Zacks Announces Name Change to Index ZAXDR

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Feb 07, 2012, 11:17 ET

CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Investment Research announces that effective Friday, February 10, 2012 the index ZAXDR will undergo a name change.

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The new index name will be: Zacks Sustainable Dividend Index.

There will be no change to the current index symbol of ZAXDR

Any questions regarding ZAXDR data dissemination may be directed to [email protected]

About Zacks

The Zacks Lifecycle Indices are published by Bloomberg, under the ticker symbols TDAXFO, TDAXTH, TDAXTW, TDAXTN, and TDAXIT.

The Zacks Lifecycle Indices™ complement the firm's alpha-generating quantitative indices used in yield, growth & income, sector rotation, international, style box and market-cap specific products.

Founded in 1978, Zacks Investment Research has more than 30 years of experience in providing institutional and individual investors with the analytical tools and financial information necessary to the success of their investment process. Zacks created the first earnings estimate revision model and originated the concept of the Earnings Surprise. Today, Zacks' models process over 25,000 earnings estimate revisions and changes in broker recommendations weekly from over 200 brokerage firms, produced by more than 3,500 analysts. As one of the top market data and proprietary investment model providers, Zacks clients include some of the most widely known institutions in the financial industry.

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