Up/Downgrades

Published on Thursday, 15 November 2012 07:56 Written by Danny Miller

New York, November 15^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) was upgraded to a Buy at Sterne Agee.

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) was downgraded to Outperform from Top Pick at RBC Capital.

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) was downgraded to a Sell at Goldman Sachs.

First Cash Financial Services (NASDAQ: FCFS) was upgraded to a Buy at Sterne Agee.

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) was upgraded to a Buy at Credit Agricole.

Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) was upgraded to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.

IAMGOLD (NYSE: IAG) was downgraded to Underperform at Credit Suisse.

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) was upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James.

Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) was downgraded to a Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) upgraded to a Top Pick at RBC Capital.

Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE) was upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James.

Teavana Holdings Inc (NYSE: TEA) was downgraded to a Hold at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) was upgraded to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) was downgraded to Underperform at Bank of America Merrill.