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The Daily IFG Report

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

LEXINGTON, KY. (September 23): It was a no-news kind of day for the IFG holdings, but that didn't stop the market from going ballistic. Everyone's trying to grab a look at the next guy's crystal ball for a reading on tomorrow's Federal Reserve meeting and all they're able to see is fog. So, today was a knock-'em-down, set-'em-back-up kind of day with trading curbs on the downside in place early in the session, only to see the Dow rebound to set a new record. The Nasdaq didn't come back nearly as strongly, though, and dropped about two-thirds of a percent.

Nothing across the newswires about the IFG stocks, yet some big moves. Checkpoint Systems continues is recent recovery, bouncing some 2% today. Hewlett-Packard dropped 1.5% along with many other tech stocks. Nichols Research was blasted for a 4.6% loss today, again on no news, while RoTech Medical went the other way, picking up more than 6%. And finally, Tellabs, which seems to make moves of only a couple of dollars per share or not at all, slid 2.7% on the day.

And what's in store for tomorrow? Well...my prediction, based on the recently developed Sheard-9-iron-hyperkinetic-3-year-old-son-broken-furniture indicator is that the market will open pretty close to 9:30 eastern, lots of people will be buying and lots will be selling, and the Dow will close below 7000. How's that for a gutsy, make-your-career-as-a-TV-guru prediction? Lame, you say? Ha, but I'll bet you I'm right!

Buckle your seat belts tomorrow. Personally, I'm going to fight my inner demons and make myself not watch CNBC until it's time for me to start preparing this report. Otherwise, my Mr. Hyde half might be tempted actually to DO something, like buy. Or sell. Or both! You see, Mr. Hyde is much too Wise for me.

Transmitted: 9/23/96

The Current IFG Stocks

Coca-Cola
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:KO)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:KO)") end if %>

Quick & Reilly Group
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:BQR)") end if %>

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

Nautica Enterprises
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") end if %>

Nike
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") end if %>

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

ADC Telecom
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") end if %>

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

SCI Systems
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") end if %>

Claire's Stores
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CLE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CLE)") end if %>

Today's IFG Numbers 
      INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (9/23/96)  

           Day    Week  Quarter  Year   History
IFG      -0.23%  -0.23%  6.84%  14.37%  4553.26%
DJIA      0.11%   0.11%  4.25%  15.20%   611.20%
S&P 500  -0.08%  -0.08%  2.36%  11.45%   544.46%
NASDAQ   -0.67%  -0.67%  2.23%  15.14%   718.45%


Bought   #    Stock In At   Now    Change

7/8/95  3866  TLAB  48.00  73.00   52.08%
7/5/96  5077  SCIS  39.88  55.44   39.03%
4/5/96  7695  CKP   26.75  35.88   34.11%
7/5/96  4562  COMS  44.38  57.00   28.45%
7/5/96  4153  PAYX  48.75  56.50   15.90%
7/5/96  8756  MIR   23.13  24.38    5.41%
7/5/96  4394  HWP   46.06  48.13    4.48%
7/5/96  6693  NRES  30.25  29.69   -1.86%
7/5/96  6402  BQR   31.63  29.13   -7.91%
4/5/96 10624  ROTC  19.38  17.00  -12.26%

Bought   #    Stock       Cost         Value         Change

7/8/95  3866  TLAB    $185,568.00   $282,218.00    $96,650.00  
7/5/96  5077  SCIS    $202,445.38   $281,456.19    $79,010.81  
4/5/96  7695  CKP     $205,841.25   $276,058.13    $70,216.88  
7/5/96  4562  COMS    $202,438.75   $260,034.00    $57,595.25  
7/5/96  4153  PAYX    $202,458.75   $234,644.50    $32,185.75  
7/5/96  8756  MIR     $202,482.50   $213,427.50    $10,945.00  
7/5/96  4394  HWP     $202,398.63   $211,461.25     $9,062.63  
7/5/96  6693  NRES    $202,463.25   $198,698.44    $(3,764.81) 
7/5/96  6402  BQR     $202,463.25   $186,458.25   $(16,005.00) 
4/5/96 10624  ROTC    $205,840.00   $180,608.00   $(25,232.00) 

      CASH         $1,568.06        
      TOTAL    $2,326,632.31         



Transmitted: 9/23/96

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