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| Walter Frank Highlights the Following Issues: Oberweis Emerging Growth, TCW Galileo Aggressive Growth, ValueClick, Ask Jeeves, Yahoo, and eBay
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2003--The correction was unable to derail the rally, and Walter Frank sees better times ahead. Drop your pessimism and get involved with a pair of growth funds. Read about Oberweis Emerging Growth (OTC:OBEGX), TCW Galileo Aggressive Growth Equities' (OTC:TGANX), ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK), Ask Jeeves (NASDAQ:ASKJ), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: BizVantage – Beyond the news: when knowing counts. Here are the highlights from the Featured Expert column: Behind this positive market, there has been the steady drip, drip, drip of good economic and earnings news. The skeptics have continued to throw cold water on the earnings news, pointing out that cost-cutting and not top-line growth is responsible for the improved earnings reports. True enough. What they fail to add though is that cost-cutting has put corporations in the position that when top-line growth does come, earnings growth will soar for some time. Wall Street, despite its innate skepticism, is finally dropping its pessimism about earnings and the economy. As it does Walter Frank expects stock prices to move ahead. The economy, and earnings, will lead the market up from here. With a 45.6% year-to-date gain through August 15, Oberweis Emerging Growth (OTC:OBEGX) is outpacing 98% of the small-cap growth funds tracked by Lipper. Manager Jim Oberweis employs the "Oberweis Octagon" to select stocks for the fund. Oberweis also takes valuation into consideration, looking for price/sales ratios in line with a company's industry average, and a price/earnings that is less than half the expected growth rate. Two big winners in the portfolio this year were among fallen Internet stocks: ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) (up 171%) and Ask Jeeves (NASDAQ:ASKJ) (up 529%). TCW Galileo Aggressive Growth Equities' (OTC:TGANX) devotion to technology has been both a blessing and a curse. The fund remains overweight in information technology, focusing on areas such as storage, access, and semiconductors. Managers Doug Foreman and Chris Ainley believe the depression in telecommunications is past. Among fallen tech stocks, the managers like Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY). Both are top holdings: eBay was number one as of July 31 at 9.5% of assets. The fund also has a hefty commitment to health care. Read a profile for another mutual fund, along with Walter Frank's complete commentaries, including his "The Return of the Emerging Markets" segment, and his fund scorecard & recommendations list by clicking: http://featuredexpert3bw.zacks.com/ About Zacks Featured Experts To be a successful investor you need professional advice. Experts who know what they're talking about and can help you achieve your financial goals in good markets...and especially in bad ones will help you improve your portfolio. That is why Zacks Investment Research has assembled the best investment experts in the business to offer their powerful advisory newsletters to you on all the major investment topics: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Options, Futures etc. Recommendations from Featured Experts Highlighted in FREE Investment Newsletter The best way to tap into the powerful advice from these experts is through our free weekly e-mail newsletter, "Profit from the Pros". Each week we highlight several Featured Experts in this free e-mail newsletter. Get your free subscription to "Profit from the Pros" at: http://www.freeprofit1bw.zacks.com About Zacks Zacks.com is a property of Zacks Investment Research, Inc., which was formed in 1981 to compile, analyze, and distribute investment research to both institutional and individual investors. The guiding principle behind our work is the belief that investment experts, such as brokerage analysts and investment newsletter writers, have superior knowledge about how to invest successfully. Our goal is to unlock their profitable insights for our customers. And there is no better way to enjoy this investment success, than with a FREE subscription to "Profit from the Pros" weekly e-mail newsletter. For your free newsletter, visit http://www.freeprofitbw.zacks.com Zacks Investment Research is under common control with affiliated entities (including a broker-dealer and an investment adviser), which may engage in transactions involving the foregoing securities for the clients of such affiliates. Disclaimer: Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should always research companies and securities before making any investments. Nothing herein should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security.
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