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The Daily IFG Report

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by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan)

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (December 17) -- On Friday, I mentioned to you some thoughts about the future of the Foolish Workshop concept, where we provide raw data in a number of different screens to let you experiment with your favorite combinations and share your results with us.

But I also mentioned that I wanted to offer you another type of fun. Well, after teaching myself a crash-course (and I use the term "crash" advisedly) in HTML coding, I've developed a little game for us to play.

Intoducing: The Thoroughbred Stock Challenge!

The Challenge is somewhat like our old Port Folly game, but I've made modifications to make it easier to conduct and more related to the work we're doing here in this area.

I've selected a list of roughly 100 stocks (they ought to look familiar) from which each player chooses ten each month. The Challenge runs for three months, but I'm also going to track monthly winners so those players who find it after we've begun won't have to sit out two months or so before beginning.

The game isn't officially part of The Motley Fool (although the Fools know of my plans), so please address any questions or comments you have about it through the e-mail link at the site.

Each night I'll post current standings in both the monthly and overall games, and once I'm sure all the bugs are worked out of the game, I'll probably begin to add a weekly or nightly commentary as well. (It is, after all, a teaching tool even though I hope it'll be fun).

Check it out soon, get the list of stocks, start doing your homework, and make your entry before trading starts on January 2. Also, tell your friends and co-workers, anyone with access to the Web. I believe I have the entire process automated now so the amount of work involved is roughly the same whether I have 2 players or 2,000. So let's put this rattle-trap to the test and if it proves fun and reasonably popular, I'll do my best to scare up some prizes for future seasons. Enjoy!

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 %>

Oracle Systems
<% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq:ORCL)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq:ORCL)") end if %>

Last Update: 12/17/96

Today's IFG Numbers 
Stock  Change    Bid
-------------------
COMS  +1  1/4  72.38
TLAB  +2  1/4  40.00
SCIS  -1  1/4  45.88
ADCT  +2  1/8  34.75
MIR   -   5/8  21.38
KO    +   1/2  48.63
NAUT  -2  1/4  28.00
GNT   +1  3/8  38.00
NKE   -   3/8  52.63
CLE   -   3/8  14.13

                   Day   Month    Year   History
        IFG      +0.70%  -7.21%   4.84%  4165.27%
        DJIA     +0.64%  -3.27%  23.28%   661.10%
        S&P 500  +0.70%  -4.25%  17.88%   581.60%
        NASDAQ   +0.42%  -2.03%  20.36%   755.51%

    Rec'd   #  Stock        In At         Now      Change

   7/8/95 7732 TLAB          24.00       40.00      66.67%
   7/5/96 4562 COMS          44.38       72.38      63.10%
   7/5/96 5077 SCIS          39.88       45.88      15.05%
  10/4/96 6250 ADCT          32.00       34.75       8.59%
  10/4/96 4001 KO            50.00       48.63      -2.75%
  10/4/96 4879 GNT           41.00       38.00      -7.32%
   7/5/96 8756 MIR           23.13       21.38      -7.57%
  10/4/96 6063 NAUT          33.00       28.00     -15.15%
  10/4/96 3218 NKE           62.13       52.63     -15.29%
  10/4/96 9642 CLE           20.75       14.13     -31.93%


    Rec'd   #  Stock        In At       Value      Change

   7/5/96 4562 COMS      202438.75   330174.75  $127736.00
   7/8/95 7732 TLAB      185568.00   309280.00  $123712.00
   7/5/96 5077 SCIS      202445.38   232907.38   $30462.00
  10/4/96 6250 ADCT      200000.00   217187.50   $17187.50
  10/4/96 4001 KO        200050.00   194548.63   -$5501.38
  10/4/96 4879 GNT       200039.00   185402.00  -$14637.00
   7/5/96 8756 MIR       202482.50   187159.50  -$15323.00
  10/4/96 6063 NAUT      200079.00   169764.00  -$30315.00
  10/4/96 3218 NKE       199918.25   169347.25  -$30571.00
  10/4/96 9642 CLE       200071.50   136193.25  -$63878.25

                             CASH      $672.07
                            TOTAL  $2132636.32



Transmitted: 12/17/96


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