The Daily Workshop Report
by Robert Sheard (TMF Sheard)

LEXINGTON, KY. (Aug. 29, 1997) -- In yesterday's column, I recapped the performance of my three unofficial portfolios (Blue Chip, Technology, and Thoroughbred) and promised the new list of Thoroughbred stocks for September.

Each month, I post a list of 15 stocks that show decent fundamental growth characteristics and top-notch price performance in recent months. As with the old Port Folly game, I weight each stock equally at the beginning of every new month (as if one were buying the stocks in equal-dollar amounts) and record only price changes, no dividends or trading costs.

Here, then, are the 15 stocks for September. (Opening values will be today's closing prices.)

Arkansas Best (ABFS)
Cerner Corp. (CERN)
Data General (DGN)
Dixie Group (DXYN)
Fieldcrest Cannon (FLD)
ICN Pharmaceuticals (ICN)
Nabors Inds. (NBR)
Navistar Int'l (NAV)
PENWEST Ltd. (PENW)
Quantum Corp. (QNTM)
Sequent Computer Sys. (SQNT)
Titan Corp (TTN)
Unisys Corp. (UIS)
Unitrode Corp. (UTR)
Western Digital (WDC)

With the new edition of Value Line, there are three changes to the stocks included in our Workshop Database. Delete these three stocks if you're playing along at home:

Dura Pharmaceuticals (DURA)
N.Y. Times (NYT.A)
Northern Trust Corp. (NTRS)

Replacing them are the following three stocks:

Camco Int'l. (CAM)
Kohl's Corp. (KSS)
MagnaTek (MAG)

And finally, the new Investing for Growth rankings are as follows:

Iomega (IOM)
Western Digital (WDC)
Dell Computer (DELL)
Quantum Corp. (QNTM)
Sun Microsystems (SUNW)
Compaq Computer (CPQ)
Helen of Troy (HELE)
Dollar General (DG)
Price, T. Rowe (TROW)
Robert Half Int'l. (RHI)

Have a Foolish holiday!

Monthly Growth Screens
(Jan. 3 to present)
72.97%  Relative Strength  
31.26%  Investing for Growth  
22.25%  YPEG Potential  
22.13%  Low Price/Sales  
20.25%  S&P 500 Index  
19.57%  EPS Plus RS  
10.91%  Unemotional Growth  
 9.61%  Formula 90  

Annual Value Screens
(Jan. 1 to present)
19.46%  Dogs of the Dow  
18.21%  Dow Jones Ind Avg  
16.07%  Beating the S&P  
15.03%  Dow Combo  
14.61%  Unemotional Value  
14.61%  Beating the Dow  
 7.31%  Foolish Four