Dividend.com: Midday Playbook

Despite the lack of pop in the averages, there is a lot of strength in various areas of the market -- granted most of it is analyst upgrade-related. Let's take a look at what I am seeing this afternoon.

Bullish:

Analyst Upgrades: Helping shares of Goldman Sachs(GS Quote), Research In Motion(RIMM Quote), Electronic Arts(ERTS Quote), Amdocs(DOX Quote), Starwood Hotels(HOT Quote), KB Home(KBH Quote), KLA Tencor(KLAC Quote), Western Union(WU Quote), Varian Semiconductor(VSEA Quote), Ilumina(ILMN Quote) and Discovery Communications(DISCA Quote).

Gold: SPDR Gold Shares(GLD Quote) is climbing back toward $90. Despite being cut to a hold at Citigroup(C Quote), RandGold Resources(GOLD Quote) is now up $2. Agnico-Eagle Mines(AEM Quote) is also up. ...