Early Research Calls

Published on Friday, 30 November 2012 08:03 Written by Danny Miller

New York, November 30^th (TradersHuddle.com) – Following are some of the upgrades and downgrades before the market open.

Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF.B) was downgraded to a Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Cambrex (NYSE: CBM) was upgraded to a Buy from Neutral at Longbow Research.

ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) was upgraded to a Buy at Jefferies.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) was upgraded to Fair Value at CRT Capital.

St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) was upgraded to a Buy at Mizuho.

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) was downgraded to a Neutral at Longbow Research.

Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM) was downgraded to Market Perform at BMO Capital.

Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF) was downgraded to a Neutral at Bank of America Merrill.

Walter Investment Management (NYSE: WAC) was upgraded to Outperform at Keefe Bruyette.

YUM! Brands Inc (NYSE: YUM) was downgraded to a Neutral at Susquehanna and at UBS. The stock was also downgraded to Underperform at Raymond James.