How many times...does this guy change his mind?
Investors in chip maker Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) got some comic relief today ahead of the company's fiscal Q4 financial report, which is expected to be released on Thursday. The sell-side analysts whose job it is to follow Intel's day-to-day movements always jockey for position ahead of an earnings release like over-anxious teeny-boppers waiting for 'NSync concert tickets to go on sale, and this quarter is no different. But this time around, BancBoston Robertson Stephens analyst Dan Niles got the jump on everyone, raising his rating on the company to "buy" from "long-term attractive" this morning and putting some stank on it with a $100 per share price target.