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Zacks Sell List Highlights: ChipMos, Mesa Air, Pulte Homes and Genesis Microchip.


CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): ChipMos Tech. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: IMOS IMOS Intended Military Occupational Specialty
IMOS Integrated Modeling of Optical Systems
) and Mesa Air Group Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Nevada Corporation[1] commercial aviation holding company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The company operates three regional airline subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest, and five supporting  Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two other widely held stocks: Pulte Homes Pulte Homes, Inc (NYSE: PHM) is a Bloomfield Hills, MI based company founded by Bill Pulte. Pulte is the third largest (by units) builder of homes and residential community developers in the United States according to Builder Magazine's"Builder 100", and is the nation's  Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: PHM) and Genesis Microchip Genesis Microchip Inc. is a leading edge world wide supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for video processors in flat panel LCD TVs and Monitors. Founded in 1987 by Paul Russo [9] in Markham, Ontario, Canada and it became a public company in 1998 [10] and now  Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) The European term for a global satellite-based radio navigation system. See Galileo. ). To see the full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit: http://at.zacks.com/?id=92

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List -- Stocks to Sell Now by 143.6% annually (11.8% vs. 4.8% respectively). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid.

Here is a synopsis of why IMOS and MESA have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:

ChipMos Tech. (NASDAQ: IMOS) has seen this year's earnings estimates drop 16 cents per share Cents per share

The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned.
 over the past month. The company missed third quarter earnings estimates by more than 17%. This followed a nearly 45% miss in the previous quarter's report.

Mesa Air Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) has experienced a drop in analyst estimates. Earnings estimates for this year stand at $1.17 per share, down 10 cents from a week ago. A few analysts have downgraded the stock in recent weeks due to lower growth projections for the company going forward.

Here is a synopsis of why PHM and GNSS have a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15% of all the stocks ranked by Zacks:

Pulte Homes Inc. (NYSE: PHM) has been the target of increasing bearishness bear·ish  
adj.
1. Clumsy, boorish, and surly.

2.
a. Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling stock-market prices.

b.
 by analysts. Over the past month, this year's estimates have declined eight cents per share. The new consensus estimate calls for $3.08 per share this year. The company said that third-quarter earnings fell 52% as a weak housing market took its toll on profits.

Genesis Microchip Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS) has seen its earnings estimates drop for this year. The current 2006 consensus estimate of a loss of 37 cents per share is 40 cents below the forecast of 60 days ago. The company warned its third-quarter sales would fall significantly short of Wall Street's expectations due to softening demand for its television products.

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About the Zacks Rank

Since 1988, the Zacks Rank has proven that "Earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices." A $10,000 investment in the Zacks Rank list made in 1988 would now be worth $1.77 million - equivalent to a 31.8% annualized annualized

Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared.
 return! During the 2000-2002 bear market, Zacks #1 Rank stocks gained 43.8%, while the S&P 500 tumbled 37.6%. Also note that the Zacks Rank system has just as many Strong Sell recommendations (Rank #5) as Strong Buy recommendations (Rank #1). Since 1988, Zacks Rank #5 stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 by 143.6% annually (+4.8% vs. +11.8%). Thus, the Zacks Rank system allows investors to truly manage portfolio trading effectively.

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(a)The S&P 500 Index ("S&P 500") is a well-known, unmanaged index of the prices of 500 large-company common stocks selected by Standard & Poor's. The S&P 500 includes the reinvestment Reinvestment

Using dividends, interest and capital gains earned in an investment or mutual fund to purchase additional shares or units, rather than receiving the distributions in cash.

1. In terms of stocks, it is the reinvestment of dividends to purchase additional shares.
 of all dividends, no transaction costs Transaction Costs

Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it).
, and represents the gross returns before management fees.

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