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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – November 19, 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: D.R. Horton (DHI), Pulte (PHM), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS) and EnCana Corporation (ECA).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

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

Filed under: Options

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) a building materials systems and composite solutions company, is expected to report Q1 EPS on April 30. OC May call option implied volatility is at 87, puts are at 97; above its 26-week average of 79, according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

International Paper (NYSE: IP) closed at $8.80. IP is expected to report Q1 EPS in late April. IP May option implied volatility of 111 is above its 26-week average of 83, according to Track Data, suggesting large share price movement.

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Newsletters, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy, Green Stocks, Obama Picks

"President Obama has stated that he's been studying Roosevelt's first 100 days and the way out of the current economic mess will look a lot like the New Deal," says David Fessler.

The advisory panelist for The Oxford Club explains, "Seventy-five years after Roosevelt's inauguration, I think we will soon see President Obama get the ball rolling on his version of the New Deal, focused on two very specific areas: energy and infrastructure." Here, he looks at stocks poised to benefit.