Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Cirrus Logic, Inc., CEMEX, S.A. de C.V., Mack-Cali, Liberty Properties and Cousins Properties

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Zacks Equity Research highlights Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) as the Bull
of the Day and CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE:CX) the Bear of the Day. In addition,
Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Mack-Cali (NYSE:CLI), Liberty
Properties (NYSE:LRY) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676.

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) is a fabless OEM of analog, mixed-signal and
digital processing integrated circuits (ICs). The company's 4Q results were in
line with our expectation.

On the positive side, CRUS reflects a strong balance sheet with no debt. The
company has also provided decent 1Q 2010 guidance. Cirrus' new product offerings
are expected to benefit end customers.

The seismic product line remains a strong growth area and should help increase
revenue going forward. This group should maintain its growth even after
factoring in the changes in oil price. Our recommendation remains a BUY with a
price target of $5.50.

Bear of the Day:

We are keeping our Sell rating on CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE:CX). The company
posted weak results in the first quarter of 2009 with net income of just US$3
million.

The continued weak cement volumes in Spain and U.S. are problematic. The
short-term outlook for the company remains highly uncertain based on the
downtrend in the residential, industrial/commercial and the infrastructure
sectors as well as due to the fall in the real estate prices throughout the
world. Moreover, the recent lawsuit filed against the company is problematic.

However, all efforts to reduce its costs and net debt in 2009 are encouraging.
Nevertheless, the current credit crunch and the recession in the U.S. are
matters of huge concern.

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Commercial Real Estate Plunging

The reason why the value of CRE is falling is not a mystery. If stores are
closing, then they will not be paying rent, and landlords will not be in a
position to get rent increases from the remaining stores. If a company is laying
off lots of people it will have lots of empty cubicles and offices, and will be
looking to sublet its existing space, competing directly with the landlords
trying to rent out existing space.

In addition, as recently as the second half of last year, construction of new
commercial real estate was still very robust, meaning that there is lots of new
space that has recently come on line. Still, a 8.6% decline in a single month is
startling and is very bad news for REITs like Mack-Cali (NYSE:CLI), Liberty
Properties (NYSE:LRY) and Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ).

We have already seen commercial delinquencies and foreclosures start to rise,
and this will be a major headache for the banks going forward. Many small- and
mid-sized banks ($1-10 billion in assets) are very heavily exposed to CRE. This
could cause them to be the guest of honor at one of the Friday night pizza
parties put on by the FDIC. However, individually these banks do not threaten
the financial system the way the stress-tested 19 would if they failed.

Get the full analysis of all these stocks by going to
http://at.zacks.com/?id=2649.

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