Investors Buzz: TCF Financial, State Street, CommonWealth REIT, QEP Resources

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/14/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE:TCB) shares jumped 1.17% and closed at $14.76. Fitch Ratings, on Feb. 14, has downgraded the long-term and short-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of TCF Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries to 'BBB-/F3'. The Outlook remains Negative.

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State Street Corporation(NYSE:STT) shares jumped 1.15% and closed at $59.81. The State Street Corporation (State Street) and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (Boston Financial), a joint venture of State Street and DST Systems, Inc., announced on Mar. 11 that they have been appointed by Transamerica Asset Management (Transamerica) to provide a full range of investment services for over $55.5 billion in assets.

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CommonWealth REIT(NYSE:CWH) shares increased 1.15% to $22.The company on March 12, reported that it has sold what was left of its stake in Government Properties Income Trust.

Additionally, it announced on March 11, said it has begun a registered public offering of 9,950,000 common shares of Government Properties Income Trust, which are currently owned by CWH. If all of these common shares are sold, CWH will no longer own shares of GOVto $665,000,000.

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QEP Resources Inc (NYSE:QEP) shares jumped 1.15% and closed at $31.77. QEP’s stock was downgraded by Jefferies Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Feb. 21. They currently have a $34.00 price target on the stock, down from their previous price target of $46.00.

Additionally, the company announced its earnings results on Feb. 19. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.02. Analysts expect that QEP Resources will post $1.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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