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Thursday, December 19, 1996
The Daily IFG Report FOOL GLOBAL WIRE by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan) LEXINGTON, KY. (December 19) -- And you thought they spelled relief, R-O-L-A-I-D-S! Well, there's a new spelling today, R-A-L-L-Y. And a rally was on indeed. The Dow was up 2%, the Nasdaq up nearly 1%, and the S&P 500 up just shy of 2%. An impressive move for the overall market in anyone's book. With the exception of Investing for Growth's telecom equipment makers, the portfolio enjoyed a fine day. It wasn't a typical day, though, as the portfolio's token heavyweight, Coca-Cola, led the way with more than a 6% gain. Also recovering after recent weakness was Nautica Enterprises, picking up more than 5%. In terms of company news, the only real story was yesterday's release of fabulous earnings from Nike. The athletic-wear giant posted earnings of 60 cents a share for the quarter, compared to analyst expectations of 54 cents and last year's results of 34 cents per share. The stock soared yesterday in after-hours trading and again today, picking up an additional 3%. Nevertheless, even though 1996 seems like it might close with a bang, the whole year for IFG has been more of a whimper, significantly lagging the market indices. I hope by now, however, most of you have discovered the other screens we've been tracking in the IFG Statistics Center, all of which have whipped their parent, Investing for Growth. So as we get closer to the new year, we'll be starting a new season of screens and performance results, a movement we're developing on the fly in the file called the Foolish Workshop. Please join us there and on the message boards (if you're an AOL reader) as we work together to create the greatest amateur collection of stock researchers in the universe! Wha-ha-ha-ha (I gotta get out of the house more often.) Also, don't forget to check out the game I designed to go along with our Foolish Workshop ideas, The Thoroughbred Stock Challenge. If you're an AOL reader, just add the URL to your favorite places folder. If you're a Web reader, bookmark it so you can return each day to check the standings and read what's new. Fool on!	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 - 3/4 76.75 TLAB - 3/8 40.25 SCIS + 7/8 48.00 ADCT -1 3/8 35.00 MIR + 3/4 21.25 KO +2 3/4 51.13 NAUT +1 23/32 28.72 GNT +1 1/8 39.00 NKE +2 1/8 60.63 CLE + 3/8 14.50 Day Month Year History IFG +1.53% -3.62% 8.89% 4330.14% DJIA +2.00% -0.74% 26.51% 681.05% S&P 500 +1.94% -1.65% 21.08% 600.11% NASDAQ +0.82% 0.25% 23.16% 775.46% Rec'd # Stock In At Now Change 7/5/96 4562 COMS 44.38 76.75 72.96% 7/8/95 7732 TLAB 24.00 40.25 67.71% 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 39.88 48.00 20.38% 10/4/96 6250 ADCT 32.00 35.00 9.38% 10/4/96 4001 KO 50.00 51.13 2.25% 10/4/96 3218 NKE 62.13 60.63 -2.41% 10/4/96 4879 GNT 41.00 39.00 -4.88% 7/5/96 8756 MIR 23.13 21.25 -8.11% 10/4/96 6063 NAUT 33.00 28.72 -12.97% 10/4/96 9642 CLE 20.75 14.50 -30.12% Rec'd # Stock In At Value Change 7/5/96 4562 COMS 202438.75 350133.50 $147694.75 7/8/95 7732 TLAB 185568.00 311213.00 $125645.00 7/5/96 5077 SCIS 202445.38 243696.00 $41250.63 10/4/96 6250 ADCT 200000.00 218750.00 $18750.00 10/4/96 4001 KO 200050.00 204551.13 $4501.13 10/4/96 3218 NKE 199918.25 195091.25 -$4827.00 10/4/96 4879 GNT 200039.00 190281.00 -$9758.00 7/5/96 8756 MIR 202482.50 186065.00 -$16417.50 10/4/96 6063 NAUT 200079.00 174121.78 -$25957.22 10/4/96 9642 CLE 200071.50 139809.00 -$60262.50 CASH $1359.79 TOTAL $2215071.45 Transmitted: 12/19/96

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