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The LABJ Stock Index: tracking 200 selected Los Angeles county-based companies.


MARKET DIARY diary [Lat.,=day], a daily record of events and observations. As distinguished from memoir (an account of events placed in perspective by the author long after they have occurred), the diary derives its impact from its immediacy, requiring each generation of readers

It was a poor week for stocks, as companies in the LABJ LABJ Los Angeles Business Journal  200 index gave up nearly all the gains made thus far in 2002. The LABJ 200 fell 3.2 percent, leaving it in positive territory-barely-for the year to date by 0.1 percent. The major indexes also lost ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
, the Nasdaq composite index Nasdaq Composite Index

An index that indicates price movements of securities in the over-the-counter market. It includes all domestic common stocks in the Nasdaq System (approximately 5,000 stocks) and is weighted according to the market value of each listed
 and the S&P 500 Index all shedding shedding,
n See exfoliation.


shedding

1. exfoliation of entire skin, called also ecdysis, exuviate.

2. falling out of haircoat.

3. putting animals into a shed.

4.
 between 1 and 2 percent. All are in negative territory for the year to date. Among local companies, the best performing industries were Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
, apparel and miscellaneous services. Lagging Lagging

Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections.
 the pack were the biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to biomedicine.

2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences.
 and pharmaceutical category, which fell 9.8 percent on a 10.1 percent decline in Amgen Inc. shares (to $45.51 each), and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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, which lost 5.8 percent. Individual gainers included Virco Virco is a biotech company located in Mechelen, Belgium. It provides a quantitative phenotype prediction for HIV resistance testing. The prediction is achieved by performing a search in a database of genotype-phenotype pairs and matching the mutations in the database with those of  Manufacturing, a Torrance Torrance, industrial and residential city (1990 pop. 133,107), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1921. It has large aircraft and electronics industries. Among its many manufactures are aircraft, electronics, communications equipment, aluminum products, steel, and  furniture manufacturer, which gained 11.5 percent for the week, to $14.05, and Wilshire Not to be confused with Wiltshire.

Wilshire may refer to:
  • Wilshire, Los Angeles, California, a region of the city of Los Angeles, US
People with the surname Wilshire:
  • David Wilshire
  • William W.
 State Bank, a 7.2 percent gainer. National Golf Properties also picked up 7.1 percent, to a recent price of $8.49. On the losing side were SOPIE Holdings Inc., down 18.4 percent to $8.05, L90 Inc., down 18 percent to $1, and Capstone Turbine Capstone Turbine Corporation NASDAQ: CPST, incorporated in 1988, is a California based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power and heat cogeneration systems. Capstone has sold and shipped more than 3,000 of these one-moving-part systems worldwide.  Corp., down 19.8 percent to $1.99.
MARKET INDEXES

                       June 5   May 29    Point    1-Wk   52-Wk     YTD
Index                   Close    Close   Change  % Chg.  % Chg.  % Chg.

Dow Jones Industrial  9796.80  9923.04  -126.24   -1.3%  -12.3%   -2.2%
NASDAQ                1595.26  1624.39   -29.13   -1.8%  -28.6%  -18.2%
S&P 500               1049.90  1067.66   -17.76   -1.7%  -18.2%   -8.6%
LABJ 200                80.06    82.67    -2.61   -3.2%  -14.6%    0.1%

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

                       June 5   May 29    Point    1-Wk   52-Wk     YTD
Index                   Close    Close   Change  % Chg.  % Chg.  % Chg.

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE      225.22   228.84    -3.62   -1.6%   71.0%   22.4%
APPAREL                153.93   152.45     1.48    1.0%    3.5%   21.5%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/   149.90   153.10    -3.20   -2.1%   16.5%   13.5%
METALS
BIOMEDICAL &            75.66    83.84    -8.18   -9.8%  -33.6%  -18.9%
PHARMACEUTICAL
COMMUNICATIONS          31.36    32.75    -1.38   -4.2%  -42.2%  -12.8%
COMPUTERS/              22.80    23.76    -0.95   -4.0%  -66.5%  -49.4%
PERIPHERALS/
ELECTRONICS
CONSTRUCTION/          161.65   169.06    -7.42   -4.4%   34.5%   14.5%
ENGINEERING
ENERGY/UTILITIES        94.54    95.35    -0.81   -0.9%   -0.1%   10.0%
FINANCIAL SERVICES     145.26   154.27    -9.00   -5.8%   24.8%   17.4%
HEALTH CARE            153.39   147.80     5.59    3.8%   62.2%   29.3%
INSURANCE              122.84   124.48    -1.64   -1.3%    9.5%    0.7%
INTERNET                66.90    64.19     2.71    4.2%  -40.4%   -6.1%
MEDIA/LEISURE/          67.12    69.15    -2.03   -2.9%  -26.1%    5.0%
ENTERTAINMENT
MISC. MANUFACTURING    154.72   156.98    -2.26   -1.4%   21.9%   21.0%
MISC. SERVICES          89.38    88.89     0.49    0.5%    7.1%    9.1%
REAL ESTATE            141.01   140.81     0.20    0.1%   21.8%   13.0%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/    159.60   161.41    -1.81   -1.1%   37.4%    8.8%
GROCERY STORES
SOFTWARE               154.90   157.94    -3.04   -1.9%    2.6%   -5.6%
WEEKLY TOP GAINERS

TOP TEN GAINERS BY PERCENTAGE

                        June 5  May 29   Point    1-Wk   52-Wk     YTD
Company                  Close   Close  Change  % Chg.  % Chg.  % Chg.

Careside Inc.            $0.11   $0.08    0.03   37.5%  -95.1%  -87.9%
Turbodyne Technologies    0.24    0.20    0.04   20.0%   -7.7%   -5.9%
Inc.
Overture Services Inc.   21.03   17.55    3.48   19.8%  -21.1%  -40.6%
Styleclick Inc.           0.24    0.21    0.03   14.3%  -81.8%    9.1%
Virco Manufacturing      14.05   12.60    1.45   11.5%   56.1%   40.5%
Netgateway Inc.           0.13    0.12    0.01    8.3%  -81.9%  -62.9%
Wilshire State           24.50   22.86    1.64    7.2%   50.3%   55.6%
Bank/Calif
National Golf             8.49    7.93    0.56    7.1%  -66.3%   -4.3%
Properties Inc.
International Aircraft    1.42    1.33    0.09    6.8%  -64.5%   -7.8%
Investors
Mercury Air Group Inc.    5.07    4.75    0.32    6.7%  -23.2%    1.4%
WEEKLY TOP LOSERS

TOP TEN LOSERS BY PERCENTAGE

                        June 5  May 29   Point    1-Wk   52-Wk    YTD
Company                  Close   Close  Change  % Chg.  % Chg.  % Chg.

Vertel Corp.             $0.11   $0.18   -0.07  -38.9%  -93.6%  -83.6%
Northgate Innovations     0.35    0.45   -0.10  -22.2%  -70.8%  -65.0%
Inc.
CaminoSoft Corp.          0.76    0.95   -0.19  -20.0%  -52.5%  -53.9%
Capstone Turbine Corp.    1.99    2.48   -0.49  -19.8%  -93.7%  -63.2%
Aura Systems Inc.         0.17    0.21   -0.04  -19.0%  -77.3%  -61.4%
SCPIE Holdings Inc.       8.05    9.86   -1.81  -18.4%  -56.4%  -72.5%
Converge Global Inc.      0.45    0.55   -0.10  -18.2%   60.7%  462.5%
L90 Inc.                  1.00    1.22   -0.22  -18.0%  -62.3%  -35.5%
Optical Communication     1.55    1.86   -0.31  -16.7%  -90.0%  -60.7%
Products Inc.
IVAX Diagnostics Inc.     2.32    2.75   -0.43  -15.6%  -43.4%  -33.3%
MARKET SUMMARY

MOST ACTIVE STOCKS

TOP TEN STOCKS                         VOLUME

Amgen Inc                            70,752,900
Walt Disney Co                       33,974,100
Activision Inc.                      14,204,700
Hughes Electronics Corp.             12,656,900
Ticketmaster                         12,300,600
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.  12,295,400
Edison International                 11,056,500
Hilton Hotels Corp.                   8,812,400
Overture Services Inc.                8,442,700
Mattel Inc.                           8,351,400
WEEKLY SUMMARY

Advance     66
Declines   127
Unchanged    7
New Highs   12
New Lows    13


NOTES ON STOCK TABLES

Tables based on May 29-June 5, 2002

(H) Stock hit new 52-week high

(L) Stock hit new 52-week low

(S) Stock split during week

WEEKLY PROFILE

DICK CLARK

For other people named Dick Clark, see Dick Clark (disambiguation).


Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, he served as
 PRODUCTIONS INC.

Symbol: DCPI DCPI Digital Continuous Profiling Infrastructure (now Compaq Continuous Profiling Infrastructure)
DCPI Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (NYPD)
DCPI Drum Corps Planet International


Exchange: NASDAQ

Close: $14.50

1-WK % Chg: 0.7%

Business Overview

Dick Clark Productions, Inc. develops and produces a wide range of television programming for television networks, first-run domestic syndicators (which provide programming for independent and network affiliated af·fil·i·ate  
v. af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing, af·fil·i·ates

v.tr.
1. To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch:
 stations), cable networks and advertisers. The company also licenses the rebroadcast rights to some of its programs, licenses certain segments of its programming to third parties and, from time to time, produces home videos. Dick Clark Productions, on a limited basis, develops and produces theatrical motion pictures, which are generally produced in conjunction conjunction, in astronomy
conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun.
 with third parties that provide the financing for such motion pictures. Since fiscal 1990, the company has operated entertainment-themed restaurants known as Dick Clark's American Bandstand American Bandstand

durable and popular TV show; teenagers are featured performers. [TV: Terrace, I, 52]

See : Teenager
 Grill Grill may refer to:

In food:
  • Grill (cooking), a device or surface used for cooking food, usually fueled by gas or charcoal.
  • Grilling, a form of cooking that involves direct heat.
  • A restaurant that serves grilled food, such as a "bar and grill".
. Through its restaurant subsidiary, dick clark restaurants inc. (dcri), the company licenses various applications of the restaurant concept, and has three licensed units operating. On Feb. 14, the company agreed to be acquired by a group of private inve stors led by Mosaic Media Group, Capital Communications CDPQ CDPQ Caisse de Dépôt et de Placement du Québec  and Jules JULES Joint UK Land Environment Simulator  Haimovitz, for $14.50 a share, valuing the company at $140 million.

Summary

Hqtrs: Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War.

CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. : Richard Ri·chard   , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000.

Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a
 W. Clark

Market Cap: $147.7 million

P/E Ratio P/E ratio

Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual earnings per share. Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $25.50 = 10 times $2.55. XYZ stock sells for ten times earnings.
: 17.26
Income Statement             LTM *  2000

Revenue (millions)           $69.6  $70.8
Operating Income (millions)    1.2    4.4
Net Income (millions)          2.7    5.2
Diluted EPS                  $0.26  $0.50

* Latest twelve months ended March 31, 2002; the company's fiscal year
ends on June 30.
THE LABJ STOCK INDEX

TRACKING 200 SELECTED LOS ANGELES COUNTY-BASED COMPANIES

         Company                            June 5    1-Wk      YTD
           Name                     Ticker   Close   % Chg     % Chg

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
  Advanced Aerodynamics              AASI    $0.29   -5.0%     21.3%
    & Structures Inc.
  Ducommun Inc.                      DCO     19.20   -1.9%     73.0%
  Hi Shear Technology Corp.          HSR      2.57   -6.5%     40.4%
  Northrop Grumman Corp.             NOC    120.50   -1.2%     19.5%
  Teledyne Technologies Inc.         TDY     18.90   -8.6%     16.0%
APPAREL
  Cherokee Inc.                      CHKE    21.50   -2.9%     93.7%
  Guess? Inc.                        GES      6.35   -4.5%    -15.3%
  HOT Topic Inc.                     HOTT    27.03    5.6%     29.2%
  K2 Inc.                            KTO      8.48    2.8%     17.6%
  K-Swiss Inc.                       KSWS    42.84   -6.8%     28.8%
  Skechers U.S.A. Inc.               SKX     21.48    5.6%     46.9%
  Tarrant Apparel Group              TAGS     6.00    2.7%      9.5%
  Vans Inc. (L)                      VANS     9.09   -9.8%    -28.7%
AUTOMOTIVE/PASTICS/METALS
  Amerigon Inc.                      ARGN     2.26    0.0%    111.2%
  Edeibrock Corp.                    EDEL    12.90    0.4%     40.8%
  IMPCO Technologies Inc.            IMCO    12.71   -8.9%      0.2%
  International Aluminum Corp.       IAL     19.85   -3.6%    -17.3%
  Keystone Automotive                KEYS    19.73    0.4%     16.5%
   Industries Inc.
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co        RS     31.34    1.6%     19.4%
  Summa Industries Inc.              SUMX     9.84   -0.6%     20.7%
  Superior Industries                SUP     43.44   -5.2%      7.9%
   International
  Turbodyne Technologies Inc.        TRBD     0.24   20.0%      5.9%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL
  Acacia Research Corp.              ACRI     7.71   -0.4%    -30.4%
  Advanced Biotherapy                ADVB     0.55   -1.8%     66.7%
   Concepts Inc.
  American Pharmaceutical            APPX    11.18   -15.4%   -46.3%
   Partners Inc. (L)
  Amgen Inc. (L)                     AMGN    45.51   -10.1%   -19.4%
  Careside Inc. (L)                  CSA      0.11    37.5%   -87.9%
  Chad Therapeutics Inc.             CTU      3.19    -0.9%    10.0%
  Diagnostic Products Corp.           DP     47.12    -5.6%     7.2%
  Herbalite International           HERBA    19.29     0.2%    35.7%
   Inc. (H)
  International Remote               IRI      3.34   -15.4%    40.9%
   Imaging Systems
  IVAX Diagnostics Inc.              IVD      2.32   -15.6%   -33.3%
  Natrol Inc.                        NTOL     1.39    -0.7%   -44.7%
  North American Scientific Inc.     NASI    11.20    -5.5%   -16.4%
  Syncor International Corp-Del      SCOR    30.90    -4.2%     7.9%
  Staar Surgical Co                  STAA     4.76     1.5%    23.6%
COMMUNICATIONS
  Hughes Electronics Corp.           GMH     13.76    -4.4%   -10.9%
  MRV Communications Inc. (L)        MRVC     1.37   -12.3%   -67.7%
  Optical Communication              OCPI     1.55   -16.7%   -60.7%
   Products Inc. (L)
  OSI Systems Inc.                   OSIS    20.25    -3.5%    11.0%
  Semtech Corp.                      SMTC    32.56    -1.6%    -8.8%
  Tekelec                            TKLC    10.01    -1.1%   -44.7%
  UNOVA no.                          UNA      6.63    -1.3%    14.3%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERAL/ELECTRONICS
  Aura Systems Inc.                  AURA     0.17   -19.0%   -61.4%
  Alpha Technologies Group Inc.      ATGI     2.40    -2.8%   -40.0%
  Bell Industries Inc.                BI      2.00     4.2%    -7.8%
  Diodes Inc.                        DIOD     8.10    -6.8%    21.8%
  Electronic Clearing House Inc.     ECHO     1.70    -2.9%   -21.7%
  En Pointe Technologies Inc.        ENPT     1.04    -4.6%   -48.8%
  Gemstar-TV Guide                   GMST     9.12    -6.0%   -67.1%
   International Inc.
  International Rectifier Corp.      IRF     46.27    -1.7%    32.7%
  Ixia                               XXIA     8.00    -1.5%   -37.7%
  Merisel Inc.                       MSEL     2.84     1.4%    72.1%
  Qualstar Corp.                     QBAK     6.40    -5.2%     5.8%
  Taitron Components Inc.            TAIT     1.50    -1.3%    -3.2%
  Trio Tech International            TRT      2.95    -3.3%     0.3%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
  Ameron International Corp.         AMN     71.10     1.6%     2.7%
  Calprop Corp.                      CLPO     0.99     0.0%    16.5%
  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.      JEC     36.68    -5.7%    11.2%
  KB Home                            KBH     49.35    -3.9%    23.1%
  Ryland Group Inc.                  RYL     52.25    -5.4%    42.8%
  Tetra Tech Inc.                    ITEK    13.76    -2.4%   -30.9%
ENERGY/UTILITIES
  American States Water Co           AWR     36.20    -4.6%     3.6%
  Capstone Turbine Corp. (L)         CPST     1.99   -19.8%   -63.2%
  Edison International               EIX     19.20     3.2%    27.2%
  Mercury Air Group Inc.             MAX      5.07     6.7%     1.4%
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.         OXY     29.78    -1.3%    12.3%
  Southwest Water Co                 SWWC    17.38    -7.7%    23.1%
  Unocal Corp.                       UCL     36.33    -2.4%     0.7%
FINANCIAL SERVICES
  Aames Financial Corp.              AMSF     0.69   -11.5%   102.9%
  Business BanCorp. (H)              BZBC    14.75     3.7%    22.9%
  Cathay Bancorp Inc.                CATY    40.55    -4.7%    26.6%
  Countrywide Credit Ind Inc.        CCR     48.51    -1.5%    18.4%
  City National Corp/CA              CYN     53.16    -0.5%    13.5%
  East-West Bancorp Inc.             EWBC    33.26     1.1%    29.2%
  FirstFed Financial Corp.           FED     28.58    -2.2%    11.5%
  Foothill Independent BanCorp.      FOOT    16.51    -2.5%    31.0%
  GBC Bancorp/California             GBCB    28.40    -3.4%    -3.7%
  Hanmi Financial Corp.              HAFC    18.00     0.6%    35.3%
  Hawthorne Financial Corp.          HTHR    29.61    -3.2%    54.2%
  Itla Capital Corp.                 ITLA    30.10     4.6%    43.6%
  JB Oxford Holdings Inc.            JBOH     1.00   -13.8%    -2.0%
  Jefferies Group Inc.               JEF     45.34    -5.2%     7.2%
  IndyMac Bancorp Inc.               NDE     23.74     2.3%     1.5%
  Nara Bancorp Inc.                  NARA    23.05     0.9%    51.1%
  Pacific Crest Capital Inc.         PCCI    27.93    -2.3%    32.7%
  PFF Bancorp Inc.                   PFB     33.70    -0.4%    22.1%
  Quaker City Bancorp Inc.           QCBC    37.01     3.7%    24.0%
  Wilshire State Bank/Calif (H)      WSBK    24.50     7.2%    55.6%
HEALTH CARE
  DaVita Inc.                        DVA     23.12     2.6%    -5.4%
  First Consulting Group Inc.        FCGI     9.20     6.4%   -41.2%
  Health Net Inc.                    HNT     28.33     1.6%    30.1%
  Hemacare Corp.                     HEMA     1.05     0.0%   -34.4%
  Primedex Health Systems Inc.       PMDX     1.25   -13.2%    -9.4%
  Specialty Laboratories (L)          SP      6.40   -11.7%   -76.7%
  Unilab Corp.                       ULAB    28.27     2.7%    12.6%
  Wellpoint Health Networks          WLP     76.50     5.1%    30.9%
INSURANCE
  Fremont General Corp.              FMT      4.80     5.0%   -38.6%
  Mercury General Corp.              MCY    $47.50    -2.9%     8.8%
  Paula Financial                    PFCO     0.81   -13.8%   -40.0%
  SCPIE Holdings Inc. (L)            SKP      8.05   -18.4%   -72.5%
  21st Century Insurance Group        TW     21.12     1.0%     8.6%
  Unico American Corp.               UNAM     5.78     0.5%     8.1%
  Wesco Financial Corp.              WSC    313.00    -2.2%    -0.6%
  Zenith National Insurance          ZNT     32.00     1.1%    14.5%
   Corp. (H)
INTERNET
  AdStar Inc.                        ADST     0.91    -6.2%    46.8%
  Artistdirect Inc.                  ARTO     9.40    -8.3%   -34.8%
  Converge Global Inc.               CVRG     0.45   -18.2%   462.5%
  Digital Insight Corp.              DGIN    14.48     2.6%   -35.2%
  Homestore Inc.                     HOMS     1.97    -6.2%   -45.3%
  Infonet Services Corp.              IN      1.87     6.3%   -23.7%
  InternetStudios.com Inc.           ISTO     0.48     6.7%  2300.0%
  j2 Global Communications Inc.      JCOM    12.80    -9.9%   158.6%
  L90 Inc.                          LNTYE     1.00   -18.0%   -35.5%
  Nelgateway Inc.                    NGWY     0.13     8.3%   -62.9%
  Northgate Innovations Inc.         NGTE     0.35   -22.2%   -65.0%
  Overture Services Inc.             OVER    21.03    19.8%   -40.6%
  Stamps.com Inc.                    STMP     4.53    -0.4%    26.5%
  Styleclick Inc.                   IBUYA     0.24    14.3%     9.1%
  Ticketmaster                       TMCS    22.00    -2.3%    34.2%
  United Leisure Corp.               UTDL     0.44   -12.0%    69.2%
  United Online Inc.                 UNTD    11.00     0.4%   161.9%
  US SEARCH.COM                      SRCH     0.89     4.7%    -3.3%
  US Dataworks Inc.                  UDW      0.19     5.6%   -40.6%
  Valueclick Inc. (H)                VCLK     3.10     1.3%     8.4%
  Youbet.com Inc.                    UBET     0.75    -5.1%    47.1%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT
  Clark (Dick) Prod Inc.             DCPI    14.50     0.7%    48.7%
  Daily Journal Corp.                DJCO    26.15    -3.1%     6.7%
  Walt Disney Co                     DIS     22.12    -4.0%     6.8%
  Entravision Communications Corp.   EVC     15.56     0.4%    30.2%
  Image Entertainment Inc.           DISK     2.03    -5.6%   -15.4%
  Intervisual Books Inc.             IVBK     0.93     0.0%    55.0%
  Laser-Pacific Media Corp.          LPAC     2.57    -1.2%   -10.8%
  Liberty Livewire Corp.            LWIRA     3.10    -4.6%   -55.4%
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.           MGM     15.74    -0.3%   -28.1%
  Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.        PNK      9.45   -11.0%    56.7%
  Sports Club Inc.                   SCY      2.45    -2.0%   -12.5%
  Univision Communications Inc.      UVN     39.40    -1.2%    -2.6%
  Point.360                          PTSX     2.65     3.3%    96.3%
  ValCom Inc.                        VACM     0.85     6.3%   150.0%
  Westwood One Inc.                  WON     39.17     2.2%    30.3%
MISC. MANUFACTURING
  Avery Dennison Corp.               AVY     63.58    -4.3%    12.5%
  Coastcast Corp. (L)                PAR      2.37    -5.2%   -53.8%
  Dole Food Co                       DOL     31.89    -1.3%    18.9%
  Equity Marketing Inc.              EMAK    13.30    -5.3%     2.2%
  Farmer Bros Co                     FARM   330.00    -5.0%    24.5%
  Jakks Pacific Inc.                 JAKK    18.09     1.2%    -4.5%
  Mattel Inc.                        MAT     21.05     0.9%    22.4%
  Panavision Inc.                    PVI      3.23     0.0%   -29.8%
  Reinhold Industries Inc. (H)      RNHDA     7.82    -7.8%    38.7%
  Scope Industries (H)               SCP     67.00     1.5%    19.6%
  Tag-It Pacific Inc.                TAG      4.20    -0.7%     6.3%
  3D Systems Corp.                   TDSC    11.65    -6.4%   -18.2%
  Variflex Inc.                      VFLX     4.15     0.0%   -17.1%
  Vicro Manufacturing (H)            VIR     14.05    11.5%    40.5%
MISC. SERVICES
  Cadiz Inc.                         CLCI     8.82     3.2%    10.0%
  Computer Sciences Corp.            CSC     48.22     3.5%    -1.6%
  Electro Rent Corp.                 ELRC    12.95    -0.4%     0.5%
  Enova Systems Inc.                 ENVA     0.15     3.4%     0.0%
  Hilton Hotels Corp.                HLT     13.60    -3.1%    24.5%
  PC Mall Inc.                       MALL     4.15     4.8%     2.2%
  International Aircraft Investors   IAIS     1.42     6.8%    -7.8%
  Kom/Ferry International            KFY     10.76    -3.7%     1.0%
  Learning Tree International Inc.   LTRE    21.02    -3.6%   -24.7%
  On Assignment Inc.                 ASGN    21.00     0.0%    -8.6%
  National Technical SYS Inc.        NTSC     2.04    -9.3%    66.5%
  TBA Entertainment Corp.            TBA      2.53    -6.3%   -28.7%
  UTI Worldwide Inc.                 UTIW    19.00    -2.7%    -2.9%
  VCA Antech Inc.                    WOOF    13.96     1.5%    15.2%
  Westminster Capital Inc. (H)        WI      2.85     1.8%    49.2%
REAL ESTATE
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities    ARE     46.84     1.1%    14.0%
   Inc. (H)
  Arden Realty Inc.                  ARI     27.65     0.6%     4.3%
  Apex Mortgage Capital Inc. (H)     AXM     14.55     3.9%    29.3%
  Center Trust Inc. (H)              CTA      6.40    -5.7%    50.6%
  Intergmup Corp.                    INTG    17.35    -0.9%   -12.0%
  Kilroy Realty Corp.                KRC     27.51     1.0%     4.7%
  Kennedy-Wilson Inc.                KWIC     5.45    -2.7%    28.5%
  Macerich Co/The                    MAC     28.10    -2.4%     5.6%
  Newball Land & Farming Co          NHL     32.10    -0.3%     8.4%
  Public Storage Inc.                PSA     36.71     0.3%     9.9%
  PS Business Parks Inc.             PSB     35.08    -1.2%    11.4%
  National Golf Properties Inc.      TEE      8.49     7.1%    -4.3%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES
  Arden Group Inc.                  ARDNA    54.75    -4.1%   -11.7%
  California Pizza Kitchen Inc.      CPKI    24.04     1.0%    -2.9%
  Cheesecake Factory (The)           CAKE    38.50     0.8%    10.7%
  Guitar Center Inc.                 GTRC    18.30    -0.8%    34.2%
  IHOP Corp.                         IHP     32.81    -2.5%    12.0%
  99 Cents Only Stores               NDN     29.81    -2.5%     3.9%
  Smart & Final Inc.                 SMF      9.16    -1.1%   -12.3%
  Sport Chalet Inc.                  SPCH     9.12    -1.4%    -4.0%
  Worldwide Restaurant Concepts       SZ      2.70    -6.3%   126.9%
   Inc.
SOFTWARE
  Activision Inc.                    ATVI    32.09    -2.8%    23.4%
  Brilliant Digital Entertainment    BDE      0.37    -7.5%   131.3%
   Inc.
  CaminoSoft Corp. (L)               CMSF     0.76   -20.0%   -53.9%
  Cash Technologies Inc.              TQ      1.25    -7.4%   -21.9%
  MSC.Software Corp. (L)             MNS      9.64    -7.1%   -38.2%
  Peerless Systems Corp.             PRLS     1.71    -9.0%    36.8%
  Seebeyond Technology Corp.         SBYN     2.99    -6.3%   -69.2%
  THQ Inc.                           THQI    31.07     2.2%    -3.8%
  Vertel Corp. (L)                   VRTL     0.11   -38.9%   -83.6%

         Company                     52-Wk     P.E    Mkt. Cap
           Name                      % Chg    Ratio  (millions)

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
  Advanced Aerodynamics              11.8%      NA      $20.9
    & Structures Inc.
  Ducommun Inc.                      38.6%    12.2      187.5
  Hi Shear Technology Corp.          25.4%    64.3       17.1
  Northrop Grumman Corp.             33.5%    21.3   13,592.9
  Teledyne Technologies Inc.         12.5%    26.6      604.3
APPAREL
  Cherokee Inc.                     159.0%    14.7      175.5
  Guess? Inc.                       -23.0%    70.6      277.0
  HOT Topic Inc.                     50.2%    30.8      852.1
  K2 Inc.                           -18.5%    32.6      152.1
  K-Swiss Inc.                       78.6%    16.4      395.5
  Skechers U.S.A. Inc.              -40.0%    16.3      796.5
  Tarrant Apparel Group              -3.2%      NA       95.1
  Vans Inc. (L)                     -60.0%    11.5      167.2
AUTOMOTIVE/PASTICS/METALS
  Amerigon Inc.                     -20.7%      NA       24.3
  Edeibrock Corp.                    42.4%    13.5       70.3
  IMPCO Technologies Inc.           -60.2%      NA      160.1
  International Aluminum Corp.       -7.2%    36.1       84.3
  Keystone Automotive                94.4%    26.7      286.7
   Industries Inc.
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co       16.7%    29.9      992.9
  Summa Industries Inc.               3.0%    12.5       43.5
  Superior Industries                 7.3%    17.9    1,131.3
   International
  Turbodyne Technologies Inc.        -7.7%      NA       20.7
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL
  Acacia Research Corp.              -47.5%     NA      151.3
  Advanced Biotherapy                139.1%     NA       23.4
   Concepts Inc.
  American Pharmaceutical                NA   38.6      556.4
   Partners Inc. (L)
  Amgen Inc. (L)                     -35.0%   37.3   47,284.4
  Careside Inc. (L)                  -95.1%     NA        2.1
  Chad Therapeutics Inc.              43.7%     NA       32.1
  Diagnostic Products Corp.           15.1%   33.7    1,337.2
  Herbalite International            121.7%   11.5      627.1
   Inc. (H)
  International Remote                51.8%   25.7       34.7
   Imaging Systems
  IVAX Diagnostics Inc.              -43.4%     NA       66.5
  Natrol Inc.                        -31.2%     NA       17.8
  North American Scientific Inc.     -34.1%  186.7      114.2
  Syncor International Corp-Del       -7.8%   21.5      765.6
  Staar Surgical Co                   16.1%     NA       81.7
COMMUNICATIONS
  Hughes Electronics Corp.           -42.1%     NA   12,078.5
  MRV Communications Inc. (L)        -87.5%     NA      124.0
  Optical Communication              -90.0%   12.9      167.7
   Products Inc. (L)
  OSI Systems Inc.                   393.9%   53.3      258.9
  Semtech Corp.                        9.4%   77.5    2,377.5
  Tekelec                            -71.5%   41.7      602.5
  UNOVA no.                           -1.6%     NA      385.2
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERAL/ELECTRONICS
  Aura Systems Inc.                  -77.3%     NA       69.5
  Alpha Technologies Group Inc.      -64.4%     NA       17.1
  Bell Industries Inc.               -20.0%     NA       17.8
  Diodes Inc.                        -23.9%  270.1       66.2
  Electronic Clearing House Inc.     -43.3%     NA        9.9
  En Pointe Technologies Inc.        -51.6%     NA        6.9
  Gemstar-TV Guide                   -77.8%     NA    3,783.7
   International Inc.
  International Rectifier Corp.      -28.8%   62.5    2,940.3
  Ixia                               -38.6%   40.0      454.9
  Merisel Inc.                       155.9%    3.1       22.1
  Qualstar Corp.                      -8.6%   18.3       81.0
  Taitron Components Inc.            -38.7%     NA        8.6
  Trio Tech International            -16.9%     NA        8.6
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
  Ameron International Corp.          -2.5%   10.3      275.4
  Calprop Corp.                       -9.2%    2.6       10.2
  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.        5.0%   20.4    1,993.2
  KB Home                             87.3%    8.8    2,534.1
  Ryland Group Inc.                  134.4%   10.1    1,422.3
  Tetra Tech Inc.                    -44.1%   16.9      727.9
ENERGY/UTILITIES
  American States Water Co            15.7%   17.5      365.1
  Capstone Turbine Corp. (L)         -93.7%     NA      184.1
  Edison International                91.0%    7.5    6,255.6
  Mercury Air Group Inc.             -23.2%   13.7       33.3
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.           2.7%   11.8   11,165.8
  Southwest Water Co                  37.7%   26.3      160.9
  Unocal Corp.                        -7.5%   19.6    8,886.6
FINANCIAL SERVICES
  Aames Financial Corp.              -50.7%     NA        4.5
  Business BanCorp. (H)               34.1%   12.3       54.4
  Cathay Bancorp Inc.                 50.2%   16.5      729.6
  Countrywide Credit Ind Inc.         17.7%   11.5    5,995.4
  City National Corp/CA               22.9%   16.9    2,657.0
  East-West Bancorp Inc.              37.7%   20.0      784.9
  FirstFed Financial Corp.            -1.3%   10.1      493.3
  Foothill Independent BanCorp.       38.7%   13.7       91.2
  GBC Bancorp/California              -3.2%   14.8      327.3
  Hanmi Financial Corp.               70.8%   14.7      246.7
  Hawthorne Financial Corp.           67.9%   11.3      173.9
  Itla Capital Corp.                  77.0%   10.8      174.7
  JB Oxford Holdings Inc.            -49.5%     NA       14.1
  Jefferies Group Inc.                40.8%   19.6    1,213.9
  IndyMac Bancorp Inc.                -2.9%   10.8    1,439.0
  Nara Bancorp Inc.                   39.7%   13.2      129.1
  Pacific Crest Capital Inc.          41.8%   13.2       67.9
  PFF Bancorp Inc.                    48.3%   12.6      445.6
  Quaker City Bancorp Inc.            32.2%    9.9      196.0
  Wilshire State Bank/Calif (H)       50.3%     NA       69.6
HEALTH CARE
  DaVita Inc.                         20.2%   17.8    1,943.4
  First Consulting Group Inc.         28.7%   65.7      220.5
  Health Net Inc.                     46.6%   16.5    3,556.6
  Hemacare Corp.                     -47.8%     NA        8.0
  Primedex Health Systems Inc.        60.3%   10.4       50.9
  Specialty Laboratories (L)         -84.6%   12.1      139.4
  Unilab Corp.                        76.7%   33.9      947.0
  Wellpoint Health Networks           75.5%   22.6   11,122.2
INSURANCE
  Fremont General Corp.              -29.9%    5.7      348.7
  Mercury General Corp.               28.7%   23.9   $2,579.4
  Paula Financial                    -54.0%     NA        4.9
  SCPIE Holdings Inc. (L)            -56.4%     NA       75.0
  21st Century Insurance Group        16.4%   66.0    1,803.3
  Unico American Corp.                -2.0%     NA       31.7
  Wesco Financial Corp.               -2.5%   47.2    2,228.6
  Zenith National Insurance           17.2%     NA      596.7
   Corp. (H)
INTERNET
  AdStar Inc.                          1.1%     NA        7.5
  Artistdirect Inc.                   34.3%     NA       32.5
  Converge Global Inc.                60.7%   45.0       18.0
  Digital Insight Corp.              -16.4%     NA      463.9
  Homestore Inc.                     -93.0%     NA      232.1
  Infonet Services Corp.             -77.2%     NA      882.0
  InternetStudios.com Inc.            98.2%     NA        0.4
  j2 Global Communications Inc.      228.2%   58.2      137.5
  L90 Inc.                           -62.3%     NA       25.0
  Nelgateway Inc.                     81.9%    0.7       14.0
  Northgate Innovations Inc.         -70.8%     NA        5.2
  Overture Services Inc.             -21.1%   20.8    1,227.3
  Stamps.com Inc.                     44.3%     NA      230.7
  Styleclick Inc.                    -81.8%     NA        7.7
  Ticketmaster                        38.7%   62.9    3,145.2
  United Leisure Corp.               -59.3%     NA        9.0
  United Online Inc.                 134.0%     NA      442.2
  US SEARCH.COM                      -20.5%     NA       23.9
  US Dataworks Inc.                  -72.5%     NA        8.9
  Valueclick Inc. (H)                 -0.3%     NA      300.8
  Youbet.com Inc.                    -25.7%     NA       14.7
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT
  Clark (Dick) Prod Inc.              42.1%   17.3      147.8
  Daily Journal Corp.                -11.4%   25.4       40.1
  Walt Disney Co                     -29.4%   38.8   45,137.3
  Entravision Communications Corp.    19.0%     NA    1,862.9
  Image Entertainment Inc.           -31.7%  203.0       32.1
  Intervisual Books Inc.             -45.3%     NA        6.8
  Laser-Pacific Media Corp.          -20.9%   21.4       18.2
  Liberty Livewire Corp.             -54.4%     NA      120.8
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.           -31.0%     NA    3,961.6
  Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.         -0.5%     NA      244.8
  Sports Club Inc.                   -23.4%     NA       44.3
  Univision Communications Inc.      -13.8%  103.7    9,019.8
  Point.360                          -19.5%   33.1       23.9
  ValCom Inc.                        -81.1%     NA        8.3
  Westwood One Inc.                   15.0%   75.3    4,196.3
MISC. MANUFACTURING
  Avery Dennison Corp.                10.8%   25.3    6,984.1
  Coastcast Corp. (L)                -69.2%     NA       18.1
  Dole Food Co                        90.7%   17.2    1,786.1
  Equity Marketing Inc.               27.9%   27.7       75.7
  Farmer Bros Co                      42.9%   19.7      635.6
  Jakks Pacific Inc.                   9.6%   10.6      416.4
  Mattel Inc.                         15.6%   24.8    9,183.2
  Panavision Inc.                    -45.1%     NA       28.3
  Reinhold Industries Inc. (H)         8.1%  430.1       20.8
  Scope Industries (H)                62.8%     NA       68.9
  Tag-It Pacific Inc.                  9.1%   24.7       39.0
  3D Systems Corp.                   -37.0%   17.9      135.1
  Variflex Inc.                      -40.3%     NA       19.1
  Vicro Manufacturing (H)             56.1%  468.3      170.6
MISC. SERVICES
  Cadiz Inc.                         -10.5%     NA      319.6
  Computer Sciences Corp.              6.8%   24.0    8,239.8
  Electro Rent Corp.                  20.5%   22.0      319.1
  Enova Systems Inc.                  44.4%     NA       45.4
  Hilton Hotels Corp.                  9.7%   28.9    5,039.2
  PC Mall Inc.                       141.3%   12.2       44.7
  International Aircraft Investors    64.5%     NA        5.1
  Kom/Ferry International            -50.4%     NA      406.4
  Learning Tree International Inc.   -14.1%   32.8      393.5
  On Assignment Inc.                  -8.1%   32.3      562.6
  National Technical SYS Inc.         -2.9%   68.0       17.7
  TBA Entertainment Corp.            -33.4%     NA       18.6
  UTI Worldwide Inc.                   7.1%   24.7      488.3
  VCA Antech Inc.                        NA     NA      512.8
  Westminster Capital Inc. (H)        34.4%     NA       19.0
REAL ESTATE
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities     26.5%   27.1      789.0
   Inc. (H)
  Arden Realty Inc.                    9.3%   18.6    1,783.3
  Apex Mortgage Capital Inc. (H)      42.4%    5.2      434.4
  Center Trust Inc. (H)               47.1%     NA      178.3
  Intergmup Corp.                    -11.0%   28.4       32.1
  Kilroy Realty Corp.                  6.6%   16.4      762.0
  Kennedy-Wilson Inc.                 45.3%    7.4       47.9
  Macerich Co/The                     20.1%   13.7    1,018.3
  Newball Land & Farming Co           18.7%    8.0      771.4
  Public Storage Inc.                 30.9%   23.4    4,832.6
  PS Business Parks Inc.              27.0%   17.5      755.9
  National Golf Properties Inc.      -66.3%  283.0      111.4
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES
  Arden Group Inc.                    16.4%   13.4      183.3
  California Pizza Kitchen Inc.       13.2%   32.9      445.7
  Cheesecake Factory (The)            73.9%   45.8    1,941.3
  Guitar Center Inc.                   3.7%   21.8      410.3
  IHOP Corp.                          27.5%   21.4      685.0
  99 Cents Only Stores                33.4%   41.0    2,080.3
  Smart & Final Inc.                 -17.5%   19.1      269.3
  Sport Chalet Inc.                    5.4%   13.4       60.1
  Worldwide Restaurant Concepts       94.2%   22.5       73.5
   Inc.
SOFTWARE
  Activision Inc.                     36.6%   36.9    1,741.7
  Brilliant Digital Entertainment    -47.1%     NA        9.2
   Inc.
  CaminoSoft Corp. (L)               -52.5%     NA        7.5
  Cash Technologies Inc.              -3.8%     NA        7.4
  MSC.Software Corp. (L)             -50.2%   18.2      284.6
  Peerless Systems Corp.             -21.6%     NA       26.1
  Seebeyond Technology Corp.         -79.6%     NA      248.9
  THQ Inc.                            -9.0%  30.76    1,222.9
  Vertel Corp. (L)                   -93.6%     NA        3.7


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