Zacks` Market Neutral Strategy Earns PSN Top Guns Ranking

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
The Zacks Market Neutral Strategy joined the ranks of other veteran Zacks
strategies on PSN`s Top Guns List in the All Cap Core Equities Market Neutral
Universe. This rank was awarded to the top ten performing firms in their peer
group for this choice type of investment strategy for the three months ending
March 31st, 2009.

Zacks Investment Management, a boutique investment management firm, was honored
for the steady performance of their Market Neutral Strategy through the first
quarter of 2009. The Zacks Market Neutral Strategy is designed to perform well
in any market environment, and when added to a portfolio, it can reduce the
overall risk. A market neutral strategy is one that seeks to remove the risk
involved in the equity market by simultaneously investing in a long portfolio
(stocks anticipated to appreciate in price), and a short portfolio (stocks
anticipated to decline in price). In this type of strategy a manager, seeks to
minimize the potential impact of market risk from the portfolio.

"By maintaining strict neutrality, we seek to produce positive returns in both
rising and declining markets,"

-Mitch Zacks, Senior Portfolio Manager

About Zacks Investment Management

Zacks Investment Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zacks Investment
Research, one of the largest providers of independent research in the U.S. Zacks
Investment Management is an expert in the practice of using earnings estimates
in the investment process.

Client portfolios are managed using a combination of Zacks independent research
and Zacks quantitative models. Zacks Investment Management is a Registered
Investment Advisor. For more information please visit www.ZacksWMG.com.

Disclosure:

Past Performance is no guarantee of future results. Results for the Zacks Market
Neutral Strategy reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings.
Individual results may differ. The results submitted to PSN portray the
performance history for a representative managed separate account gross of fees.

PSN and Informa Investment Solutions have no affiliation with Zacks, but rather
evaluate investment managers' performance on an objective basis.

Zacks:
Media and Individual Investors:
Robert J. Coulton, 312-265-9263
rcoulton@zacks.com

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