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Thursday, June 06, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 6): Checkpoint Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CKP)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CKP)") end if %> slid today as all the stocks recently driven higher by the Cabot Newsletter's recommendations got slammed today. Cabot's most well-known stock of late, Presstek <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:PRST)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:PRST)") end if %>, has skied to astronomical heights and then just in the last few days,plunged dramatically. Many of the pure momentum investors following the newsletter ditched their holdings in all of these issues today. It made for some one-day wide swings in stocks like Checkpoint and JLG Industries <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:JLGI)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:JLGI)") end if %>, not to mention Presstek, down another 29% today. No other real news today affecting the IFG stocks other than the fact that Computer Associates <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") end if %> went ex-dividend today. As for the Relative Strength holdings, The Gap <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") end if %>reported same-store sales gains of 8% today, among the best of the retailers over recent months. And Thermo Electron <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:TMO)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:TMO)") end if %> split 3-for 2 this morning. That's all for this evening. Tune in tomorrow and this weekend for all the news on the new IFG list of stocks and the update for the Relative Strength monthly model variation. Transmitted: 6/6/96	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 (6/6/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG -1.41% -2.26% 7.93% 7.37% 4268.38% DJIA -0.53% 0.43% 1.43% 10.75% 583.75% S&P 500 -0.80% 0.58% 4.26% 9.27% 531.83% NASDAQ -1.33% -0.88% 11.91% 17.15% 732.68% Rec'd # Security In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 63.75 32.81% 4/5/96 7695 CKP 26.75 35.00 30.84% 1/5/96 3183 CA 56.13 68.88 22.72% 4/5/96 6804 BIO/A 30.25 36.25 19.83% 1/5/96 6252 ORCL 28.58 32.88 15.01% 4/5/96 10624 ROTC 19.38 19.75 1.94% 4/5/96 5758 DNEX 35.75 36.25 1.40% 4/5/96 3525 MDT 58.38 56.50 -3.21% 4/5/96 5945 GNT 34.63 33.25 -3.97% 4/5/96 3293 UNH 62.50 55.00 -12.00% Rec'd # Security Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $246,457.50 $60,889.50 4/5/96 7695 CKP $205,841.25 $269,325.00 $63,483.75 1/5/96 3183 CA $178,645.88 $219,229.13 $40,583.25 4/5/96 6804 BIO/A $205,821.00 $246,645.00 $40,824.00 1/5/96 6252 ORCL $178,703.00 $205,534.50 $26,831.50 4/5/96 10624 ROTC $205,840.00 $209,824.00 $3,984.00 4/5/96 5758 DNEX $205,848.50 $208,727.50 $2,879.00 4/5/96 3525 MDT $205,771.88 $199,162.50 $(6,609.38) 4/5/96 5945 GNT $205,845.63 $197,671.25 $(8,174.38) 4/5/96 3293 UNH $205,812.50 $181,115.00 $(24,697.50) CASH $497.25 TOTAL $2,184,188.63 Transmitted: 6/6/96
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