Zacks Investment Management Earns 5-Star Rating on Investment Performance

Business Wire, June 21, 2006

CHICAGO -- Zacks Investment Management, a boutique investment management firm, was named a "Top Gun Investor" in the PSN Top Guns List by Informa Investment Solutions for the period ending March 31, 2006. The Zacks Rank Strategy was awarded a 5-Star ranking in their All Cap Core Equity Universe. Out of over 100 managers, Zacks placed in the top 5 based on performance.

PSN, produced by Informa Investment Solutions, is one of the leading investment manager search and evaluation databases to be offered industry wide. PSN tracks more than 1,600 money management firms and over 7,000 investment products. Since 1984, firms included in PSN are the major players of the investment management business. For more information regarding the Top Gun List, you can visit www.informais.com.

"We are proud that our disciplined, earnings-driven investment philosophy has allowed us to earn this distinction" said Mitch Zacks a portfolio manager with Zacks Investment Management.

About Zacks Investment Management

Zacks Investment Management (ZIM) is the world's leading expert on earnings and using earnings estimates in the investment process. ZIM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zacks Investment Research, one of the largest providers of independent research in the U.S. Client portfolios are managed using a unique combination of Zacks independent research and Zacks quantitative models that have been proven year after year to deliver superior results. Zacks Investment Management is a Registered Investment Advisor. For more information please visit www.ZacksWMG.com.

About Zacks

Founded in 1978, Zacks Investment Research has more than 25 years of experience in providing institutional and individual investors with the analytical tools and financial information necessary to the success of their investment process.

Disclosure:

Past Performance is no guarantee of future results. Results for the Zacks Rank Strategy reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings. Individual results may differ. The results submitted to PSN portray the performance history for a representative managed separate account gross of fees.

PSN and Informa Investment Solutions have no affiliation with Zacks, but rather evaluate investment managers' performance on an objective basis.