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To: Les H who wrote (36365)	1/1/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: re3	Respond to of 99985

sausage software ?? isin't there some aussie expression, toss a few snags on the barbie ??

To: Les H who wrote (36365)	1/1/2000 2:58:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 99985

Advance/Decline and Moving Average Relationships By Sector: Dec 31, 1999 percent stocks advance percent stocks over MA sector 5 d 21 d 63 d 250d 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- General Market 12/31 65 58 56 49 72 66 61 48 12/23 57 49 52 50 57 52 53 46 12/17 43 43 46 50 45 44 51 45 low 12/14 39 45 44 51 39 40 49 44 12/10 39 49 44 52 43 44 51 45 high 12/03 48 55 46 51 50 51 57 47 low 10/18 16 24 26 51 19 23 24 35 Aerospace/Defense 79 77 36 21 89 87 77 23 Apparel (incl Retail) 57 43 35 42 61 54 45 31 Automotive 73 46 27 24 83 71 54 20 Banks 52 14 35 23 61 29 13 18 Biotechnology 83 86 83 77 87 88 88 81 Building/Construction 76 56 39 25 83 77 60 24 Chemical 76 62 54 46 76 76 63 37 Commercial Services 64 71 65 46 70 74 73 55 Computer Equipment 63 70 80 67 69 69 79 72 Consumer Nondurable 63 45 45 25 65 45 53 33 Drug (excl Biotech) 69 50 51 40 70 60 53 46 Electronics (incl Semi) 69 75 81 80 75 76 82 81 Environmental 87 64 36 23 95 73 77 23 Financial (incl S&L) 65 44 47 41 75 56 40 36 Foods 62 34 26 19 64 51 30 23 Healthcare 72 51 49 38 75 66 61 39 Household Products 73 63 45 38 78 73 55 28 Insurance 61 42 54 20 78 64 45 31 Internet 43 61 77 68 48 50 63 65 Leisure 63 48 40 39 71 64 47 38 Machinery 71 59 49 43 80 73 61 37 Media 70 89 86 79 85 85 84 83 Metals (excl Gold) 82 65 50 54 78 71 73 51 Oil & Gas 76 43 33 68 81 69 47 44 Paper Products & Pkg 76 74 66 48 76 80 84 48 Real Estate 72 57 27 16 74 77 57 15 Retail 67 45 42 38 72 63 50 33 Semiconductors 70 84 91 91 74 81 87 92 Software 64 83 85 75 76 78 91 83 Telecommunications 66 78 87 82 76 76 85 83 Transportation 72 57 51 35 75 67 53 36 Utilities 34 24 24 21 51 37 17 24 New Highs and Lows for Market ( 3640 stocks sans CEFs, trusts) sector 20-days 40-days 63-days 1-year ---------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- General Market 12/31 679 - 111 468 - 74 402 - 54 262 - 35 12/23 478 - 247 367 - 152 324 - 118 223 - 68 12/17 336 - 457 266 - 287 237 - 241 159 - 168 low 12/14 231 - 650 202 - 395 170 - 329 117 - 226 12/10 369 - 525 313 - 347 273 - 299 189 - 184 high 12/03 487 - 277 399 - 167 343 - 141 251 - 89 low 10/18 72 - 904 48 - 715 32 - 613 22 - 289 New 20-day Highs and Lows By Sector sector 12/31/99 12/23/99 12/17/99 ---------------------- --------- --------- --------- Aerospace/Defense 16 - 0 5 - 1 2 - 6 Apparel (incl Retail) 11 - 3 11 - 6 7 - 12 Automotive 7 - 1 5 - 5 4 - 10 Banks 3 - 4 4 - 15 0 - 47 Biotechnology 10 - 0 28 - 1 13 - 5 Building/Construction 25 - 3 12 - 10 8 - 19 Chemical 18 - 3 8 - 5 5 - 9 Commercial Services 60 - 5 43 - 16 36 - 18 Computer Equipment 27 - 5 23 - 12 14 - 9 Consumer Nondurable 4 - 1 2 - 5 4 - 10 Drug (excl Biotech) 14 - 2 11 - 4 4 - 13 Electronics (incl Semi) 60 - 4 40 - 14 32 - 14 Environmental 6 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 4 Financial (incl S&L) 17 - 2 8 - 6 4 - 11 Foods 8 - 4 1 - 5 4 - 14 Healthcare 26 - 2 17 - 13 11 - 28 Household Products 8 - 0 4 - 3 3 - 4 Insurance 20 - 2 14 - 4 2 - 18 Internet 35 - 30 31 - 36 26 - 30 Leisure 10 - 7 14 - 10 3 - 18 Machinery 16 - 0 6 - 3 0 - 7 Media 30 - 1 28 - 0 18 - 4 Metals (excl Gold) 23 - 1 10 - 9 9 - 7 Oil & Gas 34 - 2 17 - 11 6 - 14 Paper Products & Pkg 12 - 0 10 - 0 2 - 4 Real Estate 22 - 1 13 - 3 17 - 4 Retail 46 - 9 29 - 27 19 - 31 Semiconductors 29 - 2 22 - 5 18 - 4 Software 30 - 3 24 - 8 28 - 9 Telecommunications 51 - 4 43 - 9 36 - 15 Transportation 12 - 2 9 - 2 11 - 16 Utilities 5 - 12 9 - 6 1 - 33