CHICAGO, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

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The four highlighted picks are: Town Sports International (Nasdaq: CLUB), DuPont (NYSE: DD), Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) and Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD).

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 – Town Sports International (Nasdaq: CLUB)

Town Sports International recently flexed its financial muscle with yet another earnings surprise. Estimates quickly began moving higher, leading to triple-digit growth rates.

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

Growth & Income – DuPont (NYSE: DD)

Estimates have been surging for DuPont after the company delivered solid second quarter results and management raised its full-year guidance.

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

Momentum – Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX)

Crocs, Inc. continues to rebound from a tough sell off in 2009, recently hitting a new multi-year high after reporting strong Q2 results that came in ahead of expectations. With estimates taking a big jump on the news, this Zacks #1 Rank stock is a good fit for momentum.

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

Value – Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD)

How does Lithia Motors, Inc. keep doing it? This Zacks #1 Rank (strong buy) recently surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate (again) and raised full year guidance for the second time this year. Lithia has the magic combination of both growth and value, as it trades with a PEG ratio of just 0.5.

Zacks Guide to Value Investing (free!) -  http://at.zacks.com/?id=4312

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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.

Today, Zacks is promoting its stock recommendations by offering four daily picks free to those who register here: http://at.zacks.com/?id=7155

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Then, when changes are discovered, they're applied to help assign more than 4,400 stocks into five Zacks Rank categories: #1 Strong Buy, #2 Buy, #3 Hold, #4 Sell, and #5 Strong Sell. This proprietary stock-picking system continues to outperform the market by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

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