Dear Subscriber,

At 10:30 this morning, we will see the weekly change in natural gas inventories. Stockpiles are at record levels and, regardless of what happened last week, many analysts expect inventories to continue rising this month.

This is good news for your home heating bill. However, it is potentially bad news if you are investing in exploration and production [E&P] stocks like Apache (APA) or EOG Resources (EOG). I explain why in this week's Industry Rank Analysis.

Read: Natural Gas Creating Problems

Wishing you prosperity,
Charles Rotblut, CFA
Senior Market Analyst & Editor,
Profit From the Pros

Today's Top Stories: Thursday- October 08, 2009

ZACKS RANK BUY STOCKS

• Aggressive Growth - Coinstar Inc. (CSTR) net income more than doubled to $7.0 million, up from $2.7 million. These numbers yielded earnings per share of 23 cents, topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6 cents. This was the third surprise in the past 4 quarters. Read More...
   
• Growth & Income - Strayer Education Inc. (STRA) surged a few weeks ago in response to a government report. The company has done well maintaining the higher share price and is seeing bullish Zacks Consensus Estimates ahead of reporting later this month. Read More...
   
• Momentum - Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (SLAB) stock is up more than 100% in the last 6 months. The company's surprise in the second quarter caused estimates to jump higher. The current year added 15 cents and rose to $1.01. The next-year estimate added 18 cents, advancing to $1.40, a 38% growth projection. Read More...
   
• Value - H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) has surprised on estimates the last two quarters by an average of 38.67% as volumes have improved quarter over quarter. It is trading with a price-to-book of 1.54. The company has a strong 5-year average return on equity (ROE) of 11.12%. Read More...
   

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• Best of Funds: Top Non-US Equity Funds
  Consider RS Emerging Markets A (GBEMX) and AIM Developing Markets A (GTDDX) for exposure to investments outside the U.S. borders. Read More...
  

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• Bull Of The Day: Guess? Inc. (GES)
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• Bear Of The Day: Washington Federal (WFSL)
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• ZACKS INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: Coal Industry
  Our near-term (6-18 months) outlook for the coal industry has improved somewhat from our previous neutral sentiment to a more positive undertone. Stocks covered are (BTU), (ACI), (RTP) and (WLT). Read More...
  
  
• Boeing (BA) to Digest $1 Billion Charge
• Caterpillar (CAT) to Increase Prices
• Santander (STD) Raises $8B in Brazil IPO

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• Natural Gas Creating Problems
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