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Wednesday, June 05, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 5): The Classic IFG Approach kept pace with the Nasdaq and the Dow today, but trailed the S&P 500. The Relative Strength models, however, shined through with 1.2% and 1.3% increases on the backs of healthy moves in Nike, Paychex, Thermo Electron, The Gap, and Checkpoint Systems. (Both Nike and The Gap went ex-dividend today as well.) The Monthly version continues to perform well, with a year-to-date return of 32%. Long-time IFG stock Tellabs <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") end if %> announced a new customer and a new alliance today, boosting the share price a bit. The telecommunications equipment manufacturer's CABLESPAN 2300 universal telephony distribution system has been selected by Adelphia Communications, the country's seventh-largest cable operator, in order to provide local telephone service in its eleven-state market. And in a related announcement, Tellabs completed a contract with Euristix, Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland for the joint development of a management solution for CABLESPAN. The CABLESPAN management system, which was announced last month at the NCTA trade show in Los Angeles, will improve carriers' service quality and service-activation processes. General platform availability is scheduled for December 1996. United Healthcare <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") end if %> bounced back from yesterday's selloff today. The company announced that it has completed its acquisition of the remaining half interest in Community Health Network of Louisiana and its companion management company. UNH used newly issued common stock worth about $50 million to pay for the acquisition. In addition, Louisiana Independent Physicians Association holders are eligible to receive up to an additional $35 million in cash in the event Community Health's post-acquisition earnings in 1996 and 1997 reach certain specified levels. Oracle Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") end if %> also received a boost today after IBM's Asia Pacific chief made positive comments about the expected popularity of the new $500 network computer championed by Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Apple. "People in Hong Kong and the rest of Asia are very practical people," Robert Timpson told reporters in Hong Kong. Timpson said the NC's ease of use and low cost would make it especially popular in the fast-growing Asia market. At 9:00 tonight, I'll be hosting an Investing for Growth/Beating the Dow chat in one of the new Motley Fool chat rooms. Drop by if you have any questions or comments about the strategies. See you there. Transmitted: 6/5/96	The Current IFG Stocks RoTech Medical <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROTC)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROTC)") end if %> Green Tree Financial <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") end if %> Paychex <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:PAYX)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:PAYX)") end if %> Tellabs <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") end if %> Quick & Reilly Group <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") 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 %> Mirage Resorts <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") end if %> Medtronic <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") end if %> Bio-Rad Labs (ASE:BIO/A)
Today's IFG Numbers INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (6/5/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG 0.49% -0.87% 9.48% 8.91% 4330.79% DJIA 0.56% 0.96% 1.97% 11.34% 587.40% S&P 500 0.87% 1.39% 5.10% 10.15% 536.91% NASDAQ 0.44% 0.46% 13.42% 18.72% 743.90% Rec'd # Security In At Now Change 4/5/96 7695 CKP 26.75 37.13 38.79% 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 63.00 31.25% 1/5/96 3183 CA 56.13 70.75 26.06% 1/5/96 6252 ORCL 28.58 34.00 18.95% 4/5/96 6804 BIO/A 30.25 35.88 18.60% 4/5/96 10624 ROTC 19.38 20.75 7.10% 4/5/96 5758 DNEX 35.75 35.75 0.00% 4/5/96 5945 GNT 34.63 33.50 -3.25% 4/5/96 3525 MDT 58.38 56.25 -3.64% 4/5/96 3293 UNH 62.50 54.75 -12.40% Rec'd # Security Cost Value Change 4/5/96 7695 CKP $205,841.25 $285,676.88 $79,835.63 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $243,558.00 $57,990.00 1/5/96 3183 CA $178,645.88 $225,197.25 $46,551.38 1/5/96 6252 ORCL $178,703.00 $212,568.00 $33,865.00 4/5/96 6804 BIO/A $205,821.00 $244,093.50 $38,272.50 4/5/96 10624 ROTC $205,840.00 $220,448.00 $14,608.00 4/5/96 5758 DNEX $205,848.50 $205,848.50 $- 4/5/96 5945 GNT $205,845.63 $199,157.50 $(6,688.13) 4/5/96 3525 MDT $205,771.88 $198,281.25 $(7,490.63) 4/5/96 3293 UNH $205,812.50 $180,291.75 $(25,520.75) CASH $274.44 TOTAL $2,215,395.07 Transmitted: 6/5/96
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