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Tuesday, December 24, 1996
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The Daily IFG Report

FOOL GLOBAL WIRE
by Robert Sheard (MF DowMan)

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (December 24) -- As everyone expected, today was your basic pre-holiday trading session. Light action, no overall news to upset the markets, and modest gains for the major indices. But did you see those Kentucky Wildcats last night? Oh, sorry. Stocks, DowMan, talk stocks.

As I was saying ... ahem ... fortunately, the market closes early on Christmas Eve so some of us can get out there and pump up the economy with last-minute shopping. (Don't tell my family why they're getting dairy products as gifts ... hey, the supermarket was open, alright?)

In case you hadn't noticed, I'm hard-pressed to talk about stocks today. Maybe it's the kid in me getting excited about the holiday. Maybe it's the adult in me longing for the holiday. Maybe it's the fact that this is supposed to be a recap column and there isn't much to recap.

Oh sure, I could talk about how Investing for Growth has had a down year in 1996, although it's still averaged 25% a year since 1980. Or I could talk about Unemotional Growth and its phenomenal 93% return this year, and 40%+ annual returns over the last decade. Or I could talk about how 80% of stock funds are still losing to the market consistently over time. (But I already did that today. See my Foolish Four report.)

But I won't. I'll just wish you all a happy holiday season, and looking forward a week or two, a terrific and Foolish new year. See you on Thursday!

(Don't forget the Thoroughbred Stock Challenge. Join the fun and get your entry in by the opening bell on January 2.)

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: 12/20/96

Today's IFG Numbers 
Stock  Change    Bid
-------------------
COMS  -   5/16 76.13
TLAB  +   1/4  38.00
SCIS  -   3/8  47.88
ADCT  +   1/2  31.50
MIR   +   1/8  21.75
KO    +   5/8  53.13
NAUT  -   3/4  26.00
GNT   -   1/4  38.00
NKE   +   3/4  61.75
CLE   +   1/8  12.00

                   Day   Month    Year   History
        IFG      +0.15%  -6.76%   5.34%  4185.69%
        DJIA     +0.52%   0.02%  27.47%   686.99%
        S&P 500  +0.55%  -0.95%  21.93%   605.06%
        NASDAQ   +0.63%  -0.39%  22.38%   769.90%

    Rec'd   #  Stock        In At         Now      Change

   7/5/96 4562 COMS          44.38       76.13      71.55%
   7/8/95 7732 TLAB          24.00       38.00      58.33%
   7/5/96 5077 SCIS          39.88       47.88      20.06%
  10/4/96 4001 KO            50.00       53.13       6.25%
  10/4/96 3218 NKE           62.13       61.75      -0.60%
  10/4/96 6250 ADCT          32.00       31.50      -1.56%
   7/5/96 8756 MIR           23.13       21.75      -5.95%
  10/4/96 4879 GNT           41.00       38.00      -7.32%
  10/4/96 6063 NAUT          33.00       26.00     -21.21%
  10/4/96 9642 CLE           20.75       12.00     -42.17%


    Rec'd   #  Stock        In At       Value      Change

   7/5/96 4562 COMS      202438.75   347282.25  $144843.50
   7/8/95 7732 TLAB      185568.00   293816.00  $108248.00
   7/5/96 5077 SCIS      202445.38   243061.38   $40616.00
  10/4/96 4001 KO        200050.00   212553.13   $12503.13
  10/4/96 3218 NKE       199918.25   198711.50   -$1206.75
  10/4/96 6250 ADCT      200000.00   196875.00   -$3125.00
   7/5/96 8756 MIR       202482.50   190443.00  -$12039.50
  10/4/96 4879 GNT       200039.00   185402.00  -$14637.00
  10/4/96 6063 NAUT      200079.00   157638.00  -$42441.00
  10/4/96 9642 CLE       200071.50   115704.00  -$84367.50

                             CASH     $1359.79
                            TOTAL  $2139670.67



Transmitted: 12/24/96


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