Broker upgrades for April 8: Pier 1 (PIR) : Credit Suisse raised its price target on the stock to $13, while BB&T upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold. The stock is trading down 1.1%. Southwest Airlines (LUV) : EVA Dimensions, LLC upgraded the stock to Buy from Overweight. Stock is trading down 0.5%. Bristol Myers Squib (BMY) : EVA Dimensions, LLC upgraded the stock to Buy from Overweight. Stock is trading up ...

Auto retail giant Carmax (KMX) will be reporting its fourth quarter earnings Thursday before the market opens. Going into tomorrow's earnings report, analysts are expecting to see Carmax report earnings of $0.38 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.33. Carmax has a strong history of posting better than expected earnings... easily surpassing analyst estimates for each of its past 8 quarters. Over the past month the ...

Some big names picked up broker upgrades today. Here are a few of the companies that received upgrades: Microsoft (MSFT) : Microsoft was upgraded today by EVA Dimensions, LLC to Buy from Overweight. MSFT stock closed the trading session at $29.85, down 0.9%. Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) : Baker Hughes was upgraded by Citigroup to Hold from Sell. BHI stock finished the trading session down 1.3% at $47.32. Electronic Arts (ERTS) : Electronic ...

Some big names got upgraded this morning. Here are a couple of the stocks that were upgraded today: Yahoo (YHOO) : Yahoo was upgraded this morning by EVA Dimensions, LLC to Hold from Underweight. The stock is trading up 0.7% following the upgrade to $17.58, up $0.13 J. Crew Group, Inc. (JCG) : The stock was upgraded today by EVA Dimensions, LLC today to Overweight from Hold. The stock is trading up ...

A couple of big name stocks picked up broker upgrades today. Here are a few of the companies that were upgraded this morning: Exxon Mobil (XOM) : Exxon was upgraded by Raymond James today to Outperform from Market Perform Dell Computer (DELL) : Dell was upgraded by Robert W. Baird & Co. to Outperform from Neutral Kroger (KR) : Kroger was upgraded by EVA Dimensions, LLC today to Buy from Overweight

The market closed in the red today, as poor earnings from General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) brought out the bears. The DOW closed the session down 0.67%, the NASDAQ ended the day down 0.76%, while the S&P slipped by 0.8%. General Electric started off the day off on a bad note when the company reported revenues that came up short of analyst estimates. GE was able to ...

A lot of big name stocks received upgrades and downgrades today. Here are a few such stocks: Analyst upgrades: Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) was upgraded today to Neutral from Underperform by Buckingham. State Street Corp (NYSE: STT) was upgraded by CLSA to Outperform from Underperform and the broker lifted its price target on the stock to $62 from $45. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) received an upgrade today from Fox-Pitt to Outperform from ...