A day after the triple-digit rally, Wall Street paused for a breather as investors decided to book profits on a light trading day.  The markets opened lower and then swung between gains and losses amid prevailing caution after a series of disappointing results.  The Dow, nevertheless, managed to tack on 20 points for its fifth straight session gain.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 0.01%, to 1,093.01 and the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 2.98 points, or 0.14%, to close at 2,151.08.  On the New York Stock Exchange, three stocks declined in price for every two that rose.  Volume was light as only 990 million shares exchanged hands.

Record low interest rates and a sliding dollar have helped stocks in recent months as investors have taken their focus away from some of the persistent worries of the economy.  Also, with the Federal Reserve continuing its highly accommodative monetary

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Monday October 19, 2009

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Prudential Annuities has won two top awards in the Boomer Market Advisor Readers’ Choice Awards. This is the fifth consecutive year one of Prudential Annuities’ living benefits has been recognized as “best in class.” Prudential Financial Inc.’s (NYSE:PRU) domestic annuity business also earned a first-time award for its service and support to advisors.

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) received an $827.4 million contract from the Air Force for advanced funding for 11 variants of the C-130J, a military

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Wednesday October 14, 2009

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ABT, PWRM, CSRH, UPS, CVAT, DELL, AQNM, JPM

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ABT, Abbott Laboratories

ABT manufactures and sells health care products worldwide.

ABT posted in third-quarter net income of $1.48 billion, or 95 cents a share, compared with $1.09 billion, or 69 cents a share, for the same quarter in 2008.

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PWRM, Power 3 Medical Products Inc, PWRM.OB

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. is a leading bio-medical company engaged in the commercialization of neurodegenerative disease and cancer biomarkers, pathways, and mechanisms of diseases through the development of diagnostic tests and drug targets. Power3’s patent-pending technologies are being used to develop screening and

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Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Inv (RYURX) was incepted in January 1994. The investment seeks to provide investment results that inversely correlate to daily performance of the S&P 500 Index.

The fund normally invests in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to those of its underlying index. It is non-diversified.

Unit holders have to make a minimum initial investment of $2,500 to enter this Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong Buy") fund. It has outstripped the total returns of its benchmark index in the last 1-, 3- and 5-year periods.

Rydex Transportation Inv (RYPIX) seeks capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in providing transportation services or those engaged in design, manufacture, distribution, or sale of transportation equipment.

The fund invests in securities that are traded in the United States, as well as in futures and options contracts. It has an expense ratio of 1.38%.

The fund’s key

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – September 14, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: FedEx Corp. (FDX), United Parcel Service Inc. (SNDA), UBS AG (UBS), Moody’s Corp. (MCO) and McGraw-Hill (MHP).

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Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:

FedEx Preannouncement Beats

Shares of FedEx Corp. (FDX) have jumped more than 5% so far today after the company preannounced fiscal first-quarter earnings, which topped Wall Street expectations.

The package-delivery major said that it expects to post earnings of 58 cents per share, which is well

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Shares of FedEx Corp. (FDX)  have jumped more than 5% so far today after the company preannounced fiscal first-quarter earnings, which topped Wall Street expectations. The package-delivery major said that it expects to post earnings of 58 cents per share, which is well above its guidance of 30 cents to 45 cents as well as the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 43 cents per share. The company reported earnings of $1.23 per share in the year-ago quarter. The Memphis, TN-based company also stated that fiscal second-quarter earnings is expected to range between 65 cents and 95 cents per share, which is in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 71 cents per share derived from 15 covering analysts. The guidance is still well below the year-ago earnings of $1.58 per share. FedEx attributed the better-than-expected first quarter earnings to improved International Priority (IP) shipping volumes and management’s ...

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Chicago, IL – July 24, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: WESCO International (WCC), Anixter International (AXE), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and Hershey (HSY).

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Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:

WESCO Misses, Guidance Down

WESCO International (WCC) announced second-quarter results that missed the consensus revenue estimate by 15.5% and the EPS estimate by 12 cents. Results appear weaker than the peer group, which includes Anixter International (AXE), W.W. Grainger (GWW) and

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Chicago, IL – July 22, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the latest Industry Outlook. Today’s outlook from Zacks Equity Research analyst Ann Heffron discusses the Transportation sector. Highlighted stocks include: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), FedEx Corporation (FDX) and CSX Corporation (CSX).

Here is the latest on the Transportation sector:

Stock performance in the transportation sector has been very uneven, reflecting the varying fortunes of particular industries within the sector. The median year-to-date-stock price gain/(loss) has been mixed for industries in the Zacks transportation universe, with all industries underperforming the S&P 500’s 3.3% increase, with the exception of railroads and air freight.

Air freight has been helped by large gains in smaller companies as the giants within the air freight sector, United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) and FedEx Corporation (FDX), are down 10.6% and 8.4% year to

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Stock performance in the transportation sector has been very uneven, reflecting the varying fortunes of particular industries within the sector. The median year-to-date-stock price gain/(loss) has been mixed for industries in the Zacks transportation universe, with all industries underperforming the S&P 500's 3.3% increase, with the exception of railroads and air freight.

Air freight has been helped by large gains in smaller companies as the giants within the air freight sector, United Parcel Service, Inc. (

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Stock performance in the transportation sector has been very uneven, reflecting the varying fortunes of particular industries within the sector. The median year-to-date-stock price gain/(loss) has been mixed for industries in the Zacks transportation universe, with all industries underperforming the S&P 500's 3.3% increase, with the exception of railroads and air freight.

Air freight has been helped by large gains in smaller companies as the giants within the air freight sector, United Parcel Service, Inc. (

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