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 84 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.

This Week’s Ratings Changes:

Upgraded: From Hold to Buy
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ABT	Abbott Laboratories	B	C	B
ABX	Barrick Gold Corporation	B	B	B
ADM	Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	B	C	B
AEM	Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited	B	B	B
ALXN	Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	B	C	B
BCE	BCE Inc.	B	C	B
BF.B	Brown-Forman Corporation	B	B	B
CELG	Celgene Corporation	B	B	B
CMI	Cummins Inc.	B	C	B
CX	Cemex SAB de CV	B	C	B
D	Dominion Energy Inc	B	C	B
E	Eni SpA	B	C	B
EIX	Edison International	B	C	B
HSY	Hershey Company	B	B	B
ILMN	Illumina, Inc.	B	B	B
INTU	Intuit Inc.	B	B	B
LYB	LyondellBasell Industries NV	B	B	B
MNST	Monster Beverage Corporation	B	B	B
MPC	Marathon Petroleum Corporation	B	C	B
NEM	Newmont Mining Corporation	B	B	B
REGN	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	C	A	B
SSL	Sasol Limited	A	C	B
SU	Suncor Energy Inc.	B	D	B
TMO	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	B	B	B
TOT	Total SA	B	C	B
TRP	TransCanada Corporation	B	B	B
TXN	Texas Instruments Incorporated	B	B	B
VLO	Valero Energy Corporation	B	C	B
WIT	Wipro Limited	B	B	B
YNDX	Yandex NV	B	B	B

Upgraded: From Sell to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AMGN	Amgen Inc.	D	B	C
BIIB	Biogen Inc.	D	C	C
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	C	C	C
CHL	China Mobile Limited	D	C	C
CHT	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd	D	C	C
COG	Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	C	C	C
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	D	B	C
EOG	EOG Resources, Inc.	C	D	C
GILD	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	C	B	C
HAL	Halliburton Company	D	B	C
MLM	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.	C	C	C
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	D	B	C
PCAR	PACCAR Inc	D	C	C
PTR	PetroChina Company Limited	C	C	C
TS	Tenaris S.A.	C	C	C
UHS	Universal Health Services, Inc.	C	C	C
VFC	V.F. Corporation	C	C	C
VTR	Ventas, Inc.	C	D	C

Downgraded: From Buy to Hold
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
ACGL	Arch Capital Group Ltd.	B	C	C
AJG	Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	C	B	C
AMP	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	C	B	C
BMO	Bank of Montreal	C	B	C
CBG	CBRE Group, Inc.	C	B	C
CM	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	C	C	C
EFX	Equifax Inc.	C	B	C
FDC	First Data Corporation	C	B	C
FRC	First Republic Bank	C	C	C
IX	ORIX Corporation	C	B	C
LSXMK	Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty SiriusXM	B	C	C
MELI	MercadoLibre, Inc.	B	C	C
MHK	Mohawk Industries, Inc.	C	C	C
MMC	Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.	C	C	C
MMM	3M Company	C	B	C
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	C	C	C
NMR	Nomura Holdings, Inc.	C	C	C
PBA	Pembina Pipeline Corporation	B	C	C
RBS	Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc	C	B	C
SMFG	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.	D	B	C
SNP	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation	B	C	C
UBS	UBS Group AG	C	B	C
URI	United Rentals, Inc.	C	C	C
WDAY	Workday, Inc.	C	B	C
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	B	C	C

Downgraded: From Hold to Sell
Symbol	Company Name	Quantitative Grade	Fundamental Grade	Total Grade
AGU	Agrium Inc.	D	C	D
BCS	Barclays PLC	D	D	D
CAG	Conagra Brands, Inc.	D	C	D
ECL	Ecolab Inc.	D	C	D
GIB	CGI Group Inc.	D	C	D
INTC	Intel Corporation	D	B	D
IVZ	Invesco Ltd.	D	C	D
MFG	Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.	D	C	D
POT	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.	D	B	D
TRV	Travelers Companies, Inc.	D	C	D
WFC	Wells Fargo & Company	D	C	D