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Tuesday, October 15, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (October 15): Except for the two telecommunications equipment makers, TELLABS and ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Investing For Growth had a tough day. The only news was COCA-COLA'S earnings report, which I'll get to in a moment, but after a string of nice gains for the IFG model, actually bringing it up to and slightly past the S&P 500 gains for the year, the portfolio backed up today. On to Coke! And someone definitely shook this can before they opened it. Sales slid 5%, earnings plummeted 54%, operating income dropped from $986 million last year to $454 million this year. Not exactly the rosy picture we might have hoped for. Coke's net income for the quarter was $967.0 million, or 39 cents a share. That represented a 20.6% increase over the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of $802.0 million, or 32 cents a share. Coke's bottom line for the latest quarter appeared to be roughly in line with Wall Street estimates. First Call's consensus number was 38 cents a share. NIKE, 3COM, CLAIRE'S STORES, and SCI SYSTEMS joined "the real thing" in the big losers column today, none of which moved on any news crossing the wires. Ah well, to have days like today makes one appreciate the big days all the more. Don't forget to catch Tom and David Gardner tonight on CNBC's Money Club (7:30 eastern). Their topic will be the Dow Dividend Approach and rumor has it they're wearing the hats! To check the latest IFG rankings or historical numbers, visit our Investing For Growth Statistics Center. You can also pick up a copy of the IFG Primer directly from our FoolMart center. Transmitted: 10/15/96	The Current IFG Stocks Nautica Enterprises <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:NAUT)") end if %> Green Tree Financial <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:GNT)") end if %> Nike <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:NKE)") end if %> Coca-Cola <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:KO)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:KO)") end if %> ADC Telecom <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") 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 %> Mirage Resorts <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:MIR)") 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 (10/15/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG -1.11% 0.29% 3.52% 15.09% 4582.47% DJIA -0.09% 0.59% 2.08% 17.35% 624.48% S&P 500 -0.14% 0.27% 2.22% 14.07% 559.57% NASDAQ 0.14% 0.79% 2.54% 19.58% 749.95% Bought # Stock In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 82.50 71.88% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 60.75 52.35% 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 66.13 49.01% 10/4/96 3125 ADCT 64.00 68.75 7.42% 10/4/96 6063 NAUT 33.00 35.00 6.06% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 24.50 5.95% 10/4/96 4001 KO 50.00 49.00 -2.00% 10/4/96 1609 NKE 124.25 119.88 -3.52% 10/4/96 4879 GNT 41.00 39.13 -4.57% 10/4/96 9642 CLE 20.75 19.75 -4.82% Bought # Stock Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $318,945.00 $133,377.00 7/5/96 5077 SCIS $202,445.38 $308,427.75 $105,982.38 7/5/96 4562 COMS $202,438.75 $301,662.25 $99,223.50 10/4/96 3125 ADCT $200,000.00 $214,843.75 $14,843.75 10/4/96 6063 NAUT $200,079.00 $212,205.00 $12,126.00 7/5/96 8756 MIR $202,482.50 $214,522.00 $12,039.50 10/4/96 4001 KO $200,050.00 $196,049.00 $(4,001.00) 10/4/96 1609 NKE $199,918.25 $192,878.88 $(7,039.38) 10/4/96 4879 GNT $200,039.00 $190,890.88 $(9,148.13) 10/4/96 9642 CLE $200,071.50 $190,429.50 $(9,642.00) CASH $382.81 TOTAL $2,341,236.81 Transmitted: 10/15/96
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