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Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Analyst initiations

Analyst upgrades:

• Wachovia upgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) to Outperform from Market Perform on expectations for greater pricing power given Goldman's position as the largest remaining independent <st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place> securities firm.
• Keefe Bruyette upgraded Investment Technology Group Inc (NYSE: ITG) to Outperform from Market Perform as they believe the company will take market share with the reshaping of the large w

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Analyst initiations

Analyst upgrades:

• Wachovia upgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) to Outperform from Market Perform on expectations for greater pricing power given Goldman's position as the largest remaining independent <st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place> securities firm.
• Keefe Bruyette upgraded Investment Technology Group Inc (NYSE: ITG) to Outperform from Market Perform as they believe the company will take market share with the reshaping of the large w

By Keith Fitz-Gerald
Investment Director
Money Morning/The Money Map Report

We can almost hear that ominous “Jaws” theme music in the background and can see that huge dorsal fin as it slices threateningly through the water - knowing full well that the real terror is hidden beneath the water’s surface.

But this time around, it’s not a “Great White” that’s sparking our fears; it’s a well-capitalized and broadly based series of secret stock exchanges known as “Dark Pools of Liquidity,” “Dark Liquidity,” or just “Dark Pools.”

Most investors have never even heard the term - and are truly sho

By Keith Fitz-Gerald
Investment Director
Money Morning/The Money Map Report

We can almost hear that ominous “Jaws” theme music in the background and can see that huge dorsal fin as it slices threateningly through the water - knowing full well that the real terror is hidden beneath the water???s surface.

But this time around, it???s not a “Great White” that???s sparking our fears; it???s a well-capitalized and broadly based series of secret stock exchanges known as “Dark Pools of Liquidity,” “Dark Liquidity,” or just “Dark Pools.”

Most investors have never even heard the term - and are t