He upgraded Altria to outperform from neutral.
He reduced Broadcom and Xilinx to outperform from strong buy.
Mr. Ragsdale also increased his rating on Linear Technology to market outperform from market perform.
Last month, she cut her recommendation back a notch, to outperform from buy.
We believe that Man Group is well placed to outperform from current levels and recommend a buy.
Juniper Networks jumped $1.27, to $13.27, after analysts from Merrill Lynch upgraded the company to "outperform" from "neutral".
H. Clinton Vaughan, a Salomon analyst, cut Network Appliance to "outperform" from "buy" but did not change results estimates.
Walt Disney added 50 cents, or more than 2percentto to $20.31, after a Goldman , Sachsanalyst raised his rating to outperform from in-line.
The bank said: Following 16% relative underperformance year to date, we raise our recommendation on Reed Elsevier shares to outperform (from underperform).
"He's got to be a huge improvement at J. C. Penney," said George Strachan at Goldman Sachs, who raised his rating to "market outperform" from "market perform".
Sanford C. Bernstein raised its recommendation for the company to outperform, from market perform, citing rising dividends and energy orders starting in 2012.
