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Tuesday, October 29, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (October 29): Okay, it's official. MF DowMan is now confirmed as a contrary indicator for the market. Every time I introduce a new growth-stock model here on The Fool, it immediately takes a nose-dive. For those of you around last fall, you know what I mean after Investing for Growth was announced. Immediately the entire technology sector, with the semiconductors leading the way, headed directly south, taking the model and many IFG followers, with it (including me). Frankly, it still hasn't recovered completely from the pasting. And now IFG and the new Unemotional Growth model are both taking a licking as technology stocks slump again in the final months of 1996. Today was typical, with tech stocks slumping impressively in the midst of a fairly strong bond and blue chip rally. So, you've been warned. Always look for an immediate weak performance any time I come up with what seems like a good idea. (I wish I could say it was because the market makers and the Wall Street pros were manipulating the stocks pointed to by my model, but realistically, I'd bet 98% of them would say, "DowMan who? Unemotional What? Get outta my face!" But our area did finally get noticed by the mainstream press today. Jon Markman of the Los Angeles Times wrote a piece in today's paper about these new models, the first such mention of our collaborative efforts in the traditional media (except for the article Tom Gardner wrote in his Smart Money column in August). If you care to read it, just click the link here. It doesn't feed very well using AOL's browser, though. I trust it's better using Netscape's Navigator.	The Current IFG Stocks 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 %> 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 %> ADC Telecom <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:ADCT)") end if %> Three Com <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:COMS)") end if %> Sun Microsystems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:SUNW)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:SUNW)") end if %> SCI Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") else Response.Write("(NASDAQ:SCIS)") end if %> Compaq Computer <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CPQ)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CPQ)") end if %> Claire's Stores <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:CLE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:CLE)") end if %> Last Update: 10/28/96
Today's IFG Numbers INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (10/29/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG -1.59% -1.25% -3.24% 7.58% 4276.81% DJIA 0.57% 0.00% 2.12% 17.39% 624.75% S&P 500 0.61% 0.08% 2.06% 13.89% 558.56% NASDAQ -1.02% -1.56% -1.91% 14.39% 713.07% Bought # Stock In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 81.88 70.57% 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 62.50 40.85% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 49.19 23.35% 10/4/96 3125 ADCT 64.00 64.75 1.17% 10/4/96 4001 KO 50.00 49.75 -0.50% 10/4/96 3218 NKE 62.13 61.00 -1.81% 10/4/96 4879 GNT 41.00 39.00 -4.88% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 21.88 -5.41% 10/4/96 6063 NAUT 33.00 30.88 -6.44% 10/4/96 9642 CLE 20.75 17.63 -15.06% Bought # Stock Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $316,528.75 $130,960.75 7/5/96 4562 COMS $202,438.75 $285,125.00 $82,686.25 7/5/96 5077 SCIS $202,445.38 $249,724.94 $47,279.56 10/4/96 3125 ADCT $200,000.00 $202,343.75 $2,343.75 10/4/96 4001 KO $200,050.00 $199,049.75 $(1,000.25) 10/4/96 3218 NKE $199,918.25 $196,298.00 $(3,620.25) 10/4/96 4879 GNT $200,039.00 $190,281.00 $(9,758.00) 7/5/96 8756 MIR $202,482.50 $191,537.50 $(10,945.00) 10/4/96 6063 NAUT $200,079.00 $187,195.13 $(12,883.88) 10/4/96 9642 CLE $200,071.50 $169,940.25 $(30,131.25) CASH $382.81 TOTAL $2,188,406.87 Transmitted: 10/29/96
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