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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – November 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: Halliburton Company (HAL), Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Smith International Inc. (SII), National-Oilwell Varco (NOV) and Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT).

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On the second Thursday of every month (I know, I’m a day late…), we will screen our database for the 10 companies trading at the lowest ratio to their intrinsic value, as determined by our formula, and that are suitable for the enterprising investor.  These 10 companies will be placed in a mock portfolio and rebalanced to have a 10% allocation to each company. The starting value of the portfolio is $100,000.00. Dividends will be reinvested in the portfolio.

To see the portfolio, you can view this google spreadsheet.

"The energy firms in our 'Hot List' aren't the big integrated firms; rather, they are instead mostly smaller, more specialized oil equipment, services, or operations firms," notes John Reese.

In Validea, he adds, "National-Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) is currently the only stock out of the thousands in my database that gets approval from both my strict Benjamin Graham-based value strategy, and my James O'Shaughnessy-based growth model."