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Wednesday, June 19, 1996
The Daily IFG Report

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

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 19): The Nasdaq was a little less hostile today than yesterday, and within the IFG Model Portfolio, the technology stocks regained some of yesterday's slide, offsetting a slip today in two of the medical stocks.

One of those medical stocks, Medtronic <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MDT)") end if %> announced today that the Food and Drug Administration will allow the company to begin marketing its Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy, a new treatment for cerebral spasticity.

According to the company's press release, "cerebral spasticity is a chronic, often severe, muscle stiffness that affects approximately 75 percent of the 500,000 Americans with cerebral palsy and many of the 100,000 people who suffer brain injuries each year. The new therapy may be useful in approximately two-thirds of patients with cerebral spasticity associated with a marked increase in muscle stiffness interfering with function and/or care."

"Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy adds a new safe and effective therapeutic tool for many patients with spasticity who cannot do the things most of us take for granted -- feeding or dressing ourselves, walking, writing and sometimes, even talking," said president of Medtronic Neurological Business, John A. Meslow. "Medtronic is proud to introduce the first new treatment in 15 years specifically indicated for patients with cerebral spasticity."

On no news, United HealthCare <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:UNH)") end if %> joined Medtronic's woes. Winners today included Oracle <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ORCL)") end if %>, Tellabs <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") end if %>, and Computer Associates <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CA)") end if %>.

Transmitted: 6/19/96

The Current IFG Stocks

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

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

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

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

Mirage Resorts
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") 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 %>

Three Com
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") end if %>

Hewlett-Packard
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:HWP)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:HWP)") end if %>

Today's IFG Numbers
INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (6/19/96)  



           Day    Week  Quarter  Year   History

IFG       0.28%  -2.03%  5.31%   4.76%  4162.24%

DJIA      0.36%  -0.02%  1.10%  10.38%   581.48%

S&P 500  -0.03%  -0.60%  2.53%   7.45%   521.33%

NASDAQ   -0.32%  -2.80%  7.07%  12.08%   696.70%





Rec'd    #  Security In At   Now    Change



4/5/96  7695  CKP    26.75  35.50   32.71%

1/5/96  3183  CA     56.13  68.50   22.05%

7/8/95  3866  TLAB   48.00  58.50   21.88%

1/5/96  6252  ORCL   28.58  34.38   20.26%

4/5/96  6804  BIO/A  30.25  35.88   18.60%

4/5/96 10624  ROTC   19.38  19.25   -0.65%

4/5/96  5758  DNEX   35.75  34.63   -3.15%

4/5/96  3525  MDT    58.38  55.38   -5.14%

4/5/96  5945  GNT    34.63  31.50   -9.03%

4/5/96  3293  UNH    62.50  50.88  -18.60%



Rec'd    #  Security      Cost        Value       Change



4/5/96  7695  CKP     $205,841.25  $273,172.50   $67,331.25  

1/5/96  3183  CA      $178,645.88  $218,035.50   $39,389.63  

7/8/95  3866  TLAB    $185,568.00  $226,161.00   $40,593.00  

1/5/96  6252  ORCL    $178,703.00  $214,912.50   $36,209.50  

4/5/96  6804  BIO/A   $205,821.00  $244,093.50   $38,272.50  

4/5/96 10624  ROTC    $205,840.00  $204,512.00   $(1,328.00) 

4/5/96  5758  DNEX    $205,848.50  $199,370.75   $(6,477.75) 

4/5/96  3525  MDT     $205,771.88  $195,196.88  $(10,575.00) 

4/5/96  5945  GNT     $205,845.63  $187,267.50  $(18,578.13) 

4/5/96  3293  UNH     $205,812.50  $167,531.38  $(38,281.13) 



      CASH           $868.81       

      TOTAL    $2,131,122.31         







Transmitted: 6/19/96

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