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Monday, July 29, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (July 29): The Nasdaq Composite (which seems most closely an indicator for Investing For Growth) started the week with another tumble. And IFG followed suit, hurt most by the technology holdings. Hewlett-Packard <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:HWP)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:HWP)") end if %> was no exception, slipping after announcing another round of price cuts, this time for the small-business desktop Vectra PCs. Hewlett-Packard will slash prices as much as 24% on August 1. The company also announced a 25% rebate program from August 1 through October 31 on its CD-Recordable (CD-R) solution, the HP SureStore CD-Writer 4020i. Also in the Computers and Peripherals group, 3Com <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") end if %> announced that it is extending its joint development and distribution agreement with IBM. IBM will add the full suite of 3Com's Oncore High Function Switching modules to the IBM 8260 Intelligent Switching Hub. 3Com also announced that it has expanded its Transcend Network Management solution which will enable network managers to manage their entire networks more efficiently as an integrated business system, increasing efficiency over the current methods of managing each network device separately. And finally, SCI Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") end if %> has completed its purchase of The Titan Corporation's <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:TTN)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:TTN)") end if %> Electronics Division. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Transmitted: 7/29/96	The Current IFG Stocks Quick & Reilly Group <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") end if %> 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 %> Mirage Resorts <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") end if %> Tellabs <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") end if %> Nautica Enterprises <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") end if %> Nichols Research <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NRES)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NRES)") end if %> Three Com <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") end if %> SCI Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") end if %> The Gap <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") end if %>
Today's IFG Numbers INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (7/29/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG -1.73% -1.73% -11.87% -5.65% 3738.46% DJIA -0.70% -0.70% -3.89% 6.20% 555.69% S&P 500 -0.78% -0.78% -5.92% 2.43% 492.29% NASDAQ -1.21% -1.21% -10.01% 1.36% 620.46% Bought # Stock In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 58.25 21.35% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 23.88 3.24% 4/5/96 7695 CKP 26.75 26.50 -0.93% 7/5/96 6693 NRES 30.25 28.50 -5.79% 7/5/96 4153 PAYX 48.75 45.75 -6.15% 7/5/96 4394 HWP 46.06 42.63 -7.46% 4/5/96 10624 ROTC 19.38 17.25 -10.97% 7/5/96 6402 BQR 31.63 28.00 -11.46% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 34.50 -13.48% 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 38.38 -13.52% Bought # Stock Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $225,194.50 $39,626.50 7/5/96 8756 MIR $202,482.50 $209,049.50 $6,567.00 4/5/96 7695 CKP $205,841.25 $203,917.50 $(1,923.75) 7/5/96 6693 NRES $202,463.25 $190,750.50 $(11,712.75) 7/5/96 4153 PAYX $202,458.75 $189,999.75 $(12,459.00) 7/5/96 4394 HWP $202,398.63 $187,294.25 $(15,104.38) 4/5/96 10624 ROTC $205,840.00 $183,264.00 $(22,576.00) 7/5/96 6402 BQR $202,463.25 $179,256.00 $(23,207.25) 7/5/96 5077 SCIS $202,445.38 $175,156.50 $(27,288.88) 7/5/96 4562 COMS $202,438.75 $175,066.75 $(27,372.00) CASH $279.44 TOTAL $1,919,228.69 Transmitted: 7/29/96
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