Investment Figures Of The Week

Investment Figures of the Week

Investment Figures of the Week

COMMENTARYThe stock market returned from the Good Friday three-day weekend to rise to arecord level on Apr. 5, on word that the economy was continuing to growsteadily with little inflation. High-tech stocks, notably Microsoft andAmerica Online, lead the list of gainers, and the NASDAQ composite index roseto a record for the first time in two months. The market climbed above 10,000again on Apr. 7, spurred by gains in financial stocks, notably Citigroup. Butsmall stocks slumped.STOCKS

% CHANGE

U.S. MARKETS LATEST WEEK YEAR

Dow Jones Industrials 10,085.3 3.1 13.4

NASDAQ Combined Composite 2544.4 3.4 40.8

S&P MidCap 400 362.5 -1.0 -1.2

S&P SmallCap 600 158.8 -1.4 -19.8

S&P SuperComposite 1500 276.0 2.7 17.0

% CHANGE

SECTORS LATEST WEEK YEAR

Bloomberg Information Age 542.9 5.8 63.7

S&P Financials 144.9 4.0 6.0

S&P Utilities 234.0 0.5 -4.3

PSE Technology 517.6 4.1 52.5

% CHANGE

FOREIGN MARKETS LATEST WEEK YEAR

London (FT-SE 100) 6473.2 2.8 6.9

Frankfurt (DAX) 5052.3 3.4 -4.1

Tokyo (NIKKEI 225) 16,554.5 4.5 1.1

Hong Kong (Hang Seng) 11,614.9 6.1 2.7

Toronto (TSE 300) 6786.7 2.9 -10.4

Mexico City (IPC) 5123.1 3.9 4.1

WEEK YEAR

FUNDAMENTALS LATEST AGO AGO

S&P 500 Dividend Yield 1.21% 1.24% 1.40%

S&P 500 P/E Ratio (Last 12 mos.) 34.9 34.2 27.9

S&P 500 P/E Ratio (Next 12 mos.)* 24.5 24.3 21.8

First Call Earnings Surprise* 12.03% 3.57% 1.53%

WEEK YEAR

TECHNICAL INDICATORS LATEST AGO AGO

S&P 500 200-day average 1155.2 1151.0 Positive

Stocks above 200-day average 32.0% 32.0% Positive

Options: Put/call ratio 0.47 0.48 Negative

Insiders: Vickers Sell/buy ratio 1.05 1.07 Positive

BEST-PERFORMING LAST LAST 12

GROUPS MONTH% MONTHS%

Invest. Banking/Brkrge. 24.9 Specialty Appar. Retailers 95.5

Domestic Oil 21.1 Communications Equip. 88.9

Instrumentation 19.8 Computer Systems 86.3

Communications Equip. 19.5 Semiconductors 73.5

Computer Software 19.0 Broadcasting 73.1

WORST-PERFORMING LAST LAST 12

GROUPS MONTH% MONTHS%

Engineering & Constr. -17.6 Oil & Gas Drilling -51.7

Tobacco -15.8 Machine Tools -48.1

Drug Chains -15.8 Hospital Management -45.1

Manufactured Housing -12.4 Engineering & Constr. -44.3

Homebuilding -10.5 Metal & Glass Containers -39.8

BLOOMBERG MONEY FLOW ANALYSIS

Rebound ahead? Stocks with most 1-MONTH

significant buying on price weakness PRICE CHANGE

Micron Technology 53 3/4 -2 1/4

Coca-Cola 59 13/16 -4 3/16

Gillette 50 -7

Warner-Lambert 65 7/8 -4 5/8

Novellus Systems 61 13/16 - 1/16

Home Depot 62 1/4 - 7/8

Decline ahead? Stocks with most 1-MONTH

significant selling on price strength PRICE CHANGE

Microsoft 94 1/16 14 9/16

Dell Computer 46 13/16 1 7/16

MCI WorldCom 89 9/16 4 1/64

Intel 130 7/16 10 13/16

Amgen 80 11 3/4

Pfizer 140 3/16 5/8

INTEREST RATES

LATEST WEEK YEAR

WEEK% AGO% AGO%

KEY RATES

MONEY MARKET FUNDS 4.47 4.48 5.11

90-DAY TREASURY BILLS 4.39 4.49 5.07

6-MONTH BANK CDS 4.33 4.34 5.06

1-YEAR TREASURY BILLS 4.66 4.72 5.28

10-YEAR TREASURY NOTES 5.12 5.25 5.53

30-YEAR TREASURY BONDS 5.51 5.63 5.84

LONG-TERM AA INDUSTRIALS 6.46 6.54 6.41

LONG-TERM BBB INDUSTRIALS 7.12 7.22 6.87

LONG-TERM AA TELEPHONES 6.67 6.76 6.69

BLOOMBERG MUNI YIELD EQUIVALENTS

Taxable equivalent yields on AAA-rated, tax-exempt municipal bonds, assuming a

31% federal tax rate.

10-YR. BOND 30-YR. BOND

LATEST LAST LATEST LAST

WEEK WEEK WEEK WEEK

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS 4.27% 4.27% 4.96% 4.97%

PERCENT OF TREASURIES 83.37 81.55 90.12 88.37

TAXABLE EQUIVALENT 6.19 6.19 7.19 7.20

INSURED REVENUE BONDS 4.35 4.35 5.19 5.21

PERCENT OF TREASURIES 84.93 83.08 94.30 92.64

TAXABLE EQUIVALENT 6.30 6.30 7.52 7.55

MUTUAL FUNDS

EQUITY FUNDS

LEADERS LAGGARDS

FOUR-WEEK TOTAL RETURN % FOUR-WEEK TOTAL RETURN %

Van Wagoner Emerging Gr. 37.2 ProFunds UltraShort OTC Inv. -18.4

Van Wagoner Technology 33.9 Pacifc Adv. Small Cap C -11.0

Monument Internet 33.9 U.S. Global Inv. World Gold -10.6

Van Wagoner Micro-Cap 32.4 FPA Paramount -10.5

Van Wagoner Post-Venture 32.4 Rydex Precious Metals -10.3

LEADERS LAGGARDS

52-WEEK TOTAL RETURN % 52-WEEK TOTAL RETURN %

Internet 378.8 Lexington Troika Russia -74.9

Amerindo Technology D 202.0 American Heritage -63.2

ProFunds UltraOTC Inv. 172.8 Potomac OTC/Short -53.0

Munder NetNet A 156.0 State St. Res. Glob. Res. C -50.1

Berkshire Capital Gr. & Val. 142.9 Vontobel Eastern Europ. Eq. -49.9

EQUITY FUND CATEGORIES

LEADERS LAGGARDS

FOUR-WEEK TOTAL RETURN % FOUR-WEEK TOTAL RETURN %

Latin America 16.5 Precious Metals -6.7

Japan 14.7 Real Estate -2.0

Technology 12.1 Small-cap Value -1.9

Communications 9.5 Small-cap Blend -0.7

LEADERS LAGGARDS

52-WEEK TOTAL RETURN % 52-WEEK TOTAL RETURN %

Technology 61.9 Latin America -30.9

Communications 41.0 Precious Metals -28.6

Japan 31.5 Natural Resources -24.8

Large-cap Growth 28.9 Small-cap Value -24.1

Large-cap Blend 12.4 Diversified Emerging Mkts. -23.5

All data are as of market close Wednesday, Apr. 7, 1999, unless otherwise

indicated. Industry groups include S&P 500 companies only. Fundamentals,

technical indicators, Bloomberg money flow analysis, and mutual fund returns

are as of Apr. 6. For a more detailed explanation, write to us or E-mail

figures@businessweek.com. NA=Not available **Vanguard Index 500 Fund

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