Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List

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Broadpoint.AmTech upgrades Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) from Neutral to Buy. Price target increased from $8.50 to $10. Click Here for more color.

BMO Capital upgrades Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) from Underperform to Market Perform. The firm also boosted its price target on the stock from $40 to $54

Bernstein upgrades XL Capital (NYSE: XL) from Market Perform to Outperform.

Goldman Sachs added Cheesecake Factory Inc. (Nasdaq: CAKE) to its Conviction Buy List after upgrading the stock to Buy ...

Goldman Sachs downgrades Target (NYSE: TGT) from its Conviction Buy List to Neutral, saying the retailer is not positioned well in ...

Goldman Sachs raised their price targets and estimates on a number of broad-lines retail names today. The firm's two top ideas includes Conviction Buy List-rated Target (NYSE: TGT) and Macy's (NYSE ...

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street:

1. Stocks around the globe tumbled sharply Monday, led by a drastic slide in the Chinese markets. The Shanghai composite sank below the 3,000 level for the first time since the beginning of July. The index closed down nearly 6%. Traders cited profit-taking in Chinese stocks as, at the beginning of August, the Shanghai index had more than doubled since its lows set in November. Talk that China is leading around the US market's was all the rage this week.

2. The U.S. government announced Thursday that its popular 'Cash for Clunkers' program would end Monday, August 24 ...