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Gold/Mining/Energy : Direct Focus Inc. (DFXI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gofer who wrote (312)	10/5/1998 10:12:00 AM
From: Gofer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 768

Here's my updated chart, I estimated 98Q3 earnings at 16% to allow for increased expenses for the Instant Comfort Launch. I used the current low C$13.00 share price. Direct Focus TSE-DFX US$ 1,000's Q/Q-1 Q/Q-4 Earnings/ Period Sales Earngs Sales Sales Sales % % % 98Q3 15,200 2,432 24 150 16 98Q2 12,237 2,203 11 235 18 98Q1 11,051 2,526 52 280 23 97Q4 7,251 1,264 19 204 17 97Q3 6,073 610 66 141 10 97Q2 3,654 381 26 65 10 97Q1 2,908 261 22 109 9 96Q4 2,388 189 (5) 8 96Q3 2,520 300 14 12 96Q2 2,215 270 59 12 96Q1 1,394 87 6 Year End Dec Diluted shares(1000s) 9700 Recent Price $8.50 EPS(diluted) $0.87 P/S (est) 1.8 P/E (est) 9.8

To: Gofer who wrote (312)	10/5/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: Mark Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 768

Gee, what would happen if we had bad news? Can't wait to see the numbers on the bed sales. DFX-T NAME TIME E LAST LAST_VOL BID ASK SIZE T Q DFX-T 12:46 T -- 0 12.10 12.50 2x1 DFX-T 12:46 T 12.50 300 -- -- DFX-T 12:43 T -- 0 12.10 12.50 2x4 DFX-T 12:16 T -- 0 12.25 12.50 3x4 DFX-T 12:16 T 12.50 600 -- -- DFX-T 12:02 T 13.00 0 -- -- DFX-T 11:33 T -- 0 12.50 13.00 6x21 DFX-T 11:33 T 12.50 100 -- -- DFX-T 11:23 T -- 0 12.50 12.80 7x1 DFX-T 10:57 T -- 0 12.50 13.00 7x21 DFX-T 10:53 T -- 0 12.50 13.00 7x15 DFX-T 10:37 T -- 0 12.25 13.00 3x15 DFX-T 10:13 T -- 0 12.25 13.00 3x5 DFX-T 10:13 T 13.00 1000 -- -- DFX-T 9:48 T -- 0 12.25 13.00 3x15 DFX-T 9:37 T -- 0 12.10 13.00 2x15 DFX-T 9:30 T -- 0 12.10 13.00 2x10 DFX-T 9:30 T 13.00 1000 -- -- DFX-T 8:46 T -- 0 13.00 13.00 10x20