Zacks' Large Cap Value Strategy Earns 6 Star Top Guns Ranking

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Jun 09, 2011, 09:30 ET

CHICAGO, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zacks Dividend Strategy has once again made PSN's Top Guns List with distinct honors in the Large Cap Value Equity Universe. This high rank was awarded to the top ten performing firms in their peer group for the quarter ending March 31st, 2011. Our primary value strategy did not disappoint as it provided a valuable, risk adjustment component in our client allocations, and shined as a top performer amongst its peers. Despite several market corrections in the first quarter, one of our most popular strategies was again placed in very elite company.

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Zacks Investment Management, a boutique investment management firm, has been managing the Dividend Strategy since 2004. The Strategy seeks to own stocks that, in aggregate, pay a higher dividend than the broad market. Additionally, the strategy seeks to own shares that are attractive from a valuation standpoint.

PSN, produced by Informa Investment Solutions, is one of the leading investment manager search and evaluation databases to be offered industry wide. PSN tracks more than 1,600 money management firms and over 7,000 investment products. Since 1984, firms included in PSN are the major players of the investment management business. For more information regarding the Top Guns List, you can visit www.informais.com.

About Zacks Investment Management

Zacks Investment Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zacks Investment Research, one of the largest providers of independent research in the U.S. We are an expert in the practice of using earnings estimates in the investment process.

Client portfolios are managed using a unique combination of Zacks independent research and Zacks quantitative models that have been proven year after year to deliver superior results. Zacks Investment Management is a Registered Investment Advisor. For more information please visit www.ZacksWMG.com.

Disclosure:

Past Performance is no guarantee of future results. Results for the Zacks Dividend Strategy reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings. Individual results may differ. The results submitted to PSN portray the performance history for a representative managed separate account gross of fees.

This press release is distributed for informational purposes only; to notify readers of a PSN ranking. The results submitted to PSN portray the performance history for a representative managed separate account gross of fees, and do not include the deduction of investment advisory fees. An investor's actual return will be reduced by the advisory fees and any other expenses which may be incurred in the management of an investment advisory account. Upon request, Zacks Investment Management will provide gross and net performance information for the Dividend Strategy.

PSN and Informa Investment Solutions have no affiliation with Zacks, but rather evaluate investment managers' performance on an objective basis. Products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the latest quarter period ending March 31, 2011. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the latest quarter period ending March 31, 2011. At this point, the top ten performers for the latest quarter period become the 6 STAR TOP GUNS.

Zacks Investment Management is represented by the following individuals:

Andrew Bresnahan – Chicago; Herb Brown – San Francisco; Phil Carter – New York; Mark DeProspero – St Louis; Jay Falini – New Jersey; Neil Fisch – Phoenix; Brad Gaglione – Connecticut & Rhode Island; Tim Harper – Orlando; Jeffrey Haskin – Chicago; Greg Huffman – Virginia; Alex Insley – Chicago; Michael Jazo – Chicago; Dave Kecskes – Cincinnati; John Kelly – Minneapolis; Rashid Kourany – Indianapolis; Brian Langenkamp – Chicago; Randy LeClair – North Carolina; Wayne Lockwood – Seattle; Ron Lyke – Detroit; Brad Miksek – Dallas/Ft. Worth; Rob Patti – Atlanta; Joe Peck – Washington D.C; Mark Rafaloff – New York; Paula Sauer – Chicago; Matthew Schaeffer – New York; Casper Terpinski – Houston; Christian Whittemore – Chicago; Michael Willeford – Colorado; Larry Zerg – Los Angeles.