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Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Advanced Micro Devices, Coherent, Coinbase Global, Conagra Brands, Coty, Hertz Global, Netflix, Plug Power, Rivian Automotive, Transocean, United States Steel and Vici Properties.

AI, the next big thing, is here, but the big money has yet to made and the mega-cap tech companies are likely to benefit first. These five stocks have been hit hard and still offer some of the most outstanding entry points in years.

Premarket action on Thursday had the three major U.S. indexes trading lower. The Dow Jones industrials were down 0.41%, the S&P 500 down 0.43%...

Just one notable earnings report is due out this week, and Levi Strauss has to overcome a warning it gave at the end of the prior quarter regarding lower margins and promotional pricing.

Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amazon.com, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Constellation Brands, Dominion Energy, Lucid, Nike, Southern Company, Tesla, Valero Energy, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Wells Fargo.

The highest-yielding stocks in the Nasdaq offer a contrarian angle for the rest of 2023. They all have some solid defensive qualities, and they are offering among the best entry points seen in some time.

Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters Union have broken down and a strike of some 340,000 workers is threatened for the end of July.

Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AMC Entertainment, Arch Resources, Bausch + Lomb, Lazard, Lucid, MicroStrategy and Paychex.

With all the parades, barbecues, boating, bands and much more, these five All-American companies should have solid 4th of July sales and are poised to continue to be outstanding investments for the second half of 2023.