Dividend.com: Morning Playbook

Despite China's stock market bouncing back overnight, our markets are off to a cautious start. There is lots of chatter in the financial media about the possibility of a poor September in the markets. I believe that may be true for the next several weeks, but fund managers will likely come in and gun stocks higher as we get toward the end of the month, as well as the end of a strong third quarter. Anyway, here are some of today's stocks traders should be watching.

Story Stocks

eBay(EBAY Quote): Stock is higher on news it is close to selling its Skype division.

Upgrades to Watch

Lockheed Martin(LMT Quote): Citigroup(C Quote) raises stock to a buy.

TD Ameritrade(AMTD Quote): BMO Capital Markets raises stock to an outperform.

Textron(TXT Quote): Morgan Stanley(MS Quote) raises stock to an overweight; $25 price target.

ITT Corp(ITT Quote): Merrill Lynch/Bank of America(BAC Quote) raises estimates; $61 price target.

Coach(COH Quote): Merrill Lynch/Bank of America raises price target to $36.

Vale(VALE Quote): Credit Suisse(CS Quote) raises stock to an outperform.

Pioneer Natural Resources(PXD Quote): FBR Capital Markets(FBCM Quote) raises price target to $35.

Motorola(MOT Quote): Credit Suisse raises stock to an outperform.

DreamWorks Animation(DWA Quote): UBS(UBS Quote) raises estimates; $34 price target.

Cigna(CI Quote): UBS raises price target to $34.

Harley-Davidson(HOG Quote): William Blair raises stock to an outperform.

Research in Motion(RIMM Quote): Credit Suisse raises stock to an outperform.

BHP Billiton(BHP Quote): UBS raises stock to a buy.