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Few Medals for Market-Timers

(Note: This is an extended, online-only version of the table that
 appears in the March 9, 1998 issue of Business Week.)


NEWSLETTER            PORTFOLIO/         10-YR. AVG.    ANNL. ADJUSTED
                      TIMING SYSTEM      TOTAL RET.*    TOTAL RET.**

Systems & Forecasts   "TimeTrend"             16.90%          18.80%

Bob Brinker's         Aggressive Growth
  Marketimer          Fund Portfolio          15.81           17.23

Market Logic          Seasonality Timing      15.73           23.51
                      System

The Big Picture       Master Key              14.99           17.52

Timer Digest          "5 & 10" Consensus      14.92           15.73

Value Line            Top 100 Timely Stocks   13.62           17.17
 Investment Survey

Fund Exchange         U.S. Margined Timing    13.55           14.64

Investors             Fidelity Switch Fund    13.42           17.47
 Intelligence         (Equity) Portfolio

Fabian Premium        Domestic Fund           13.41           14.46
 Investment Resource  Composite

Professional Timing   "Supply/Demand          13.05           18.27
 Service               Formula"

Mutual Fund           Trader's Corner         12.62           14.93
 Forecaster           Portfolio

Market Logic          Recommended Stock       12.62           14.76
                      Exposure

The Dines Letter      Long-Term               12.39           14.20

The Outlook           Stock Appreciation      12.26           17.05
                      Ranking System (5-star)

The Dines Letter      Short-Term              11.31           13.59

Dow Theory Letters    Primary Trend           11.05           13.88

The Marketarian       Mutual Fund             10.75           11.67
 Letter               Portfolio for Traders

The Mutual Fund       MIRAT--Rydex Growth     10.51           12.02
 Strategist           Portfolio

The Dines Letter      Intermediate-Term        9.96           10.66

Fund Exchange         U.S. Market Timing       9.86           13.25

The Marketarian       Mutual Fund Portfolio    9.72           10.53
 Letter               for Investors

Growth Fund Guide     Timing Only: Mutual      9.68           15.82
                      Fund Allocation

Personal Finance      Mutual Fund Portfolio    9.46           11.24
                      for Short-Term Traders

The Professional      Intermediate-Term        8.95           11.24
 Tape Reader

The Professional      Short-Term               8.34           10.13
 Tape Reader

InvesTech Research                             7.85           12.63
 Market Analyst

InvesTech Research                             7.70           12.19
 Mutual Fund Advisor

Growth Stock Outlook                           7.47           17.32

The Professional      Long-Term                7.18            8.89
 Tape Reader

Stockmarket Cycles    Fidelity Select          6.65            8.47
                      Switchers

Futures Hotline       Stock Fund               6.38            7.42
 Mutual Fund Timer

The Elliott Wave      Investors                5.84            7.17
 Theorist


Standard & Poor's 500                          18.04
Wilshire 5000 Value-Weighted
 Total Return Index                            17.57
U.S. Diversified Equity Funds                  15.74
All Equity Funds                               14.24

*Annualized, 1988-97
**Assumes portfolio had same risk as the Wilshire 5000 Value-Weighted Total 
Return Index

DATA: HULBERT FINANCIAL DIGEST, MORNINGSTAR INC., BUSINESS WEEK


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