top Upgrades stocks to buy now

COMPANY	SYMBOL	BROKERAGE FIRM	UPGRADE FROM	TO (TARGET)
BHP Billiton ADR Reptg 2 Ord Shs	BHP	RBC Capital Mkts	Sector Perform	Outperform
Hub Group Inc	HUBG	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold	Buy ($41)
Marten Transport Ltd	MRTN	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold	Buy ($24)
Prestige Brands Holdings Inc	PBH	Oppenheimer	Perform	Outperform ($17)

COMPANY	SYMBOL	BROKERAGE FIRM	UPGRADE FROM	TO (TARGET)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc	CBRL	Argus	Hold	Buy ($72)
Dorman Products Inc	DORM	BB&T Capital Mkts	Hold	Buy
E-House (China) Holdings Ltd	EJ	Maxim Group	Sell	Hold
Gulfport Energy Corp	GPOR	RBC Capital Mkts	Sector Perform	Outperform ($27)
Salesforce.com Inc	CRM	Oppenheimer	Perform	Outperform ($180)
Uroplasty Inc	UPI	JMP Securities	Mkt Perform	Mkt Outperform ($6)

COMPANY	SYMBOL	BROKERAGE FIRM	UPGRADE FROM	TO (TARGET)
Monolithic Power Systems Inc	MPWR	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold	Buy ($25)
Praxair Inc	PX	Robert W. Baird	Neutral	Outperform ($124)
Suntrust Banks Inc	STI	Argus	Hold	Buy ($30)
Tempur-Pedic International Inc	TPX	Hilliard Lyons	Long-term Buy	Buy ($35)
W.W. Grainger Inc	GWW	UBS	Neutral COMPANY SYMBOL BROKERAGE FIRM UPGRADE FROM TO (TARGET) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc CBRL Argus Hold Buy ($72) Dorman Products Inc DORM BB&T Capital Mkts Hold Buy E-House (China) Holdings Ltd EJ Maxim Group Sell Hold Gulfport Energy Corp GPOR RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform Outperform ($27) Salesforce.com Inc CRM Oppenheimer Perform Outperform ($180) Uroplasty Inc UPI JMP Securities Mkt Perform Mkt Outperform ($6)	Buy ($225) COMPANY SYMBOL BROKERAGE FIRM UPGRADE FROM TO (TARGET) Baxter International Inc BAX Standpoint Research Hold Buy ($58) Check Point Software Technologies Ltd CHKP Wunderlich Hold Buy ($60) Foster Wheeler AG FWLT Standpoint Research Hold Buy ($24) HollyFrontier Corp HFC UBS Neutral Buy ($35) Tesoro Corp TSO UBS Neutral Buy ($33) Tim Participacoes SA TSU Standpoint Research Hold Buy ($30) VMware Inc VMW Mizuho Neutral Buy ($107)

My Top Stocks To Buy / Strong Buy Rating

    

Strong Buy  Rating

 

 

Seagate Technology 

(Public, NASDAQ:STX)

Agilent Technologies Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:A)

Citigroup Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:C)   11.00 a share by 2011

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

(Public, NYSE:JPM)

Bank of America Corporation 

(Public, NYSE:BAC)

Chevron Corporation 

(Public, NYSE:CVX)

Philip Morris International Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:PM)

Hexcel Corporation 

(Public, NYSE:HXL)

CVS Caremark Corporation 

(Public, NYSE:CVS)

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:GS)  Buy when it goes down to 125.00 !

BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) 

(Public, NYSE:BHP)

CurrencyShares Mexican Peso Trust 

(Public, NYSE:FXM)

Ford Motor Company 

(Public, NYSE:F)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:CMG)     New upcoming healthy Fast Food Chain

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 

(Public, NYSE:RCL)

Marriott International, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:MAR)

Seaspan Corporation 

(Public, NYSE:SSW)  Hot Mid- Cap Stock ..

RPC, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:RES)

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:ABR)

Composite Technology Corporation 

(Public, OTC:CPTC)         Penny Stock

ILX Resorts Incorporated 

(Public, OTC:ILXRQ)        Penny stock

Under Armour, Inc. 

(Public, NYSE:UA)        Long Term Play

Obama-Proof Stocks?

Cramer has been a bit nervous since President Obama announced his budget plans this week. Changes to Medicare immediately took down the health-care sector, and now the Mad Money host is wondering who might be next. That’s why he’s looking for stocks that don’t answer to Washington. It’s one of the few ways investors can find profits right now.

Australia is definitely out of Obama’s reach, which is one reason Cramer likes BHP Billiton [BHP 36.42 -0.72 (-1.94%).Plus, the world’s largest diversified resources company is probably the best play on China’s $600 billion infrastructure stimulus plan. And China, Cramer said, will be engine of any global economic recovery, with BHP as its supplier.


BHP is the world’s second-largest producer of iron ore, third largest of copper and nickel and number one for seaborne traded coking coal, which is used in steel production. These are all key to China’s build-out. Twenty percent of BHP’s fiscal 2008 sales came from that country, so the new stimulus should means the number will rise this year. BHP also owns some oil properties, which is another commodity China can’t get enough of.

A projected slump in iron ore sales to China is now lesser than expected thanks to that stimulus. Chinese iron ore inventories in the week ending Feb. 23 were down 6% year-over-year, 2% from the previous week and 23% from the September high. Cramer thinks they’ll reverse direction and head higher now. Already Chinese imported iron ore prices are up 25% since October. Hot-rolled steel is up 25% since mid-November, and new-home sales in China have doubled year-over-year, another sign that copper and other raw materials are in demand.

BHP did miss earnings estimates last quarter, but cash flows increased 74% year-over-year, the dividend was up 41% from last year, and the company reduced its net debt by 51%. Those cash flows lend security to BHP’s 4.5% dividend yield, and the stronger balance sheet allows for spending even during the downturn. And that’s just what BHP is doing. The company’s putting money to work to better position itself for the market’s eventual turn up.

The stock’s down to $36 from $95, but that dividend is safe – BHP is even in position to raise it – the balance sheet’s solid, the company’s capable of taking market share and this is most likely the largest beneficiary of China’s stimulus plan. Best of all: Obama can’t touch it. That’s why Cramer thinks BHP is a buy
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