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 December 12th, 2000



Previous Session's Best Performing Alert

One of Monday's Before the Bell Alerts Human Genome Sciences Inc. 
(HGSI) gained 9 points after our alert. RealTimeTraders.com offers free 
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Morning Watch List

This section contains 6 stocks that are expected move in 1 to 5 days. 
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Beyond The Numbers

Monday,s action resembles the good old days

Monday morning futures indicated for a very sharp opening. Markets 
gapped open higher and traded lower due to the continued uncertainty 
in the political front. However, shortly after dipping into the negative 
territory, buyers stepped up to drive the markets higher again. Strength 
in technology stocks helped Nasdaq outpace the blue-chip index. 
Nasdaq finished the session higher by 97 points to close above the 
3000 mark. Blue-chip index for its part finished the session higher by 
only 12 points, thanks only to the strength in Intel and Microsoft. Monday, 
as tech stocks picked up momentum old economy stocks went out of 
favor. It is worth noting that we saw the same pattern of trading many 
months ago when Nasdaq was in favor.? 

Federal Reserve,s actions will take time to produce results

Monday,s &Market Analysis8 explained why a change in interest rates 
by the FED may take many quarters to produce any meaningful effects. 
This was clearly evident when the Federal Reserve raised rates 6 times 
beginning last June 1999 to slowdown the economy. As our readers 
may realize the effects of all those rate hikes were not evident up until 
recently. Which implies that buying stocks in anticipation of a rate hike 
may not translate into a sustainable long-term rally.

Plenty of problems ahead

Monday more companies pre-announced negative earnings for their  
upcoming quarters. We like to remind our readers there are still many 
weeks left for pre-announcements. We at Realtimetraders.com expect 
this quarter,s pre-announcements to exceed last quarter's. We also 
believe the earnings picture for US companies to be mixed with a 
negative bias for the next few quarters.



Sector Analysis

Momentum is starting to build in technology stocks

Despite the problems in the economy, the oversold technology stocks 
are setting the stage for a Santa Claus rally. In Monday`s market 
analysis we wrote of several reasons why we expect the markets to 
see an upside move in the next few weeks. Given Monday,s upside 
move in tech stocks and the fact the tech index (Nasdaq) managed to  
close above the initial resistance level of 3000 is yet another reason 
that leads us to believe the markets may be setting the stage for a  
rally in the next few weeks.

Semiconductor and biotech Indices are heading higher again

Some of our readers may recall that semiconductor and biotech were 
the 2 strongest sectors that powered the Nasdaq index to record levels 
in early 2000. Monday,s best performing sectors were the 2 former 
high-fliers. Given the momentum that is building in these sectors, it is 
a good idea to watch these 2 sectors and the Nasdaq as a whole in 
the next few weeks.



Economic Reports & Bond Markets

Bond markets remain quiet

As the equity markets have been rallying in the past few sessions, 
bonds have been trading in a range. Monday long bond finished the 
session lower by 2 ticks at 103.08. There are no major economic 
reports due out on Tuesday.




Market Breadth 

Monday's NYSE advance/decline reading was 1669/1181 Vs. 
Friday's reading of2076/816
Monday's Nasdaq advance/decline reading was 2308/1673 Vs. 
Friday's reading of 2818/1146

New Highs and New Lows

Monday's NYSE new high/lows was 247/58 Vs. Friday's
reading of 245/60
Monday's Nasdaq new high/lows was 92/156 Vs. Friday's
reading of 81/171


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


Upgrades / Downgrades / Coverage Initiations

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rades
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rades
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erage



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Today's Key Earnings Releases



Company Name????????? 	Expected earnings 	Symbol
		
Best Buy?????????????????????? 	0.27???? 	BBY
Engage???????????????????????? 	-0.21??? 	ENGA
NaviSite??????????????????????? 	-0.40??? 	NAVI
Net2Phone??????????????????? 	-0.30??? 	NTOP


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