COMS GETS TWO AWARDS, COUNT EM THATS IS 2! Wonder why I sold hold it, maybe I expect them to send me an award as well.
Dow's Best and Worst Performers in 1999's First Quarter New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. was the Dow Jones Industrial Average's best performer for 1999's first quarter, gaining more than 28 percent since the beginning of the year. Philip Morris Co., the world's largest tobacco company, was the 30-stock Dow average's biggest loser, slipping more than 34 percent. Best Performers Citigroup +28.6% United Technologies +24.5% General Motors +21.4% McDonalds +18.0% J.P. Morgan +17.4% American Expres +14.6% Wal-Mart Stores +13.2% Johnson & Johnson +11.7% AlliedSignal +11.0% Alcoa +10.5% Worst Performers Philip Morris -34.2% Eastman Kodak -11.3% Coca-Cola - 8.4% International Paper - 5.9% International Business Machines - 3.9% Exxon - 3.5% Goodyear Tire & Rubber - 1.2% Hewlett-Packard - 0.7% Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing - 0.5% Caterpillar - 0.1% S&P 500's Best and Worst Performers in First Quarter New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- LSI Logic Corp. was the Standard & Poor's 500 Index's best performer for 1999's first quarter, rising 93 percent. Service Corp. International, the world's largest funeral home and cemetery company, was the S&P 500's biggest loser, slipping 63 percent. Best Performers LSI Logic +93.4% Sprint (PCS) +91.6% Aeroquip-Vickers +91.4% America Online +88.2% Charles Schwab +71.1% Nextel +55.0% Tandy +54.9% Circuit City +53.4% Frontier Corp. +52.6% Boston Scientific +51.3% Worst Performers Service Corp. -62.6% Rite Aid -50.0% 3Com -48.0% Advanced Micro -46.6% Harnischfeger -44.2% Laidlaw -42.2% Compuware -38.9% Data General -38.4% American Greetings -38.2% Fluor -36.5% Nasdaq 100 Best- and Worst- Performers in First Quarter New York, March 31 (Bloomberg) -- CMGI Inc. was the Nasdaq 100 Index's best performer for 1999's first quarter, gaining more than 243 percent since the beginning of the year. Network Associaties Inc., the top maker of computer security software, was the index's biggest loser, slipping more than 53 percent. Best-Performers CMGI Inc. +243.8% Qualcomm +140.1% At Home +112.1% Level 3 Communications + 68.8% Amazon.com + 60.8% Nextel + 55.0% Sun Microsystems + 46.1% Applied Materials + 44.5% Qwest Communications + 44.2% NTL + 44.2% Worst-Performers Network Associates - 53.7% 3Com - 48.0% American Power - 44.3% Tech Data - 43.0% Compuware - 38.9% Cambridge Technologies - 37.3% Concord - 35.0% Micron - 32.1% Miller - 32.1% Lincare Holdings - 30.7% |