During these busy times, it pays to stay on top of the latest profit opportunities. And today’s blog post should be a great place to start. After taking a close look at the latest data on institutional buying pressure and each company’s fundamental health, I decided to revise my Portfolio Grader recommendations for 70 big blue chips. Chances are that you have at least one of these stocks in your portfolio, so you may want to give this list a skim and act accordingly.
Upgrades
Last Week’s Holds, Now Buys
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| A | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AEE | Ameren Corporation | B | C | B |
| AGN | Allergan, Inc. | B | C | B |
| AON | Aon plc | B | B | B |
| BEAM | Beam Inc. | B | C | B |
| CHTR | Charter Communications, Inc. | B | C | B |
| CI | Cigna Corporation | B | C | B |
| CMCSK | Comcast Corporation Special | B | C | B |
| GILD | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | C | B | B |
| HCA | HCA Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
| HOG | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | B | B | B |
| HON | Honeywell International Inc. | B | B | B |
| M | Macy’s Inc | B | B | B |
| MMM | 3M Company | B | C | B |
| NVO | Novo Nordisk A/S | B | C | B |
| RIO | Rio Tinto plc | B | C | B |
| SRE | Sempra Energy | B | C | B |
| STI | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | B | C | B |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | B | C | B |
| VIA | Viacom Inc. | B | B | B |
| VIAB | Viacom Inc. | B | B | B |
| VOD | Vodafone Group Plc | B | B | B |
| WAG | Walgreen Co. | B | C | B |
| WFT | Weatherford International Ltd. | B | D | B |
| ZMH | Zimmer Holdings, Inc. | B | B | B |
Last Week’s Sells, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | D | B | C |
| BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. | D | C | C |
| CELG | Celgene Corporation | D | C | C |
| DPS | Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | D | B | C |
| DTE | DTE Energy Company | C | C | C |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | C | C | C |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | C | C | C |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline plc | C | B | C |
| HIG | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| MJN | Mead Johnson Nutrition Company | D | B | C |
| MO | Altria Group, Inc. | C | C | C |
| MSI | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | D | B | C |
| MUR | Murphy Oil Corporation | C | C | C |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Company | D | C | C |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | C | B | C |
| WFM | Whole Foods Market, Inc. | C | C | C |
Downgrades
Last Week’s Buys, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | C | B | C |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | C | C | C |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal | C | C | C |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corporation | B | C | C |
| FISV | Fiserv, Inc. | C | B | C |
| JCI | Johnson Controls, Inc. | C | B | C |
| LLTC | Linear Technology Corporation | C | B | C |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corporation | C | B | C |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation | C | C | C |
| PH | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | C | B | C |
| RAI | Reynolds American Inc. | B | C | C |
| SLF | Sun Life Financial Inc. | C | B | C |
| TRIP | TripAdvisor, Inc. | C | C | C |
| VMW | Vmware, Inc. | C | B | C |
| YHOO | Yahoo! Inc. | C | C | C |
Last Week’s Holds, Now Sells
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | D | B | D |
| CA | CA, Inc. | D | B | D |
| CBS | CBS Corporation | D | B | D |
| CVE | Cenovus Energy Inc. | D | C | D |
| ERIC | LM Ericsson Telefon AB | F | C | D |
| LLY | Eli Lilly and Company | D | C | D |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corporation | D | C | D |
| MON | Monsanto Company | D | B | D |
| MRO | Marathon Oil Corporation | D | D | D |
| NTAP | NetApp, Inc. | D | B | D |
| OMC | Omnicom Group Inc | D | C | D |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | D | C | D |
| V | Visa Inc. | D | B | D |
| WDAY | Workday, Inc. | D | C | D |
Sincerely,
Louis Navellier
