  
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• CLX Target set at $66 by Morgan Stanley
  
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Downgrades:

• Ticker Company Brokerage Firm Ratings Change Price Target
  
• MOSY MoSys Stanford Research Buy » Hold
  
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