Good Stocks To Buy Now: January 17, 2012

 

Good Stocks to Buy will be abundant this Year for two main reasons:

  • Election 2012
  • Year of The Dragon

The “Chinese New Year” is within sight this January 23, 2012. In the Chinese calendar, persons bore this 23 January 2012 – 9 February 2013 are considered to have the attributes of the Water Dragon.

Water usually represents wealth, money and luck in Feng Shui which to traders means that good stocks to buy now will be abundant for the foreseeable future.

In choosing good stocks to buy now, one tried and true method for many of the most profitable traders has been monitoring the analyst ratings; most especially the upgraded stocks and newly covered stocks.

If you are unsure about how to understand Analysts Ratings, click here to get a better understanding on spotting good stocks to buy now.

The following stocks all received upgrades to “buy” ratings or higher from Wall Street analysts today and would all be considered good stocks to buy:

 

  • British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI): upgraded by analysts at Goldman Sachs to a “buy” rating.
    The analysts now have a $46.00 price target on the stock.
  • Bally Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BYI): upgraded by analysts at Goldman Sachs from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and also upgraded by analysts at Citigroup to a “buy” rating.
  • Copa Holdings (NYSE: CPA): upgraded by analysts at Goldman Sachs from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS): upgraded by analysts at Citigroup from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
    The analysts now have a $78.00 price target on the stock.
  • Cenovus Energy Inc (NYSE: CVE): upgraded by analysts at UBS AG from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Enerplus Resources Fund (NYSE: ERF): upgraded by analysts at UBS AG from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN): upgraded by analysts at Needham & Company from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
    The analysts now have a $3.00 price target on the stock.
  • Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN): upgraded by analysts at Longbow Research from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
    The analysts now have a $35.00 price target on the stock.
  • Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG): upgraded by analysts at Raymond James from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
  • Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE): upgraded by analysts at Bank of America from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Sturm Ruger & Co Inc (NYSE: RGR): upgraded by analysts at CLSA from an “outperform” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • SWISS RE LTD S/ADR (NASDAQ: SSREY): upgraded by analysts at Citigroup from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY): upgraded by analysts at Jefferies Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
    The analysts now have a $25.00 price target on the stock and also by analysts at Citigroup upgraded the stock to a “buy” rating.
  • VCA Antech, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOOF): upgraded by analysts at SunTrust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
  • Asbury Automotive (NYSE: ABG): now covered by analysts at Craig Hallum. The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS): now covered by analysts at Sidoti.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW): now covered by analysts at Capstone Investments.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating and a $43.00 price target on the stock.
  • Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG): now covered by analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott. The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Orix ADR Rep 1/2 Ord Shs (NYSE: IX): now covered by analysts at Deutsche Bank.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Ligand Pharmaceutica (NASDAQ: LGND): now covered by analysts at Summer Street.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating and a $22.00 price target on the stock.
  • Texas Capital (NASDAQ: TCBI): now covered by analysts at DA Davidson.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Unigene Laboratories (NASDAQ: UGNE): now covered by analysts at Summer Street.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating and a $2.00 price target on the stock.
  • URS Co. (NYSE: URS): now covered by analysts at Lazard Capital. The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF): now covered by analysts at Sidoti.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • Xl Group Plc (NYSE: XL): now covered by analysts at Sterne Agee.
    The analysts set a “buy” rating and a $25.00 price target on the stock.

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