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 71 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 |
| ACE | ACE Limited | B | B | B |
| ARMH | ARM Holdings plc | B | B | B |
| BA | Boeing Company | B | B | B |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | B | B | B |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA | B | C | B |
| CAM | Cameron International Corp. | B | C | B |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | B | C | B |
| DTE | DTE Energy Company | B | C | B |
| F | Ford Motor Company | B | B | B |
| GM | General Motors Company | B | B | B |
| ISRG | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | C | B | B |
| IX | ORIX Corp. | B | C | B |
| JD | JD.com Inc. | B | C | B |
| KYO | Kyocera Corp. | B | B | B |
| LLTC | Linear Technology Corp. | B | C | B |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | B | C | B |
| NMR | Nomura Holdings Inc. | B | B | B |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | B | B | B |
| RCI | Rogers Communications Inc. | B | C | B |
| SAP | SAP SE | B | B | B |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab Corp. | B | C | B |
| STI | SunTrust Banks Inc. | B | B | B |
| SYT | Syngenta AG | B | C | B |
Last Week’s Sells, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| A | Agilent Technologies Inc. | D | B | C |
| BCH | Banco de Chile | D | C | C |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp. | C | C | C |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | D | B | C |
| FOX | Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. | D | C | C |
| GG | Goldcorp Inc. | D | C | C |
| GLW | Corning Incorporated | D | B | C |
| GPC | Genuine Parts Company | D | C | C |
| KLAC | KLA-Tencor Corp. | C | C | C |
| MET | MetLife Inc. | C | C | C |
| MRK | Merck & Co. Inc. | D | C | C |
| PHG | Royal Philips NV | D | C | C |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corp. | C | C | C |
| SNDK | SanDisk Corp. | C | C | C |
| UTX | United Technologies Corp. | D | C | C |
| VZ | Verizon Communications Inc. | D | C | C |
Downgrades
Last Week’s Buys, Now Holds
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company Inc. | C | C | C |
| AGN | Allergan plc | B | C | C |
| AGU | Agrium Inc. | C | C | C |
| BBY | Best Buy Co. Inc. | C | B | C |
| BCE | BCE Inc. | B | C | C |
| CHTR | Charter Communications Inc. | B | D | C |
| D | Dominion Resources Inc. | C | B | C |
| HCN | Welltower Inc. | C | B | C |
| LH | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | C | B | C |
| MDT | Medtronic Plc | C | C | C |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | C | C | C |
| QVCA | Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group | C | C | C |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams Company | C | B | C |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | C | B | C |
| STJ | St. Jude Medical Inc. | C | C | C |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | C | B | C |
| VFC | V.F. Corp. | C | C | C |
| VRX | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International | C | C | C |
| XLNX | Xilinx Inc. | C | C | C |
Last Week’s Holds, Now Sells
| Symbol | Company Name | Quantitative Grade | Fundamental Grade | Total Grade |
| ABBV | AbbVie Inc. | D | C | D |
| CA | CA Inc. | D | C | D |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp. | D | C | D |
| EMC | EMC Corp. | D | C | D |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | D | C | D |
| IBN | ICICI Bank Limited | D | B | D |
| ILMN | Illumina Inc. | F | B | D |
| MCK | McKesson Corp. | D | B | D |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | D | C | D |
| MYL | Mylan N.V. | D | B | D |
| PSO | Pearson PLC | D | C | D |
| TSLA | Tesla Motors Inc. | D | C | D |
To stay on top of my latest stock ratings, plug your holdings into Portfolio Grader, my proprietary stock screening tool. You may get started here.
Sincerely,
Louis Navellier