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Technology Stocks : FSII - The Worst is Over? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (1635)	12/12/1997 11:05:00 PM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2754

The following is a comparison of the closing prices today with the highest closing price of the stock in 1997 (from approximately 1 July). Most of these high prices were made in the August/Sept time frame. The message here is, you gotta know when to hold em, and when to fold em. The time to fold em was before 10 October. 1997 HIGHEST 12/12/97 CLOSE CLOSE PERCENT SYMBOL COMPANY PRICE PRICE CHANGE IMSC Integrated Measurement Systems 20.00 16.75 -16 NANO Nanometrics 13.63 9.63 -29 WJ Watkins Johnson 37.25 25.88 -31 LTXX LTX 8.19 4.88 -40 FSII FSI International 23.19 13.75 -41 HELX Helix Technology 32.19 18.88 -41 MICN Micrion 27.50 16.00 -42 SVGI Silicon Valley Group 37.75 20.94 -45 COHU Cohu 56.00 30.69 -45 UTEK Ultratech Stepper 34.38 18.75 -45 ETEC Etec System 67.13 35.88 -47 SUBM Submicron Systems 4.44 2.25 -49 PRIA Pri Automation 58.50 28.38 -51 AMAT Applied Materials 54.00 26.13 -52 TGAL Tegal 11.25 5.38 -52 MTSN Mattson Technology 16.00 7.63 -52 SMTL Semitool 26.88 12.75 -53 TER Teradyne 58.75 27.38 -53 NVLS Novellus Systems 64.69 29.88 -54 KLAC KLA Instruments 75.63 34.31 -55 ASEC Aseco 18.88 8.56 -55 ASYT Asyst Technologies 47.25 21.13 -55 GGNS Genus 7.88 3.44 -56 WFR MEMC Electronic Materials 38.75 16.13 -58 GSNX Gasonics 23.06 9.50 -59 EGLS Electroglas 35.25 14.50 -59 IPEC Integrated Process Equipment 37.19 15.00 -60 PHTN Photon Dynamics 8.38 3.25 -61 LRCX Lam Research 66.31 25.63 -61 CFMT CFM Technologies 40.00 15.38 -62 CMOS Credence Systems 54.13 19.50 -64 SFAM Speed Family 60.38 19.88 -67 BRKS Brooks Automation 39.69 12.88 -68 KLIC Kulicke & Soffa Industries 57.25 17.88 -69 PLAB Phototronics 62.75 19.06 -70 VECO Veeco Instruments 72.50 19.88 -73 TRKN Trikon Technologies 11.50 1.41 -88 TOTALS 1409 629 -55