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Friday, August 18, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (August 18): Unfortunately, the research plans I had fell apart abruptly on Friday morning when I reached the point in the data where Investor's Daily became Investor's Business Daily (middle of 1991). The new Science, Industry, and Business Library (a division of the New York Public Library) has the Investor's Daily data from 1984 to 1991 on microfiche, and even at maximum magnification, the numbers I needed weren't clearly readable. I could read some of them, but enough of them would have been sketchy that I wasn't happy with the potential margin for error, so I came back to Lexington Friday afternoon. Well, to be more accurate, I left New York Friday afternoon; thanks to bad weather and a journey plagued with mechanical problems on two of the three flights I was scheduled to take, I didn't arrive in Kentucky until Saturday afternoon. So, I'm just now catching up on the weekend paperwork and you should see all the normal weekend files posted in the Fool's School area later today. The bad news is that I only have five years' worth of data to go on. The good news is that's better than the 8 months' worth we had before the trip. I'll get to work analyzing this data as soon as possible and begin reporting results as they are compiled. It'll take a little time to set up the Value Line testing run and load the price information, but then we should have some comparisons between the Relative Strength variation and the original IFG. And with a little more time, I'll also have the monthly test for the Relative Strength variation completed. Stay tuned! Transmitted: 8/18/96	The Current IFG Stocks Quick & Reilly Group <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") 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 %> Nautica Enterprises <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") end if %> Tellabs <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:TLAB)") 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 %> Nike <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") end if %> The Gap <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GPS)") end if %> Ross Stores <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROST)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ROST)") end if %>
Today's IFG Numbers INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (8/16/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG -0.21% -0.12% -4.70% 2.03% 4050.92% DJIA 0.42% 0.14% 0.62% 11.18% 586.44% S&P 500 0.44% 0.47% -0.81% 8.00% 524.49% NASDAQ -0.09% -0.32% -4.33% 7.75% 665.88% Bought # Stock In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 61.25 27.60% 4/5/96 7695 CKP 26.75 30.25 13.08% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 44.75 12.23% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 23.75 2.70% 7/5/96 4153 PAYX 48.75 50.00 2.56% 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 45.00 1.41% 7/5/96 6693 NRES 30.25 29.50 -2.48% 7/5/96 6402 BQR 31.63 29.25 -7.51% 4/5/96 10624 ROTC 19.38 17.75 -8.39% 7/5/96 4394 HWP 46.06 41.88 -9.09% Bought # Stock Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $236,792.50 $51,224.50 4/5/96 7695 CKP $205,841.25 $232,773.75 $26,932.50 7/5/96 5077 SCIS $202,445.38 $227,195.75 $24,750.38 7/5/96 8756 MIR $202,482.50 $207,955.00 $5,472.50 7/5/96 4153 PAYX $202,458.75 $207,650.00 $5,191.25 7/5/96 4562 COMS $202,438.75 $205,290.00 $2,851.25 7/5/96 6693 NRES $202,463.25 $197,443.50 $(5,019.75) 7/5/96 6402 BQR $202,463.25 $187,258.50 $(15,204.75) 4/5/96 10624 ROTC $205,840.00 $188,576.00 $(17,264.00) 7/5/96 4394 HWP $202,398.63 $183,998.75 $(18,399.88) CASH $528.62 TOTAL $2,075,462.37
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