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To: Investor2 who wrote (5517)	6/1/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: Wally Mastroly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15132

Thirty year bond yield touches 12 month high: quote.yahoo.com^TYX&d=1y

To: Investor2 who wrote (5517)	6/1/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: Wren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15132

More 1972 Nifty-Fifty information - Andrew Bary wrote an article in Barrons over a year ago with a lot of information from Jeremy Siegel's book, in which he compared December 1972 and June 1997. In December of 1972, the average P/E of Nifty Fifty was 41.9. The average annualized return of the Nifty-fifty in this almost 25 years was 12.7%. S&P return in same period was 12.9% Siegel compared annualized total return of the stocks in this 72 through 97 period. Here are 5 highest and lowest P/Es. Company ------------- 72 P/E --------- Annualized Return Top 5: 1 Polariod------------- 94.8 ----------------1.7% 2 Baxter Labs ----------71.4 ----------------8.3 3 Disney----------------71.2 --------------- 11.7 4 McDonalds-------------71.0-----------------12.0 5 Intl Flavors----------69.1-----------------8.3 Bottom 5: 50 ITT -----------------15.4----------------8.7% 49 1st Natl City ------20.5-----------------12.3 48 GE -----------------23.4----------------15.4 47 Phillip Morris------24.0----------------19.9 (highest return) 46 Dow Chemical--------24.1----------------11.5 The lowest 5 outperformed the highest 5. The five best performers in the 72 Nifty-Fifty in the 72 to 97 period were: Phillip Morris----------24.0------------------19.9% Gillette----------------24.3------------------18.3 Coke-------------------46.4-------------------17.2 Pfizer-----------------28.4-------------------16.9 Pepsico-----------------27.6------------------16.7