Analysts Now Have New Terminology for Rating Stocks

Everyday, analysts from Bank of America to Barclay's Capital to Bear Stearns (oops, Bear no longer exists), make stock upgrades and downgrades. These downgrades or upgrades or better stated, stock recommendations, fall into a few categories: from a simple BUY to a NEUTRAL to an OVER WEIGHT to a STRONG BUY. Once in a bloom moon you'll see a SELL rating, but that's extremely rare. This language has become stale, though. It's a bit boring and ineffectual. However, refreshingly, going forward, analysts will now use some new terminology in their stock ratings that investors might glean more insight from. Here's a

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