We had an impressive GDP report last Thursday, which sent the market up nicely that day. The following day (Friday), the market appeared to suffer from buyer's remorse after finding that most of the GDP gain was due to the fiscal stimulus. As a result, we lost all of the previous day's gains and then some. The market was able to stay in the positive territory today, helped by good news flow on the economic and earnings fronts.

For my first weekly commentary, I want to discuss my market outlook - to provide readers with my take on the market's course going forward. This is important given a busy economic calendar, with the Fed's FOMC meeting ending on Wednesday and October payroll numbers on Friday.

The strong third-quarter earnings season to date and the equally strong third-quarter GDP report are evidence that the market's impressive run up from its March

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

America Movil SAB de CV (AMX) America's Car-Mart Inc (CRMT) ATC Technology Corp (ATAC) ATMI Inc (ATMI) AXA (AXA) BHP Billiton Ltd (BHP) BlackRock Inc (BLK) Brush Engineered Material (BW) Carter's Inc (CRI) The Corporate Executive Board Co (EXBD) Dynamex Inc (DDMX) First Midwest Bancorp Inc (FMBI) Forestar Group Inc (FOR) Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc (HGR) HF Financial Corp (HFFC) HLTH Corp (HLTH) Kirkland's Inc (KIRK) ...

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (PERY) has made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for Tuesday with shares that have advanced approximately 9%.

< ?DART(15);?> Earnings estimates for this fiscal year and next have risen sharply over the past week. Volume today is around 124,000 shares, which is approaching the daily average of 142,000.

The company worked hard to reduce costs during a very difficult climate for retailers, which led to a narrower-than-expected fiscal second-quarter loss, reported on Aug 19.

PERY is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories and fragrances.

Today's Zacks #1 Rank List includes 228 stocks. Excluding PERY, there are 4 other apparel-related companies on the list: Maidenform Brands, Inc. (MFB), Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL), Carter's, Inc. (CRI), The Gymboree Corporation (GYMB)

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Analysts have been unanimous in boosting profit expectations on The Gymboree Corporation (GYMB) over the past month.

< ?DART(15);?> The specialty retailer raised its fiscal second-quarter profit guidance in early July and again in early August, and followed through on Wednesday with the official report. Subsequently, a brokerage firm upgraded the company to "outperform" from "perform".

GYMB makes the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for Thursday with a gain of more than 12%. Volume at 2.7 million shares is sharply higher than the daily average of nearly 700,000.

Including GYMB, there are 4 companies from the retail-apparel/shoe industry on today's Zacks #1 Rank List, which includes 234 stocks. The other 3 companies are Aeropostale, Inc. (ARO), Carter's, Inc. (CRI) and The Cato Corporation (CTR).

Fiscal Second Quarter

On Wednesday, GYMB reported earnings per share of 41 cents, compared to 27 cents in

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

3Com Corp (COMS) 3M Co (MMM) American Software Inc (AMSWA) Baidu Inc (BIDU) Buckeye GP Holdings LP (BGH) CA Inc (CA) Carlisle Companies Inc (CSL) CarMax Inc (KMX) Carter's Inc (CRI) Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.B) Coach Inc (COH) Ctrip.com International Ltd (CTRP) Digi International Inc (DGII) Dresser-Rand Group Inc (DRC) F5 Networks Inc (FFIV) First Financial Holdings Inc (FFCH) ...

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

Advanced Energy Industries Inc (AEIS) American Medical Systems Holdings Inc (AMMD) BCE Inc (BCE) Bemis Company Inc (BMS) BG Group Plc (BRGYY) California Pizza Kitchen Inc (CPKI) CarMax Inc (KMX) Carter's Inc (CRI) Casual Male Retail Group Inc (CMRG) Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Huaneng Power International Inc (HNP) Ingram Micro Inc (IM) Isle of Capri Casinos (ISLE) Jefferies Group Inc (JEF) LTC Properties Inc (LTC) Luxottica Group SpA (LUX) ...

Carter's Inc.'s (CRI) share price has moved into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 14.68. The Zacks #2 Rank ("Buy") stock has topped the consensus forecast in 3 out of last 4 quarters with an average surprise of 454.17%, or 15 cents per share. Moreover, the full-year consensus estimate has increased by 3 cents over the past week to $1.57 per share.

"CRI" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Today we are featuring top-performing "Small-Cap" equity mutual funds, which invest primarily in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations of less than $1 billion.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Small-Cap equity Funds.3 Strong Samples Old Westbury Global Small & Mid Cap (OWSMX) was incepted in April 2005. The investment seeks long term capital appreciation.

The fund invests in a broad, diversified portfolio of common stocks of small and medium capitalization companies traded in the U.S. or in foreign countries, including emerging market countries.

The fund's top holdings include Carter's Inc. (CRI), Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (DNB) and Global Payments Inc. (GPN).

Janus Triton (JATTX) seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund is designed for investors looking to diversify their portfolio

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The Zacks Rank Buys featured in this article are: URS Corp. (...

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