Ben Zacks Recommends the Following Stocks: ConocoPhillips, Alliance Capital, and Eli Lilly.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2003 Investors seeking higher returns have little option but to buy equities. Ben Zacks will show you how to capitalize in this liquidity-driven market with three recent additions to his Focus List. Learn about ConocoPhillips (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COP), Alliance Capital (NYSE:AC), and Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: If liquidity is the star of this show, Ben Zacks is still awaiting a substantial earnings improvement to make a cameo cameo (kăm`ēō), small relief carving, usually on striated precious or semiprecious stones or on shell. The design, often a portrait head, is commonly cut in the light-colored vein, and the dark one is left as the background. . Presently, earnings warnings are skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data to the down side with negative to positive pre-announcements running around 2 to 1 at the moment. That is better than the first quarter, but Zacks believes that most estimates for the quarter are conservative. Portfolio Changes Zacks has added ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) to the Focus List. Natural gas has recently been getting a great deal of attention, particularly when Chairman Greenspan spoke about it before Congress. The company is a very diversified global energy play that is involved in the exploration, refinery and sale of oil and gas products. Zacks has added Alliance Capital (NYSE:AC) to the Focus List as well. The asset management company is projected to grow earnings 24% over the next year as revenues increase in what the firm's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. expects will be a strong equity market. Analysts expect rising returns on revenue as it continues to execute its global brand building strategy and cross-selling products across its retail businesses. Zacks also added Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), one of the most diversified and successful pharmaceutical companies in the world. Lilly recently received approval for an Osteoporosis osteoporosis (ŏs'tēō'pərō`sĭs), disorder in which the normal replenishment of old bone tissue is severely disrupted, resulting in weakened bones and increased risk of fracture; osteopenia drug both in the US and in Europe that will add to its suite of very popular pharmaceuticals. It recently guided to the higher end Coordinates: For other places with the same name, see Billinge. Higher End or Billinge Higher End is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. of guidance and analysts are following suit with their estimates. Learn more about the above-mentioned companies and view all of the stocks in Ben Zacks' Focus List by clicking: http://featuredexpert3bw.zacks.com/ About Zacks Featured Experts To be a successful investor you need professional advice. 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