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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: McDonald's, Genzyme, Berkshire Hathaway, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp and Berkshire Hathaway.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 04-NOV-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) as the Bull of the Day and Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (NYSE: BNI) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678.

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) global same-store sales continue to grow (up 3.8% in the third quarter of 2009) while maintaining healthy margins and out-performing competitors. Earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, and were up 10% year over year.

However, a strong U.S. dollar continues to moderate results, adversely impacting the top and bottom lines. We expect continued headwind from a stronger dollar, but this is a translation impact, and will not affect the fundamentals of overseas operations, which operate entirely in local currency.

With a strong balance...

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