InvestorGuide Research Tool

Welcome to InvestorGuide.com's Stock Research Tool, one of the most powerful research tools on the internet. It gathers all the company-specific links you need in one place -- improving the efficiency of your stock research. From quotes and charts to insider activity and institutional ownership, you will find everything you need to make your next investment a good one.

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Recent Notable Upgrades

Company	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
Nara Bancorp	Sterne Agee	Hold	Buy
Halliburton	Tristone	Outperform	Top Pick
SemGroup Energy Partners	Wachovia	Underperform	Market Perform
Maguire Properties	Deutsche Bank	Sell	Hold
Baker Hughes	Raymond James	Outperform	Strong Buy
Teradyne	HSBC	Neutral	Overweight
Halliburton Company	Natixis Bleichroeder	Hold	Buy
The South Financial Group	Raymond James	Underperform	Market Perform
United Parcel Services	Raymond James	Outperform	Strong Buy
PNC Financial Services Group	Goldman Sachs	Neutral	Buy

Recent Notable Downgrades

Company	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
First Place Financial	Sidoti	Buy	Neutral
Foundry Networks	Argus	Hold	Sell
Lexmark International Inc.	Argus	Buy	Hold
BJ's Wholesale	Jefferies	Buy	Hold
AZZ Inc.	DA Davidson	Buy	Neutral
Cerner	Canaccord Adams	Buy	Hold
ADC Telecom	Friedman Billings	Outperform	Market Perform
Broadcom	Needham &Co	Strong Buy	Buy
Diamond Foods	Longbow Research	Buy	Neutral
G-III Apparel Group	Thomas Weisel	Overweight	Marketweight

Recent Notable New Coverages

Company	Analyst	Rating
Bally Tech.	Sidoti	Buy
Sybase	Raymond James	Outperform
Weatherford Int'l	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold
Denny's	Feltl &Co.	Buy
Weatherford Int'l	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold
Psychiatric Solutions	Stanford	Buy
hhgregg	Oppenheimer	Market Perform
Intrepid Potash	BMo Capital	Outperform
Volcano	Roth Capital	Buy
Manitowac	Longbow	Buy

Recent Notable Earnings Releases: 07/22/2008

Company			Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL)			0.40	0.40	0.60
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InvestorGuide University: Stocks and Investing

InvestorGuide knows that choosing the right stocks for your portfolio requires proper planning and an understanding of investment concepts. Making the right decisions will bring you closer to realizing your personal financial goals. The focus of these articles is to give you a better understanding of the stock market, how stocks work and how you can invest in them.

Stock Basics

Introduction to Stocks
InvestorGuide Staff

Learn the basics about stocks, including why companies offer them, and how you can go about obtaining shares in a company. Read More >>

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Common and Preferred Stock >
Categories of Stocks >
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Initial Public Offerings >
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Investing Basics

What is Investing?
InvestorGuide Staff

Want to increase the amount of money you have? Learn the basics of investing so you can start accumulating wealth and providing for your future. Read More >>

Getting Started with Investments and Financial Planning >
Principles of Investing >
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Stock Regulations >
Introduction to Stock Indexes, DJIA and the NASDAQ >
Introduction to Stock Exchanges and the NYSE >

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