Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Yahoo!, Google, American Capital Strategies and Hittite Microwave.CHICAGO -- 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: Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Google (Nasdaq:GOOG GOOG Google, Inc. (stock symbol) ), American Capital Strategies (Nasdaq:ACAS ACAS Cardiology A clinical trial–Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study which evaluated the 5-yr risk of fatal and non-fatal stroke-primary outcome in Pts with asymptomatic but severe carotid atherosclerosis. See Carotid stenosis. ) and Hittite Microwave (Nasdaq:HITT HITT Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis, see there ). See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog by visiting: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2673. Here are highlights from Tuesday's Analyst Blog: YHOO Ad Revenue to Lower Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) announced that its revenue will be on the low end of previous guidance. There's no press release on this just yet, but the reason being cited is the company is seeing falling ad revenue from automakers and mortgage lenders. This may be one of the first signs of a slowing economy affecting the advertising industry, which is pretty cyclical historically. Obviously, though, automakers and mortgage lenders are two groups that have been struggling most lately, so it's possible the drop-off will be limited to these industries. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it's indicative that these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. will spread to other areas. Some Internet advertiser peers like Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) might not be affected quite as much; Google's advertising revenue is more closely tied to things like paid search, which caters more to smaller companies. In fact, one reason we like Yahoo! is because it has the additional exposure to traditional advertising markets. Clearly, we're seeing the downside of this now, however. We still have a Buy recommendation on Yahoo!. At this point, I don't think the economy is slowing enough to impact a wider range of advertisers. My concerns would be if this weakness expands to advertising from other areas. We do expect YHOO revenues to grow, but we would advise investors look out for potential cyclality. Growing Pipeline at ACAS American Capital Strategies (Nasdaq:ACAS) portfolio primarily consists of private companies with lumpy earnings and therefore forecasting ACAS earnings with accuracy is difficult. However, management has a track record of increasing ACAS earnings and dividends since the company went public in 1997. Moreover, we believe that ACAS growing pipeline of new investment opportunities and improving asset quality will fuel earnings and dividend growth through 2006 and into 2007. In addition, we think the high dividend yield (currently 8.6%) provides downside protection Downside Protection Generally used in connection with covered call writing, this is the cushion against loss, in case of a price decline by the underlying security, that is afforded by the written call option. . Our six-month price target is $36. Hittite Target Raised Hittite Microwave (Nasdaq:HITT) is a leader in integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , modules and subsystems for wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . The company has a broad product portfolio across a large portion of the frequency spectrum, including radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeterwave. The company is poised to benefit as more applications move up the frequency spectrum and into Hittite's sweet spot. We therefore maintain our Buy recommendation on HITT shares and shift our valuation to 2007 numbers, resulting in a higher price target of $55.00. 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