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Chicago, IL – November 12, 2009 – Zacks.com releases the latest Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks featured in this week’s analysis include Fuel System Solutions (FSYS), Oshkosh Truck (OSK) and Wabco Holdings (WBC).

Zacks Industry Rank Analysis is written by Dirk Van Dijk, CFA, Chief Equity Strategist for Zacks.com.   This week: The Return of the Living Dead

OK, Halloween is over, but some of the best-looking industries according to the Zacks Rank are those that not long ago were considered part of the living dead.

Case in point is the top performing sector -- Auto-Truck-Tires. Out of 206 industries tracked, the sector has five of them, and the worst of the bunch, Foreign Autos, ranked tied for 89th with a composite score of 2.88. None of the groups were at the very top, but all were better than average.

The original equipment parts makers (although one could argue about

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has proceeded to launch its consumer stored value rebate card. The consumer rebate card program will offer manufacturers and retailers a new way to process mail-in rebates that ensures increased customer loyalty and decreased overhead costs. Consorteum will work directly with manufactures and retailers to reduce the administration costs associated with mail-in rebate programs while providing a new way to increase consumer awareness. Additional revenue and cost-saving opportunities will be

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Trading is very difficult, even more so if you trade with scared money.  Trading with scared money basically means trading with money that you cannot afford to lose.  If you are trading with money that you cannot afford to lose then you will lose your money. If, however, you trade with money that you do not care to lose the opposite will most likely happen: you will end up with more money that you do not care to lose. Here is a short list of how scared money will play tricks on you:

1.  Scared money will have you exiting the market with a smaller than anticipated profit.  One of my trading rules is to know before you enter a trade where you plan on exiting with a profit.  This could be an

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PowerSafe Technology Corporation (PSFT.PK) subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.amplificationtechnologies.com) (ATI), is offering higher performance thermoelectrically cooled discrete amplification single photon counting solid state photodetectors. These photodetectors are mounted on a two stage thermoelectric cooler inside a hermetically sealed TO8 package and can be operated down to a temperature of -30oC.

Affinity Mediaworks Corp. (OTCBB:AFFW). Affinity is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to produce twelve films with Insight Film Studios/Odyssey Film

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The Hershey Company (HSY) reported results for the third quarter with earnings of 73 cents per share. Earnings were 6 cents above the Zacks Consensus Estimate and up 14.1% year over year. Profits were primarily driven by price increases and lower restructuring costs. However, net sales for the quarter were flat year-over-year, increasing 0.4% to $1.5 billion as favorable pricing was almost fully offset by volume declines associated with pricing elasticity, unfavorable foreign exchange and the decision to discontinue certain premium chocolate products. Management stated that core brands such as Kisses are responding to the investments in advertising (which was up approximately 50%), in-store programming and merchandising. In the channels measured by syndicated data, U.S. market share during the third quarter was flat while up 0.3 points year-to-date. Management also provided an update on the Global Supply Chain Transformation initiative. The company recognized total business ...

In the past, we've written about houses shaped like guitars, airplanes, and shoes. Since Halloween is approaching, we thought it would be interesting to point out the Pumpkin House in West Virginia, decorated with thousands of pumpkins filled with candles. The place has become a tourist attraction.

This post provides links to a number of thought-provoking articles I have read over the past few days that you may also find of interest. Please also add the links to any other thought-provoking articles you would like to share to the comments section.

• Financial Times: The US economy is still struggling, August 14, 2009. Is the worst over for the US economy? Some recent figures point that way, and much US economic commentary is growing cautiously optimistic. For the moment, though, the emphasis needs to stay on caution not optimism.

• John Authers (Financial Times): Lessons from history, August 14, 2009. The financial upheaval has been good news for financial historians. Their discipline has not traditionally attracted much interest. Instead, investors went along with attempts to treat finance as a precise science. But many metrics that seemed to work well

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Over the past five months, world stock markets have put on a historic rally.

Since March 9, the S&P 500 is up 48%. The small-cap index, the Russell 2000, is up 65%. The EAFE international index is up 67%. And the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 79%.

Yet five months ago, investor sentiment was black as Halloween night and equity mutual funds were experiencing massive outflows.

How did millions of investors get it so wrong?

The short answer is they didn’t know what they didn’t know. They didn’t know that the economy can’t be reliably forecast and the stock market can’t be consistently timed. They didn’t know that abject pessimism is the long-term investor’s best friend.

Why We Were Never Heading Into Another Great Depression

And, perhaps most importantly, they didn’t know that it was never likely that we were heading into another Great Depression.

Read your history. The Depression was caused by

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How Did Millions Of Investors Get It So Wrong?

by Alexander Green, Advisory Panelist

Over the past five months, world stock markets have put on a historic rally.

Since March 9, the S&P 500 is up 48%. The small-cap index, the Russell 2000, is up 65%. The EAFE international index is up 67%. And the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 79%.

Yet five months ago, investor sentiment was black as Halloween night and equity mutual funds were experiencing massive outflows.

How did millions of investors get it so wrong?

The short answer is they didn’t know what they didn’t know. They didn’t know that the economy can’t be reliably forecast and the stock market can’t be consistently timed. They didn’t know that abject pessimism is the long-term investor’s best friend.

Why We Were Never Heading Into Another Great Depression

And, perhaps most importantly, they didn’t know that it was never likely

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