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Monday, April 15, 1996
The Daily IFG Report

(FOOL GLOBAL WIRE)
by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 15): We have to talk to the people at Oracle <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") end if %> about their news department. For days there will be nothing and then bam ... a month's worth of news released on one day. And you guessed it; today was that day. So before we get into Oracle's news machine, let's cover the other IFG stocks in the news today.

United Healthcare <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") end if %> got a boost from Bear Stearns analyst Gary Frazier today when he upgraded the stock from Attractive to Buy and placed a $70-$80 price target for the shares.

Computer Associates <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") end if %> announced that it will be holding a conference call with analysts tomorrow to introduce an alliance with Spyglass. If you can talk your way past the bouncer, you can join the conference by calling 800-283-1706 at 12:20 PM EST tomorrow. The password is Web. If you can't get in the clubhouse, you can still hear the recording of the conference call which will be available until 1:00 PM EST on Wednesday by dialing 800-839-3011.

Okay, on to the Oracle parade ... Oracle made a number of product announcements today jointly at the European Oracle User Group (EOUG) in Amsterdam and DB EXPO in San Francisco. Here are some of the highlights. For more details, ask MF Yakko what his take is in the software industry folder.

---Oracle announced a new program (the Oracle Developer Program) that facilitates the efforts of both entrepreneurial and corporate developers by providing early access to strategic products, technical information, education, and support in an affordable, easy-access format.

---Oracle announced the immediate availability of the Designer/2000 WebServer Generator, the first modeling tool to generate Web applications automatically.

---Oracle demonstrated the ConText Option, which offers users new capabilities for manipulating the tremendous amount of text information on the Internet and on Intranets.

---At the National Association of Broadcasters, Oracle announced the Oracle Newsroom Manager, a new suite of products which completely integrate text and video news production on a solid, scalable information management foundation.

---In PR news for Oracle, the company announced that its Media Objects multimedia authoring environment software has been awarded the Platinum Award for Multimedia Software from AV Video Magazine. Also, Oracle launched a Web version of the popular Oracle Magazine. The Oracle Magazine Interactive Web Site is available free at http://www.oramag.com.

An underperforming day for the traditional IFG approach but another outperformer for the Relative Strength models, which were up 1.5% today. Fool on!

Transmitted: 4/15/96 5:44 PM

The Current IFG Stocks

Tellabs
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") end if %>

Green Tree Financial
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") end if %>

United Healthcare
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") end if %>

Oracle
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") end if %>

Checkpoint Systems
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CKP)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CKP)") end if %>

Dionex
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:DNEX)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:DNEX)") end if %>

Medtronic
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") end if %>

RoTech Medical
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROTC)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROTC)") end if %>

Bio-Rad Labs
(ASE:BIO/A)

Computer Associates
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") end if %>

Today's IFG Numbers
         INVESTING FOR GROWTH (4/15/96)  



          Day   Week  Quarter   Year   History

IFG      0.55%  0.55%  -2.10%  -2.61%  3862.13%

DJIA     1.09%  1.09%   0.10%   9.30%   574.79%

S&P 500  0.91%  0.91%  -0.47%   4.31%   503.16%

NASDAQ   0.86%  0.86%   0.82%   5.54%   650.19%





Rec'd    #  Security In At   Now   Change



1/5/96  3183  CA     56.13  68.63  22.27%

7/8/95  3866  TLAB   48.00  49.25   2.60%

4/5/96  5312  ROTC   38.75  39.75   2.58%

1/5/96  4168  ORCL   42.88  43.44   1.31%

4/5/96  3293  UNH    62.50  61.63  -1.40%

4/5/96  4536  BIO/A  45.38  44.63  -1.65%

4/5/96  5945  GNT    34.63  33.88  -2.17%

4/5/96  3525  MDT    58.38  54.63  -6.42%

4/5/96  7695  CKP    26.75  24.75  -7.48%

4/5/96  5758  DNEX   35.75  33.00  -7.69%



Rec'd    #  Security      Cost        Value       Change



1/5/96  3183  CA      $178,645.88  $218,433.38   $39,787.50  

7/8/95  3866  TLAB    $185,568.00  $190,400.50    $4,832.50  

4/5/96  5312  ROTC    $205,840.00  $211,152.00    $5,312.00  

1/5/96  4168  ORCL    $178,703.00  $181,047.50    $2,344.50  

4/5/96  3293  UNH     $205,812.50  $202,931.13   $(2,881.38) 

4/5/96  4536  BIO/A   $205,821.00  $202,419.00   $(3,402.00) 

4/5/96  5945  GNT     $205,845.63  $201,386.88   $(4,458.75) 

4/5/96  3525  MDT     $205,771.88  $192,553.13  $(13,218.75) 

4/5/96  7695  CKP     $205,841.25  $190,451.25  $(15,390.00) 

4/5/96  5758  DNEX    $205,848.50  $190,014.00  $(15,834.50) 



      CASH           $274.44       

      TOTAL    $1,981,063.19         







Transmitted: 4/15/96 5:44 PM

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