MacroWorld Portfolio Review: 12/11/2000
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07:29 pm est
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Technology stocks rallied then retreated slightly in
late trading as the Bush-Gore legal showdown neared an end.

Wholesale
Inventories for Oct are up 0.3%, sales are unchanged.

Shire
Pharmaceuticals of the UK is acquiring Canada''s BioChem
Pharma in a $5.9 bil stock swap  .

IBM says
it has started production of powerful new microchips for
computer servers and communications gear .

DaimlerChrysler
is planning an overhaul of the group''s structure amid a
crisis at its Chrysler unit .

Lowe''s says
it expects 4th-qtr profits to come in below analysts'' expectations
due to soft sales .

ANADIGICS says it expects
lower earnings in its 4th qtr and FY 2001 .

Markets
overseas are higher. The London FTSE is up 1.30%, the Frankfurt
DAX is up 1.36%, and the Paris CAC40 is up 2.33%. Tokyo''s
Nikkei closed up 2.17%, Hong Kong''s Hang Seng closed up
1.44%, and Sydney''s All Ordinaries closed up 0.72%.

Economic
calendar:
Tue: No reports scheduled;
Wed: Retail Sales;
Thu:
Jobless Claims, Business Inventories;
Fri: CPI, Industrial
Production.


Market Segments
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DJ Industrials   10,725.8       12.9
S&P 500           1,380.2       10.3
NY Composite        657.5        2.2
ASE Composite       885.3       11.8
NASDAQ Compsite   3,015.1       97.7

Capital Sectors   %Change
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Large Cap             1.8%
Mid Cap               2.2%
Small Cap             1.7%

Market Volumes (millions of shares)
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NYSE: 1,202.6
NASDAQ: 2,412.5

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(Enter market when Index >67, Exit when Index <33)



Latest Reading:

12/11/2000 5PM of 45.9, staying in the market (S&P=1380.2, +44.8%)


Previous Signal:
Entered market 12/29/1997 on index of 74.7 (S&P=953.4)


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