For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – February 9, 2012 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value

The four highlighted picks are: Liquidity Services ( LQDT), The Fastenal Company ( FAST), Extra Space Storage Inc. ( EXR) and Western Digital Corporation ( WDC).

Today, Zacks is promoting its ”Buy” stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free. http://at.zacks.com/?id=88

From 1988 through the present – a period that included serious corrections and recessions – the Zacks #1 Rank Stocks have nearly tripled the market with a fully documented average gain of +28% per year.

Here is a summary of today’s selected stocks that are now highly rated by Zacks:

Aggressive Growth – Liquidity Services ( LQDT)
Liquidity Services recently beat earnings and raised expectations and is now a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy).

Zacks Guide to Aggressive Growth Investing (free!)http://at.zacks.com/?id=4309

Growth & Income – The Fastenal Company ( FAST)
Estimates have been rising for The Fastenal Company after it reported strong fourth quarter results, driven by a stellar 22% increase in sales.

Zacks Guide to Growth & Income Investing (free!)http://at.zacks.com/?id=4310

Momentum – Extra Space Storage Inc. ( EXR)
Since we last mentioned EXR as a growth and income stock back in June of 2011, it was trading right around $20. Back then the company had delivered a strong earnings report noting high occupancy rates and other factors that encouraged them to raise FY2011 guidance.

Zacks Guide to Momentum Investing (free!): http://at.zacks.com/?id=4311

Value – Western Digital Corporation ( WDC)
The hard drive makers are still wrangling with the aftermath of the Thailand floods. But Western Digital Corporation is bouncing back and is still expected to see 78% earnings growth in fiscal 2012. This Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) also is dirt cheap at just 7x forward estimates.

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Underlying the four free stock picks is a simple truth that first appeared in a Financial Analysts Journal article published in 1979. Leonard Zacks, a Ph.D. from M.I.T. found that “earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices.” Zacks #1 Rank is awarded to a stock when analysts sharply upgrade their estimates of what the company will earn.

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EXTRA SPACE STG (EXR): Free Stock Analysis Report

FASTENAL (FAST): Free Stock Analysis Report

LIQUIDITY SVCS (LQDT): Free Stock Analysis Report

WESTERN DIGITAL (WDC): Free Stock Analysis Report

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