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Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF

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To: freeus who wrote (3415)	8/10/1997 7:37:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	of 22053

Monday, August 11, 1997 How They've Done Much of the credit for the Dow's strong performance over the past 15 years goes to the 11 members that have been added since 1982. Coca-Cola boasts the best returns among all current Dow stocks, an annualized 28.5%. Merck is tops among the original Dow components, with a 23.9% annual rise. The two worst performers in the current Dow: GM and IBM. Dow Members in August 1982 Company Annual Gain Merck 23.9% General Electric 19.4 Procter and Gamble 18.1 DuPont 17.4 Exxon 15.6 American Express 14.4 United Technologies 14.0 Minn Mining (3M) 13.9 Union Carbide 13.8 Sears Roebuck 13.2 Chevron 12.7 Alcoa 11.8 AlliedSignal 11.2 Goodyear 11.0 Intl Paper 10.9 ATT 8.1 Eastman Kodak 6.7 IBM 6.5 General Motors 5.8 DJIA 15.5 Added Since 1982 Company Annual Gain Coca-Cola 28.5 Wal-Mart 26.9 Philip Morris 25.7 Walt Disney 23.8 Boeing 20.1 McDonald's 18.2 Johnson and Johnson 17.8 Travelers 16.7 Hewlett-Packard 15.3 J.P. Morgan 14.5 Caterpillar 11.9 Dropped Since 1982 Company Annual Gain American Brands 12.0 Woolworth 11.6 Texaco 9.5 Inco 7.4 Westinghouse 7.4 U.S. Steel 4.4 Bethlehem Steel -3.6 Navistar -6.2 General Foods n.a Owens Illinois n.a Returns excluding dividends from Aug. 31, 1982, to June 30, 1997. General Foods was purchased by Philip Morris in 1985 and Owens Illinois was bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1987. Returns for ATT don't include those of the Baby Bells. Sears Roebucks, performance doesn't reflect the value of its spinoffs. American Express replaced Manville in the Dow on Aug. 30, 1982. American Brands is now Fortune Brands. Source: Birinyi Associates.

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