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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Tuesday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (October 20th, 2009) Writes:

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

AES Corp (AES) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) Alliance Financial Corp (ALNC) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) BASF SE (BASFY) Biovail Corp (BVF) Carbo Ceramics Inc (CRR) Cato Corp (CATO) Cellcom Israel Ltd (CEL) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Covidien Plc (COV) DG FastChannel Inc (DGIT) Diodes Inc (DIOD) Dover Corp (DOV) E.ON AG (EONGY) Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH) Gap Inc (GPS) Investors Bancorp Inc ...

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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Tuesday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (August 11th, 2009) Writes:

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

3Com Corp (COMS) 51job Inc (JOBS) Actions Semiconductor Co Ltd (ACTS) Aeropostale Inc (ARO) Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) American Italian Pasta Co (AIPC) American States Water Co (AWR) Amkor Technology Inc (AMKR) Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp (ANH) Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) Ashland Inc (ASH) Associated British Foods Plc (ASBFY) AudioCodes Ltd (AUDC) Baidu Inc (BIDU) Banco Santander SA (STD) Bank of Montreal (BMO) Barnes & ...

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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Wednesday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (June 10th, 2009) Writes:

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

Accuride Corp (AURD) Analogic Corporation (ALOG) Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc (BHLB) Boise Inc (BZ) CAI International Inc (CAP) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Ciena Corp (CIEN) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Dime Community Bancshares Inc (DCOM) Discover Financial Services (DFS) First Security Group Inc (FSGI) First State Bancorp NM (FSNM) FNB United Corp (FNBN) Georgia Gulf Corp (GGC) GreenHunter Energy Inc (GRH) The Hain Celestial Group Inc (HAIN) Independent Bank Corp (IBCP) Irwin Financial Corp (IFC) Itron Inc (ITRI) ITT Corp (ITT) KB Financial Group Inc (KB) Kelly Services Inc (KELYA) Kubota Corp (KUB) Liberty Property Trust (LRY) Marine Products Corp (MPX) Nara Bancorp Inc (NARA) Nu Horizons Electronics Corp ...

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KB Financial Pressuring Support – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (June 9th, 2009) Writes:

KB Financial Group Inc. (KB) shed more than 4% this afternoon to trade near support at $30.18. The average forecast on the company's full year profit has fallen by 5 cents per share to $2.74 in the last month. KB Financial is a Zacks#4 Rank ("Sell") stock.

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KB Financial Misses – Analyst Blog

Zacks Market Commentaries (May 20th, 2009) Writes:

We are maintaining our Hold rating on KB Financial Group Inc. (KB). KB reported first quarter net earnings of KRW771 billion, down 65% year over year and below our estimate, primarily due to higher loss provisions that rose 151% year over year and flat net interest income, hurt by a 38 basis-point year-over-year decline in the net interest margin to 2.70%. Total noninterest income dropped 13% relative to the year-ago period to KRW265 billion, largely due to a KRW67 billion, or 31%, decrease in other commissions to KRW152 billion. This was partly offset by a KRW119 billion, or 122%, increase in the gain on securities to KRW217 billion from KRW97 billion in the prior-year quarter. Total noninterest expense declined 2% year over year to KRW910 billion due to tight control over costs, particularly compensation expense. The loss provision jumped 151% year over ...

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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (April 20th, 2009) Writes:

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

Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) The Black & Decker Corp (BDK) Cal Dive International Inc (DVR) CBL & Associates Properties Inc (CBL) KB Financial Group Inc (KB) Logitech International SA (LOGI) Lufkin Industries Inc (LUFK) Overseas Shipholding Group Inc (OSG) Parker-Hannifin Corp (PH) Resource Capital Corp (RSO) Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS.A) SkyWest Inc (SKYW) Smith International Inc (SII) Titan Machinery Inc (TITN) Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.

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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Monday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (April 13th, 2009) Writes:

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

ABB Ltd (ABB) Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) The Black & Decker Corp (BDK) Cal Dive International Inc (DVR) AM Castle & Co (CAS) Credicorp Ltd (BAP) DTE Energy Co (DTE) Equinix Inc (EQIX) Flushing Financial Corp (FFIC) Franklin Electric Co (FELE) Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG) GATX Corp (GMT) Genuine Parts Co (GPC) KB Financial Group Inc (KB) Lincoln National Corp (LNC) Matrix Service Co (MTRX) Mechel OAO (MTL) PacWest Bancorp (PACW) Peoples Financial Corp (PFBX) Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc (SHO) The Timken Co (TKR) UTi Worldwide Inc (UTIW) Anixter International Inc (AXE) Blyth Inc (BTH) Camden Property Trust (CPT) Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV (CBI) ...

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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Thursday – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Zacks Market Commentaries (April 9th, 2009) Writes:

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

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd (AXS) Caterpillar Inc (CAT) CBL & Associates Properties Inc (CBL) Enterprise GP Holdings LP (EPE) Equinix Inc (EQIX) Exterran Holdings Inc (EXH) Fortune Brands Inc (FO) GATX Corp (GMT) Genuine Parts Co (GPC) Ingram Micro Inc (IM) Interline Brands Inc (IBI) KB Financial Group Inc (KB) Kyocera Corp (KYO) Lincoln National Corp (LNC) Porter Bancorp Inc (PBIB) Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc (SHO) Textainer Group Holdings Ltd (TGH) Time Warner Inc (TWX) Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.

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