Zacks.com Announces That John Reese Highlights the Following Stocks: British Petroleum, U.S. Bancorp and ITT Educational Services, Inc.CHICAGO -- Jon Reese's Hot List continues to outperform the S&P. Discover how well it has done and read about British Petroleum (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BP), U.S. Bancorp  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. (NYSE:USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) and ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. ). John Reese For the stock investor and financial columnist, see . John D. "Bonesetter" Reese (May 6, 1855 – November 29, 1931) was a beloved trainer in early 20th-century major league baseball who was known for his ability to get injured athletes "back in the game". is the editor of the Validea Hot List newsletter. Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the January 27 Featured Expert column by John Reese include: The Validea Hot List Performance The Validea Hot List continues to smartly outperform the S&P 500. Year to date, the Validea Hot List has returned 10.2 percent, compared with 2.1 percent for the S&P 500. An Addition to the Hot List British Petroleum (NYSE:BP): Oil giant BP is favored by three guru strategies. One of the gurus is Kenneth Fisher. This strategy, which is Reese's interpretation of Fisher's writings, wants the company in question to have a low price/sales ratio Price-to-sales ratio, P/S ratio, or PSR, is a valuation metric for stocks. It is calculated by dividing the company's market cap by the company's revenue in the most recent fiscal year (or the most recent four fiscal quarters); or, equivalently, divide the per-share . Non-cyclical (non-smokestack) companies with P/S ratios below 0.75 are tremendous values and BP's is 0.72. Enough said; this is very strong. Less debt equals less risk according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. this methodology, and BP's debt/equity of 25.97% is acceptable. A Sampling of the Hot List U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) is a financial holding company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank, serves 13.1 million customers and operates 2,370 branch offices in 24 states. U.S. Bancorp provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses, governments and institutions. Major lines of business provided by U.S. Bancorp through U.S. Bank and other subsidiaries include Wholesale Banking; Payment Services; Private Client, Trust and Asset Management, and Consumer Banking. ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ITT Educational Services) (NYSE:ESI) is a provider of technology-oriented, post-secondary degree programs in the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company was offering associate, bachelor and master degree programs and non-degree diploma programs to more than 40,000 students. It has 77 institutes located in 30 states. Each of the institutes is authorized by the applicable education authorities of the states in which they operate and recruit, and are accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by an accrediting commission recognized by the United States Department of Education The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88), it began operating in 1980. . ITT Educational Services designs its education programs, after consultation with employers, to help graduates prepare for careers in various fields involving their areas of study. Read John Reese's commentary on the economy and learn more about the Hot List's returns versus the S&P. Then discover the other two guru strategies favoring the above stock and take a look at the entire Hot List by clicking: http://at.zacks.com/?id=85 About Zacks Featured Experts Successful investing requires professional advice from knowledgeable experts who can help investors achieve their financial goals in good markets and improve their portfolios, especially in bad ones. 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