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Monday, April 9, 2012

Upgrades and Downgrades Daily Report: (GOLD), (ICGE), (URI), (NLY), (FFG)

Stifel Nicolaus, the brokerage firm, has recently increased the rating on Randgold Resources (GOLD). They upped the rating from Hold to Buy. The brokerage firm believes the company may be on the upswing and there could be potential value in buying the stock. The target price is currently set at $110 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of GOLD traded higher by 9.93% or $8.09/share to $89.53. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $73.10 and as high as $120.73. On average, 725955 shares of GOLD exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1452026.

ICG Group (ICGE) is currently being analyzed by the brokerage firm Feltl & Co.. They have just changed their rating from Buy to Strong Buy. This indicates that the company may doing doing better than investors expect. Look for potential buying pressure or an upside move in the share price. The target price is currently set at $13 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of ICGE traded higher by 5.9% or $0.5/share to $8.97. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $7.22 and as high as $14.29. On average, 150544 shares of ICGE exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 116429.

RBC Capital Mkts, the brokerage firm, has recently changed the rating on United Rentals (URI). They lowered the rating from Top Pick to Outperform. The brokerage firm believes the company is on the downswing and there could be potential savings or capital preservation in selling the stock now. The target price is currently set at $52 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of URI fell by 3.62% or $-1.55/share to $41.30. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $12.81 and as high as $45.08. On average, 1968050 shares of URI exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1493804.

Compass Point, the brokerage firm, has recently changed the rating on Annaly Capital Mgmt (NLY). They upped the rating from Neutral to Buy. The brokerage firm believes the company may be on the upswing and there could be potential value in buying the stock. The target price is currently set at $17 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of NLY traded higher by 1.09% or $0.1699/share to $15.75. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $14.05 and as high as $18.79. On average, 13014000 shares of NLY exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 9147537.

FBL Financial (FFG) recently had their rating decreased from Outperform to Mkt Perform. FBR Capital is the brokerage firm which is currently analyzing this company and found it necessary to change their rating. This is usually a bearish sign for the stock, and this brokerage house may tell its clients to sell the stock. The share prices may fall because of this action. Analysts believe that the company's share price may begin to fall. The target price is currently set at $35 per share by the brokerage firm. Shares of FFG fell by 3.91% or $-1.27/share to $31.20. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $24.50 and as high as $36.93. On average, 81032 shares of FFG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 71667.