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Wednesday, November 06, 1996
The Daily IFG Report (FOOL GLOBAL WIRE) by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (November 6): Not a shred of news on any of the current Investing for Growth model holdings crossed the wire, but what a day! Obviously Wall Street feels yesterday's election created an atmosphere for recent good times to continue and the buyers were out in force today. Not being worth a lick as a market prognosticator, I have to admit the size of today's bounce surprised me. I expected a little boost based on what the European and Asian markets did earlier in the day, but nothing like the 1.6% gain for the Dow and slightly smaller gain for the Nasdaq. Yet more evidence that I should stick to the unemotional and mechanical approaches we discuss here. I'd have my head handed to me if I had to predict daily movements with any accuracy! Let's look at some of the big movers for the model, and despite the market euphoria, they weren't all in the hoped-for direction. First the losers: Green Tree slipped 2.5% today, Claire's Stores plunged more than 5% and Mirage Resorts fell nearly 4%. I didn't see any news on Mirage, but I wonder if some of the ballot initiatives concerning gambling went against the gaming companies' interests. Two big winners today, though, were stocks which had corrected slightly of late. Both Nike and SCI Systems came roaring back with the market today. Nike posted a 3.5% gain and SCI Systems wears the laur	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 %> Western Digital <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:WDC)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:WDC)") end if %> Sun Microsystems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE:SUNW)") else Response.Write("(NYSE:SUNW)") 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: 11/04/96
Today's IFG Numbers INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (11/6/96) Day Week Quarter Year History IFG 0.67% 1.98% 1.05% 12.34% 4470.70% DJIA 1.58% 2.58% 5.02% 20.72% 645.30% S&P 500 1.46% 2.96% 5.42% 17.64% 580.24% NASDAQ 1.34% 1.94% 1.51% 18.38% 741.43% Bought # Stock In At Now Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB 48.00 85.50 78.13% 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 70.13 58.03% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 54.13 35.74% 10/4/96 6250 ADCT 32.00 36.75 14.84% 10/4/96 4001 KO 50.00 51.88 3.75% 10/4/96 6063 NAUT 33.00 34.00 3.03% 10/4/96 4879 GNT 41.00 39.75 -3.05% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 21.75 -5.95% 10/4/96 3218 NKE 62.13 55.88 -10.06% 10/4/96 9642 CLE 20.75 15.75 -24.10% Bought # Stock Cost Value Change 7/8/95 3866 TLAB $185,568.00 $330,543.00 $144,975.00 7/5/96 4562 COMS $202,438.75 $319,910.25 $117,471.50 7/5/96 5077 SCIS $202,445.38 $274,792.63 $72,347.25 10/4/96 6250 ADCT $200,000.00 $229,687.50 $29,687.50 10/4/96 4001 KO $200,050.00 $207,551.88 $7,501.88 10/4/96 6063 NAUT $200,079.00 $206,142.00 $6,063.00 10/4/96 4879 GNT $200,039.00 $193,940.25 $(6,098.75) 7/5/96 8756 MIR $202,482.50 $190,443.00 $(12,039.50) 10/4/96 3218 NKE $199,918.25 $179,805.75 $(20,112.50) 10/4/96 9642 CLE $200,071.50 $151,861.50 $(48,210.00) CASH $672.07 TOTAL $2,285,349.82 Transmitted: 11/6/96

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