Special
1999 Halloween Collection
Tricks and Treats

Each year we report on the results of our Halloween Tricks and Treats from the previous year. We know that like us, you'd like to see how our picks did. Keep in mind, though, that these are rather short-term results. Good, solid companies may have simply had a bad year. It happens. Conversely, some companies may end up in retrospect not having been such clever choices. Here's how our 1998 Tricks and Treats fared:

Returns for 1998's Halloween Tricks (Shorts)
and Treats (Longs)

TMF

Stock

Ticker

10/27/98

10/25/99

Percentage

     

Price

Price

Returns

Ralegh

Jabil Circuit (LONG)

JBL

23.7500

48.5625

104.5%

Seymor

K-tel (SHORT)

KTEL

7.0000

4.8750

30.4%

Puck

Anheuser-Busch (LONG)

BUD

58.2500

73.0000

27.5%

Parlay

Trump (SHORT)

DJT

5.0000

4.3125

13.8%

Edible

Pre-Paid Legal (SHORT)

PPD

24.7500

25.5000

-3.0%

Edible

Dave& Buster's (LONG)

DAB

18.7500

9.0000

-52.0%

 

S&P 500 Index:

21.3%

The returns were calculated using Bloomberg with dividends reinvested in the security. Prices have been adjusted for splits.

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