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 & ...

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) ...

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

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc (ANW) AeroVironment, Inc (AVAV) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Aon Corp (AON) Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc (AVRNQ) Benchmark Electronics, Inc (BHE) Boise Inc (BZ) BT Group Plc (BT) C&D Technologies, Inc (CHP) Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF) CLARCOR Inc (CLC) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Cousins Properties Inc (CUZ) CRH Plc (CRH) Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) Dayton Superior Corp (DSUPQ) Doral Financial Corp (DRL) Eastman Kodak Co (EK) Echostar Corp (SATS) EMS Technologies, Inc (ELMG) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) GenVec, Inc (GNVC) Helmerich & Payne, Inc (HP) HFF, Inc (HF) Hypercom Corp (HYC) Insteel Industries, Inc (IIIN) InterOil Corp (IOC) Keynote Systems, Inc ...

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

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc (ANW) AeroVironment Inc (AVAV) Albany International Corp (AIN) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc (BBW) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) CARBO Ceramics Inc (CRR) Care Investment Trust Inc (CRE) China Security & Surveillance Tech Inc (CSR) CNOOC Ltd (CEO) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Coleman Cable Inc (CCIX) Collective Brands Inc (PSS) CRH Plc (CRH) Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Dayton Superior Corp (DSUPQ) DCP Midstream Partners LP (DPM) Employers Holdings Inc (EIG) Entravision Communication (EVC) Exterran Holdings Inc (EXH) Foundation Coal Holdings Inc (FCL) Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (FDP) Frontline Ltd (FRO) G&K Services Inc (GKSR) Gladstone Capital Corp (...

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

AerCap Holdings NV (AER) Ametek Inc (AME) AptarGroup Inc (ATR) CKE Restaurants Inc (CKR) Frontline Ltd (FRO) Greenhill & Co Inc (GHL) II-VI Inc (IIVI) International Game Technology (IGT) KVH Industries Inc (KVHI) LeapFrog Enterprises Inc (LF) NCR Corp (NCR) Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) Penn Virginia GP Holdings LP (PVG) Stanley Furniture Company Inc (STLY) Strattec Security Corp (STRT) SunPower Corp (SPWRA) Transocean Ltd (RIG) Twin Disc Inc (TWIN) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List.

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Master Limited Partnerships are a useful investment for minimizing your tax bill says Jim Nelson. They are trusts mainly comprised of natural resource, financial services, and real estate assets. Jim picks five small-cap MLPs that should provide steady income without the burden of double taxation.

This from Penny Sleuth:

In the corporate tax world, one dreaded phrase reappears when you talk about dividends: “Double Taxation”. All incorporated companies are taxed on the income they make. The shareholders are taxed again on any dividend distribution they receive from the company. So the same income is taxed twice. But, there is a way around it…

Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs, are nearly identical to royalty income trusts. The only difference between them is double taxation.

Regular trusts must pay taxes on income before it is distributed to shareholders. Those shareholders also have to pay taxes on the already-taxed income when they receive it. MLPs, on the

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In bull markets, investors sometimes use a stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' which is the technique of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at approximately the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique usually only works in bull markets.If you are interested in buying dividends, there are several stocks in several different sectors and industries to choose from. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another month.All of the following stocks have market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. NuStar GP Holdings, LLC (NSH) is going ex-dividend on 11/3/2008. The stock has a PE of 17 ...

Despite falling energy prices, estimates on oil explorer Penn Virginia continue to trend higher. The company beat Wall Street estimates by 28.21% in the second quarter while reporting record production. The company trades with a forward P/E of 13.16.

Company Description

Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA) is an oil and gas exploration and production company that operates in Appalachia, Mississippi, east Texas, the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast regions.

The company has been allocating the majority of its resources to its lower-risk drilling areas in Appalachia, Mississippi, east Texas and the Mid-Continet regions. However, PVA continues to explore in the higher-risk areas such as Gulf Coast region and the shale plays, including the Devonian, Fayetteville and New Albany shales.

PVA also owns approximately 77% of Penn Virginia GP Holdings (PVG), the owner of the general partner and the largest unitholder of Penn Virginia Resource Partners (PVR), a

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