Inside Wall Street featured 155 stocks in 49 issues in 1999. For each issue, 
the comparable returns for the market benchmarks were calculated for each of 
four time periods. The returns were averaged over all 49 issues, and the 
results are below. The average return for the column was figured in the same 
way.

                         1-DAY    1 MO.   3 MOS.   6 MOS.

STANDARD & POOR'S 500    0.3%     1.3%    3.2%     5.5%
DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS    0.2      1.6     3.8      4.3
RUSSELL 2000             0.3      1.3     7.6      11.5
NASDAQ COMPOSITE         0.5      4.2     17.7     30.9
INSIDE WALL STREET       8.8      9.8     16.2     25.9

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK, STANDARD & POOR'S