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The Daily IFG Report

FOOL GLOBAL WIRE
by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan)

LEXINGTON, KY. (November 18): Technology stocks took it on the chin for a second straight session. While the Dow has been racing to new high after new high, the Nasdaq has been lagging a bit, scraping together one recent new high, but slipping dramatically Friday and then falling the Dow equivalent of another 35 points today.

The real loser for Investing for Growth today is our star performer Tellabs. First of all, Tellabs did split 2-for-1 this morning, so if you found your jaw on the floor, it's not nearly as bad as that may look. So, while you're pushing your tongue back in your mouth, cut your cost-per-share-basis in half and double the number of shares you own. Then you can see that it was still a lousy day for the stock.

Why? Well, before you concoct a stock-split theory, Tellabs is down primarily because of a Prudential Securities downgrade. The Prudential analyst lowered the stock's rating from buy to hold today, but the wire news story didn't elaborate on the reasons. So, the 5% shellacking Tellabs took had nothing to do with the stock split. We have the analyst at Prudential to thank for the rush toward the exits today.

For those of you playing around with the Unemotional Growth screens, please notice an addition to my weekly coverage. In the file located in our IFG Statistics Center, I'm now including the current rankings each weekend in three different formats. The first is the straight UG screen which ranks the top 20 stocks by their EPS (earnings per share) rankings. The second ranks the top 20 stocks by their RS (relative strength) rankings. And the third lists all the stocks from our Value Line screen that carry at least a 90 for both EPS and RS. This doesn't mean I'm changing the UG screens at all. I'm simply posting more information for those readers who are running their own experiments.

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The Current IFG Stocks

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 %>

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

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 %>

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

Last Update: 11/18/96

Today's IFG Numbers 
      INVESTING FOR GROWTH MODEL (11/18/96)  

           Day    Week  Quarter  Year   History
IFG      -1.04%  -1.04%  1.84%  13.23%  4506.57%
DJIA     -0.02%  -0.02%  7.90%  24.03%   665.76%
S&P 500  -0.08%  -0.08%  7.23%  19.66%   591.91%
NASDAQ   -0.57%  -0.57%  2.25%  19.24%   747.57%


Bought    #    Stock In At   Now    Change

7/8/95   7732  TLAB  24.00  41.00   70.83%
7/5/96   4562  COMS  44.38  70.75   59.44%
7/5/96   5077  SCIS  39.88  57.00   42.95%
10/4/96  6250  ADCT  32.00  36.75   14.84%
10/4/96  4001  KO    50.00  52.25    4.50%
7/5/96   8756  MIR   23.13  23.63    2.16%
10/4/96  6063  NAUT  33.00  32.00   -3.03%
10/4/96  4879  GNT   41.00  39.63   -3.35%
10/4/96  3218  NKE   62.13  55.63  -10.46%
10/4/96  9642  CLE   20.75  16.75  -19.28%

Bought    #    Stock      Cost        Value       Change

7/8/95   7732  TLAB   $185,568.00  $317,012.00  $131,444.00  
7/5/96   4562  COMS   $202,438.75  $322,761.50  $120,322.75  
7/5/96   5077  SCIS   $202,445.38  $289,389.00   $86,943.63  
10/4/96  6250  ADCT   $200,000.00  $229,687.50   $29,687.50  
10/4/96  4001  KO     $200,050.00  $209,052.25    $9,002.25  
7/5/96   8756  MIR    $202,482.50  $206,860.50    $4,378.00  
10/4/96  6063  NAUT   $200,079.00  $194,016.00   $(6,063.00) 
10/4/96  4879  GNT    $200,039.00  $193,330.38   $(6,708.63) 
10/4/96  3218  NKE    $199,918.25  $179,001.25  $(20,917.00) 
10/4/96  9642  CLE    $200,071.50  $161,503.50  $(38,568.00) 

      CASH           $672.07       
      TOTAL    $2,303,285.95         




Transmitted: 11/18/96


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