Comtex SmarTrend Alert

Analyst Downgrades for 3/18/2010... Athenahealth (NASDAQ:ATHN) downgraded to Underperform from Perform, $31 target, at Oppenheimer... Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) downgraded to Hold at Lazard... HCP Inc (NYSE:HCP) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $30 target, at RW Baird... Health Care REITs (NYSE:HCN) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $42 target, at RW Baird... HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HBC) downgraded to Market Perform at FBR... Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) initiated as Neutral at Macquarie... Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) initiated as Underperform at Macquarie... Nationwide Health Properties (NYSE:NHP) downgraded from Neutral to Underperform, $32 target, at RW Baird... Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) initiated as Neutral at Macquarie... NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) initiated as Market Perform at JMP Securities... PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight, $21 target, at Piper Jaffray... Schiff Nutrition (NYSE:WNI) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at B. Riley... Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV) downgraded to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey... Ventas (NYSE:VTR) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral, $41 target, at RW Baird... WNS Holdings (NYSE:WNS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy, $13 target, at Janney Montgomery...