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JULY 20, 2001

S&P SECTOR SCORECARD

Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Performances and investment outlooks for the Consumer Discretionary sector and its industries.

Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	% Price Change For					Rankings 5 (Best) – 1 (Worst)
Sector/ Industry	Index Value	% of S&P 1500	1 Wk	13 Wks	YTD	'00	5 Yrs.	Relative Strength	STARS
Consumer Discretionary	232.9	13.6	–0.8	1.9	3.8	–18.9	13.8	4	3.8
Advertising	312.4	0.3	–4.5	–14.7	–16.3	–14.2	19.4	2	3.5
Apparel & Accessories	145.5	0.1	2.9	11.9	23.0	7.9	3.8	3	3.4
Apparel Retail	396.4	0.5	2.0	13.5	18.9	–28.4	24.1	3	2.5
Auto Parts & Equipment	126.0	0.3	2.8	14.4	43.7	–26.8	0.5	5	2.5
Automobile Manufacturers	221.0	0.7	–0.3	–3	17.5	–23.8	13.8	3	3.0
Broadcasting & Cable TV	349.9	0.7	–2.8	–10	1.8	–29.1	27.8	2	4.7
Casinos & Gaming	172.9	0.1	–3.9	–2.9	9.0	26.5	3.1	3	3.0
Catalog Retail	140.7	N / A	4.1	21.3	42.3	–25.9	11.6	3	3.0
Computer & Electronics Retail	547.5	0.2	2.5	19.0	47.0	–40.8	23.3	3	2.8
Consumer Electronics	127.2	N / A	–0.1	36.9	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A
Department Stores	160.1	0.5	0.9	4.7	15.1	2.5	5.4	3	3.0
Distributors	88.3	N / A	6.2	–27.1	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A	N / A
Footwear	190.0	0.1	3.5	15.4	–13.3	30.6	0.5	2	3.2
General Merchandise Stores	438.7	2.7	2.5	5.8	6.5	–21.1	29.4	3	3.9
Home Furnishings	182.5	0.1	4.9	13.6	20.6	–5.5	9.8	3	2.9
Home Improvement Retail	421.0	1.2	2.5	11.7	16.6	–31.2	31.7	3	4.8
Homebuilding	278.9	0.2	5.4	20.2	28.5	53.6	14.4	5	4.1
Hotels	160.4	0.4	0.2	12.4	6.2	–19.4	–2.1	3	2.7
Household Appliances	168.0	0.1	1.4	12.7	22.7	–26	5.7	4	2.6
Housewares & Specialties	94.6	0.1	0.2	3.9	11.9	–17.6	–3.9	3	3.0
Leisure Facilities	2.9	N / A	–1.2	–8.7	6.6	–31.9	N / A	2	4.0
Leisure Products	99.6	0.1	0.1	14.6	31.6	–16	–4.3	5	3.1
Motorcycle Manufacturers	733.3	0.1	–0.9	14.7	29.1	24.1	38.0	4	4.0
Movies & Entertainment	255.6	2.8	–8.3	–10.8	9.4	–14.8	19.2	2	4.4
Photographic Products	84.3	0.1	–0.8	1.6	10.4	–42.8	–11.1	3	3.0
Publishing & Printing	253.6	0.6	0.6	3.9	4.0	–8.5	15.5	3	3.1
Restaurants	193.3	0.6	1.5	5.4	–4.5	–1.3	7.7	3	3.1
Specialty Stores	131.6	0.5	3.2	15.9	37.5	–18.1	5.4	4	3.5
Textiles	33.4	N / A	–0.3	18.1	8.4	–36.4	–19.6	3	3.0
Tires & Rubber	86.2	0.1	6.9	23.4	28.7	–14	–6	4	3.0

Sector STARS: The weighted averages of company STARS in the sector or industry. A higher number is better: 5= Buy, 4= Accumulate, 3= Hold, 2= Avoid, 1= Sell.
Relative Strength: The index's 6-month price performance versus other sectors or sub-industries. 5=Top 10%, 4=Next 20%, 3=Middle 40%, 2=Next 20%, 1=Bottom 10%.

The Relative Strength Graph represents the sector's 52-week price performance vs. that of the S&P 1500 Super Composite. If the purple line moves below 100, the sector is underperforming the market, and if it moves above 100, the sector Is outperforming the market.

The S&P 1500 Super Composite normalized at 100

The sector's 52-week price performance

The relative-strength trend line over the last 200 days