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 December 13th, 2000



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Beyond The Numbers

When will the Election madness come to an end?

The U.S. presidential election was held 6-weeks ago. Since then 
there has been plenty of speculation on who will be the next president 
of United States. Each passing day this matter has gotten more 
complicated causing the nation to become increasingly frustrated with 
the entire situation. Traders convey the message that the financial  
markets have reached a point where the outcome of this election, in  
either direction, will have very little effect on the markets. As one 
frustrated trader said &Mostly markets are looking for an end to this 
matter, not many care at this point who the next president will be8. 
We believe the initial reaction to the outcome will be mixed. However, 
as the cloud clears, markets should be able to find a clear direction 
from there. As of Tuesday night it appears the Texas Governor 
George Bush will most likely be the next president. 

Even negative news is boosting stock prices

Just a few weeks ago, no news was good news for US financial 
markets. Readers may recall even when there was positive news 
announcements made by companies, stocks continued to trade 
lower. However, in the past few trading sessions we have highlighted 
many better-known names warnings about the upcoming quarterly 
earnings and about their entire year,s outlook. Interestingly enough, 
following the &bad &news most of these stocks have rallied to recover 
some of the recent losses. We are still confused about this reaction 
and trying to make sense of it all. This interesting development brings 
back some important memories. Some time ago (12-15 months ago) 
we pointed out that some of the better known money managers left 
the business or were forced out because they too could not make 
sense or understand what was taking place in the market back then. 
Of course, the entire street is aware of what has happened to the 
Nasdaq in last 8-months.? 

Others with many decades of experience in the markets have voiced 
similar opinions. Some of the smartest people in Wall Street like 
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, Hedge fund manager Julian 
H. Robertson, and fund manager George Soros also find it difficult 
to make sense of the market reaction to the negative news. What's 
puzzling is the fact these companies are steadily moving higher 
despite the companies loosing money. We believe it is worth pointing 
out or at least taking a closer look at before blindly joining the crowd.



Sector Analysis

Another big name warns

Tuesday after the close one of the better-known names in the PC world, 
Compaq Computer (CPQ) warned the company,s earnings would fall 
short of analysts, expectations. Following this earnings warning, the 
box maker's stock briefly dipped down to $19 
 before bouncing back  
to finish the session around $20. Given this is the third box maker to 
pre-announce negative earnings, it may be worth watching the 
component manufacturers who make the parts that go into the 
computers. Some of the tech stocks worth watching closely are disc 
drive makers, memory producers, modem, network card/network 
suppliers, audio/video and other component makers. 

Dow Transports may stall around 3000

In the past few sessions we wrote about transportation stocks benefiting 
from lower crude oil prices. Some of the best performers within the  
sector were airlines and railroads. As we are approaching the critical 
resistance level of 3000, we like to alert readers to watch for possible 
profit taking. Tuesday Transportation index traded as high as 2,970  
before settling at 2,905. Tuesday,s move up put the index at a 7-month 
high. If the crude oil prices stays around the current levels or move 
lower, Transportation index may challenge the resistance level and 
move higher if the markets as a whole moves higher.


Economic Reports & Bond Markets

Retail Report may Set the Stage

Tuesday,s long bond moved up 5 ticks to close at 103.13. 
Wednesday Retail Sales and Import/Export sales data are due 
at 8:30 AM. For consensus estimates and the actual report please 
visit our &Sectors and Indices8 page.



Market Breadth 

Tuesday's NYSE advance/decline reading was 1273/1592 Vs. 
Monday's reading of1669/1181
Tuesday's Nasdaq advance/decline reading was 1560/2424 Vs. 
Monday's reading of 2308/1673

New Highs and New Lows

Tuesday's NYSE new high/lows was 140/68 Vs. Monday's
reading of 247/58
Tuesday's Nasdaq new high/lows was 59/153 Vs. Monday's
reading of 92/156


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higher/lower and the reasons if any. We also alert traders to the
actively traded stocks before the bell.


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rades
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erage



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Today's Key Earnings Releases



Company Name????????? 	Expected earnings 	Symbol
		
BE Aerospace????????????? 	0.28???? 	BEAV
Bed Bath&Beyond?????? 	0.14???? 	BBBY
Biomet???????????????????????? 	0.29???? 	BMET
FuelCell?????????????????????? 	-0.15??? 	FCEL
General Mills?????????????? 	0.68???? 	GIS
Toll Brothers?????????????? 	1.21???? 	TOL
Verity????????????????????????? 	0.20???? 	VRTY
WD-40??????????????????????? 	0.19???? 	WDFC


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