Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks Features Johnson Controls, C.R. Bard, Yahoo!, Genzyme, and Motorola.

CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the April 19 edition of Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks are Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ), and Motorola (NYSE:MOT). Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks is just one of the many free market commentaries written everyday at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. For additional information about this report or to have it delivered to you free via email every day click on the following link. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSHS12M&PAGE=1 .

Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks for Wednesday, April 19, 2006:

A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is the "SPX Hot Stocks" column. Each afternoon, we will provide a list of the day's top-20 performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 1,306.12) as well as the bottom-20 names. Featured along with this table will be news that is moving some of the securities.

NOTE: Stocks trading under $5 per share have been eliminated from this listing of the top-20 and bottom-20 performing stocks.

Stocks are flirting with the breakeven mark this afternoon thanks to solid earnings from some market heavyweights and renewed interest-rate concerns. The Labor Department reported that consumer prices increased 0.4 percent in March, outpacing expectations for a gain of 0.3 percent. The core Consumer Price Index rate, which excludes energy and food prices, advanced 0.3 percent, topping expectations for an increase of 0.2 percent. This news has some analysts worried about interest rates and how the Fed policymakers will deal with them. Currently, 47 percent of SPX components are in positive territory.

Today, the top seat on the Hot Stocks list is occupied by Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI). The company reported second-quarter income that dropped to 84 cents per share (from $1.04 per share last year). Although this year's results fell short of last year's, they topped the consensus estimate. The company stated that its "expected substantial increase in earnings in the second half of 2006 is primarily attributable to its building efficiency business, reflecting the absence of York acquisition accounting costs, the positive seasonality of the air conditioning industry, and increased customer demand." JCI has added more than nine percent thus far in trading.

How does the Street love C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR)? Let me count the ways. Yesterday, the company reported first-quarter earnings of 76 cents per share. Excluding items, the company would have reported earnings of 86 cents per share, seven cents better than the consensus estimate. Revenue for the quarter came in at $467.5 million, topping the Street's expectations for revenue of $466.1 million. Today, BCR has advanced more than eight percent thanks to the better-than-expected report.

The final stock on the rise today is Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO). Let's all take a wild guess why YHOO is higher today. If you immediately thought, "it has to be earnings," get the person in the cubicle next to you to pat you on the back. Late yesterday, the search engine posted first-quarter earnings of 11 cents per share, including stock-option expenses of $71 million. The results fell in line with the consensus estimate, but that hasn't stopped the stock from gaining more than eight percent so far today.

Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ) is more than seven percent lower this afternoon, thanks to a disappointing first-quarter earnings report. The company reported ex-items earnings of 59 cents per share in the quarter, falling short of the expected 59 cents per share. Quarterly revenue tallied $730.8 million, also short of the $749 million the Street was expecting. The biotech firm's chairman and chief executive stated, "a few of our products experienced revenue growth slightly below our plan." GENZ also kept its full-year profit forecast at a range between $2.65 and $2.75 per share.

Rounding out our discussion today is Motorola (NYSE:MOT), with its drop of more than seven percent. Late yesterday, the phone firm posted first-quarter, ex-item earnings of 28 cents per share. These results fell one cent shy of the Street's expectations. Although revenue for the quarter came in better than expected, and the earnings miss was RAZR thin, investors have still punished the stock.

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