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Chicago, IL – November 24, 2009 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.

The four highlighted picks are: Encore Capital Group, Inc. (ECPG), American Express Company (AXP), Arena Resources Inc. (ARD) and Avnet, Inc. (AVT).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

Zacks #1 Rank Stocks have nearly tripled the S&P 500 since 1988, producing an average annual return of +26%. Performance has been notable even during volatile and down times. For example, during the last bear market, 2000-2002, the market tumbled -37.6% – but Zacks #1 Rank stocks gained +43.8%.

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Arena Resources Inc. (...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

3M Co (MMM) AMCOL International Corp (ACO) Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM) Arena Resources Inc (ARD) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) BNP Paribas (BNPQY) Boston Beer Co Inc (SAM) Conmed Corp (CNMD) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Deutsche Bank AG (DB) Dover Corp (DOV) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Eaton Corp (ETN) FBL Financial Group Inc (FFG) Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (FSYS) Genoptix Inc (GXDX) ...

Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (FSYS) estimates continue to rise after a great quarterly report.

Great Quarter

On Aug 6 the company released a great earnings report. Revenue was down slightly to $92.3 million, but would have been a gain without forex impact. Profit was $28.6 million, flat year-over-year, but had better margins. Net income was up $2.8 million to $7.4 million, or 46 cents per share.

EPS was 17 cents higher than last year's figure and topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13 cents.

Estimates Pop

Following the report, analysts polled by Zacks began raising their estimates. Currently the full-year estimate for 2009 is $1.63, up 23 cents. Next year's estimates are averaging $1.96, up from $1.74.

These figures represent a 5% dip in earnings this year, but a 20% increase in 2010.

The Chart

Shares of FSYS are at levels that they have not seen in almost a year. There could

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Warren Resources, Inc. (WRES) is a top-performing Zacks #1 Rank company for Friday with shares that have advanced approximately 12%.

< ?DART(15);?> WRES is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration and development of domestic oil and natural gas reserves. It is part of the oil-U.S. exploration & production industry, which is very well represented in today's Zacks #1 Rank List.

The 8 other companies on this list are Arena Resources, Inc. (ARD), Brigham Exploration Company (BEXP), Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (CRZO), Concho Resources Inc. (CXO), EV Energy Partners, L.P. (EVEP), Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP), Stone Energy Corporation (SGY) and Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (VNR).

Volume for WRES today is at 1.15 million shares, well above the daily average of around 370,000.

Earnings Estimates

Earnings Estimates for WRES have been trending steadily

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Arena Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARD) announced today that the Board of Directors of Arena has approved an increase in the 2009 capital expenditure budget (”CAPEX”) to a total of $107 million. The previous 2009 CAPEX was $85 million. The additional funds are directly related to increased activity at the Company’s Fuhrman-Mascho property in Andrews County, Texas. Management is confident that at current commodity prices the 2009 CAPEX can be fully funded through internally generated operating cash flow.

Fulfillment Technologies, LLC. (FillTek) (www.filltek.com/) has chosen Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) (www.qwest.com/business) for conferencing,

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

American River Bankshares (AMRB) Anthracite Capital Inc (AHR) Aon Corp (AOC) Arena Resources Inc (ARD) Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc (AVRNQ) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) BRT Realty Trust (BRT) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Cascade Corp (CAE) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Connecticut Water Service Inc (CTWS) Constellation Brands Inc (STZ) Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) Cutera Inc (CUTR) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Denison Mines Corp (DNN) E.ON AG (EONGY) Employers Holdings Inc (EIG) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) Entravision Communication (EVC) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) FirstService Corp (FSRV) Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd (FSR) Headwaters Inc (HW) I-Flow Corp (IFLO) Insteel Industries Inc (IIIN) Ixia (XXIA) Kaman Corp (KAMN) ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Arena Resources Inc (ARD) Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) W R Berkley Corp (WRB) Bristow Group Inc (BRS) Callwave Inc (CALL) Capital Trust Inc (CT) Carlisle Companies Inc (CSL) Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (CRZO) Center Financial Corp (CLFC) Century Casinos Inc (CNTY) Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG) Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN) CNinsure Inc (CISG) Commercial Vehicle Group Inc (CVGI) Community Bancorp (CBON) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) CryptoLogic Ltd (CRYP) Cutera Inc (CUTR) Cypress Bioscience Inc (CYPB) Dynamic Materials Corp (BOOM) El Paso Electric Co (EE) EnPro Industries Inc (NPO) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) FalconStor Software Inc (FALC) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) First M & F Corp (...