DOLLARS AND SENSE.Daily News readers said the 10 companies that comprise the Valley's Big 10 were the ones they'd buy if they had to hold on to $1,000 worth of 10 companies for 12 months without a single trade. The Valley's Second 10 finished 11th through 20th in balloting. As has been the case each week since the indexes began on Sept. 1, the Second 10 leads the Big 10 and the nation's major indexes. INDEX FRI. CHANGE -xx Valley's Big 10 $12,232.69 +22.48 Valley's 2nd 10 $14,020.75+40.06 S&P 500 1,421.05 +2.8 Dow Jones 11,257.43 +2.9 Valley's Big 10 COMPANY FRI. CHANGE -xx AOL $84.875 +82.53 CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer $99.688 +46.20 DELL $45.563 -5.69 IBM $109 -13.23 INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller $82.063 -1.94 LU $80.813 +25.17 MRK $66.563 -0.93 MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade $115.25 +24.85 T $53.75 +18.13 WMT $65 +46.69 Valley's Second 10 COMPANY FRI. CHANGE -xx AMGN $45.563 +9.46 DIS $28.313 +1.57 EBAY $150.375 +19.76 GE $151.50 +34.37 HD $98.25 +60.41 ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) $90.688 +147.61 PFE $33.375 -12.60 SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) $75.125 -5.95 WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication $80.063 +4.83 YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) $350 +135.29 -xx Percentage change since Sept. 1 One Idea Name: Chris S. Ricks Home: West Hills Age: 48 Occupation: Albertsons Store Manager One Idea: Buy QwestCommunications International Inc. The Denver-based company operates Internet-based data, voice and image communications for business and consumers. He bought 50 shares almost two years ago for $33 per share, which has split once leaving him with 100 shares. Quote: `I've held on to the stock for almost two years because the company continues to grow. They're growing in their long-distance business and growing into Canada.' Ticker: QWST Friday's Close: $41.688 |
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