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To: Joey Smith who wrote (62040)	8/7/1998 5:55:00 PM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Joey and thread, The following comments are taken from Technical Outlook (8/7/98), a daily column written by our favorite contrarian indicator, Ralph Acampora. Please read at your risk. ______ Sector Standings .... We surveyed all the S&P sectors in an effort to uncover those areas and stocks that look most attractive during this volatile period. We took this bottom-up approach, emphasizing only those issues within certain groups that appear most attractive: The reactions to my comments were indeed swift-and now the question remains: What areas or stocks do I think will best suit this new environment? In my quest to answer this query, I took a bottoms up approach to my sector work; instead of looking at only the industry averages, I reviewed all of the component stocks within each of the S&P industries. The following are the sectors and the most attractive stocks within these groups: Airlines Southwest Airlines (LUV-31-3/8) Automobiles Chrysler (C-57 7/8) Banks (Major Regional) Comerica (CMA-64 15/16) First Third Bancorp (FITB-59 5/8) First Union (FTU-57 3/4) Fleet Financial ((FLT-81 15/16) Wachovia (WB-83 3/8) Banks (Money Center) Citicorp (CCI-155 1/16) Beverages (Alcoholic) Anheuser-Busch (BUD-50 3/4) Coors (Adolph) (ACCOB-36 7/16) Beverages (Nonalcoholic) Coca-Cola (KO-81 5/8) Pepsico (PEP-37 13/16) Telecommunications (Cellular & Wireless) AirTouch Comm. (ATI-58 13/16 MediaOne Group (UMG-47 1/4) Tele Communications (TCOMA-40 1/16) Building Materials Group Masco Corp. (MAS-29 1/8) Chemicals (Diversified) Dow Chemicals (DOW-90 15/16) Monsanto (MTC-54) Union Carbide (UK-47 3/16) Photography & Imaging Xerox (XRX-101 1/16 Publishing (Newspapers) Tribune (TRB-68) Restaurants Darden Restaurants (DRI-17 1/8) Ryan Homes (RYAN-11 9/16) Retail Stores (Drugs) Rite Aid (RAD-39 3/4) Walgreen (WAG-44 5/16) Retail (Building Supplies) Lowes Companies (LOW-38 5/16) Retail Stores (Food Chain) American Stores (ASC-28 7/8) Kroger (KR-48 5/8) Tobacco Philip Morris (MO-43 1/4) UST Inc. (UST-26 7/8) Textiles (Apparel) Russell Corp. (RML-31 15/16) Chemicals (Specialty) Great Lakes Chemicals (GLK-39 15/16) Manufacturing (Specialized) Avery Dennison (AVY-56 1/2) Computers (Networking) Bay Networks (BAY-32 1/2) Computers (Hardware) Apple Computer (AAPL-36 7/8) Compaq Computer (CPQ-35 1/8) Int'l Business Machines (IBM-129 3/4) Sun Microsystems (SUNW-48 7/8) Computer (Software & Services) Microsoft (MSFT-106 7/8)/li> Oracle (ORCL-25 5/8) Distributors (Food & Health) Supervalue (SVU-47 1/2) Equipment Semiconductors Applied Materials (AMAT-35 1/8) Intel Inc. (INTC-87) Micron Technology (MU-35) Entertainment Time Warner (TWX-89 3/8) Equipment Semiconductors Applied Materials (AMAT-35 1/8) Intel Inc. (INTC-87) Micron Technology (MU-35) Finance (Diversified) American General (AGC-66 1/8) Health Care (Diversified) American Home Products (AHP-50 1/2) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-75 1/2) Warner Lambert (WLA-72 9/16) Health Care (Medical Products) Becton Dickinson (BDX-83) Boston Scientific (BSX-71 7/8) Biotechnology Amgen (AMGN-68 5/16) Trucks & Parts Cummins (CUM-52 7/16) Homebuilding Centex (CTX-40 5/8) Pulte Corp. (PHM-31 5/16) Housewares Newell Corp. (NWL-49 1/8) Insurance (Brokerage) Marsh and McLennan (MMC-59 11/16) Insurance (Multiline) Lincoln National (LNC-92 13/16) American International (AIG-95 3/4) Travelers Group (TRV-63 1/8) Investment Banking/Brokerage Merrill Lynch (MER-90 1/8) Machinery (Diversified) Cincinnati Milacron (CMZ-23 1/8) Manufacturing (Specialized) Briggs & Stratton (BGG-37 5/8) Manufacturing (Diversified) Tyco International (TYC-60 1/8) Metals & Mining Asarco (AR-22 1/8) Consumer (Jewelry) Jostens (JOS-22 1/2) Office Equipment & Supplies Pitney Bowes (PBI-52 1/16) .... READ AT YOUR OWN RISK PLEASE. Ibexx