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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

Stocks gave back some of their recent gains last week as all of the major indexes lost ground. Hardest hit was the Nasdaq composite The Nasdaq Composite is a stock market index of all of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the NASDAQ stock market, meaning that it has over 3,000 components. It is highly followed in the U.S. , which fell 6.7 percent, while 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.
 and Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 2.9 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively. Local stocks in the LABJ LABJ Los Angeles Business Journal  200 fell 4.3 percent. Only three Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  companies reached 52-week highs for the week, while 10 set new lows. In market sectors, communications, computers and software all posted double-digit dou·ble-dig·it
adj.
Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. 
 losses, while real estate and aerospace and defense eked out small gains. Among the week's winners were Panavision
Panavision is a motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California.
 Inc., which rose 8.3 percent to $3.25, and National Technical SYS SYS System(s)
SYS System Configuration (File Name Extension)
SYS See You Soon
SYS Sun Yat-Sen (founder of Republic of China)
SYS Stretch-Yawn Syndrome
 Inc., which picked up 28.6 percent to $2.25. Losers were Semtech
This is Semtech, the semiconductor supplier, publicly trading as SMTC. For other uses, see SMTC.


Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ: SMTC) is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors.
 Corp., which lost 35.5 percent on a lower outlook, and International Rectifier International Rectifier Corp. (NYSE: IRF) is a manufacturer of power semiconductors (MOSFET, IGBT, diodes and thyristors), located in El Segundo, California, USA. It has a market capitalization of 2.48 billion USD and is listed on the S&P Midcap 400.  Corp.. which lost 18.1 percent amid stock analyst downgrades. Some of the week's most active stocks were Gemstar-TV Guide International Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. is a media company that licenses interactive program guide technology to multichannel operators, such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers, video recorder scheduling code under brands such as VCR  Inc., which is threatened with a Nasdaq delisting Delisting

When the stock of a company is removed from a stock exchange.

Notes:
Reasons for delisting include violating regulations and/or failure to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange.
, Activision Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is an American video game developer and publisher. It was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles, founded on October 1 1979.  Inc . and THQ THQ Toy Headquarters
THQ Territorial Headquarters
THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan)
THQ The Holy Quran
THQ Theater Headquarters
 Inc., video game makers posting 11.1 percent and 12.8 percent losses, respectively.

[GRAPH graph, figure that shows relationships between quantities. The graph of a function y=f (x) is the set of points with coordinates [x, f (x)] in the xy-plane, when x and y are numbers.  OMITTED]
MARKET INDEXES

                                   Aug. 28  Aug. 21    Point    1-Wk
Index                                Close    Close   Change  % Chg.

Dow Jones Industrial               8694.09  8957.23  -263.14   -2.9%
NASDAQ                             1314.38  1409.25   -94.87   -6.7%
S&P 500                             917.87   949.36   -31.49   -3.3%
LABJ 200                             70.75    73.93    -3.19   -4.3%

                                    52-Wk     YTD
Index                              % Chg.  % Chg.

Dow Jones Industrial               -14.9%  -13.2%
NASDAQ                             -29.5%  -32.6%
S&P 500                            -21.0%  -20.1%
LABJ 200                           -14.9%  -11.5%

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

                                   Aug. 28  Aug. 21    Point    1-Wk
Index                                Close    Close   Change  % Chg.

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE                   223.45   215.39     8.06    3.7%
APPAREL                             116.17   125.39    -9.22   -7.3%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS          135.86   141.73    -5.87   -4.1%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL          89.58    94.34    -4.76   -5.0%
COMMUNICATIONS                       21.94    25.11    -3.18  -12.7%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS    10.95    12.64    -1.70  -13.4%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING            141.50   144.03    -2.53   -1.8%
ENERGY/UTILITIES                     83.38    84.52    -1.14   -1.3%
FINANCIAL SERVICES                  149.65   152.72    -3.06   -2.0%
HEALTHCARE                          135.43   138.64    -3.21   -2.3%
INSURANCE                           109.98    11.12    -1.14   -1.0%
INTERNET                             57.86    63.92    -6.06   -9.5%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT          46.71    50.67    -3.96   -7.8%
MISC. MANUFACTURING                 146.48   148.25    -1.77   -1.2%
MISC. SERVICES                       70.38    71.96    -1.58   -2.2%
REAL ESTATE                         130.07   129.00     1.07    0.8%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES   126.72   133.30    -6.59   -4.9%
SOFTWARE                            138.45   153.99   -15.55  -10.1%

                                    52-Wk     YTD
Index                              % Chg.  % Chg.

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE                   83.8%   21.4%
APPAREL                            -16.6%   -8.3%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS           5.0%    2.9%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL        -13.7%   -4.0%
COMMUNICATIONS                     -48.6%  -39.0%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS  -78.0%  -75.7%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING            25.0%    0.2%
ENERGY/UTILITIES                    -3.3%   -3.0%
FINANCIAL SERVICES                  20.9%   20.9%
HEALTHCARE                          27.0%   14.2%
INSURANCE                           -6.4%   -9.9%
INTERNET                           -22.9%  -18.8%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT        -37.0%  -26.9%
MISC. MANUFACTURING                 22.1%   14.6%
MISC. SERVICES                      -7.6%  -14.1%
REAL ESTATE                          5.3%    4.2%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES  -45.3%  -13.6%
SOFTWARE                            -7.5%  -15.6%
WEEKLY TOP GAINERS

TOP TEN GAINERS BY PERCENTAGE

                                  Aug. 28  Aug. 21   Point     1-Wk
            Company                 Close    Close  Change   % Chg.

US Dataworks Inc.                    $0.19    $0.12    0.07    58.3%
Styleclick Inc.                      0.20     0.14    0.06    42.9%
National Technical SYS Inc.          2.25     1.75    0.50    28.6%
Vertel Corp.                         0.10     0.08    0.02    18.8%
New Century Cos Inc.                 1.50     1.29    0.21    16.3%
CaminoSoft Corp.                     1.19     1.05    0.14  13.30/o
MaxWorldwide Inc.                    0.45     0.40    0.05    12.5%
Panavision Inc.                      3.25     3.00    0.25     8.3%
IVAX Diagnostics Inc.                1.55     1.44    0.11     7.6%
Point.360                            1.75     1.64    0.11     6.4%

                                   52-wk     YTD
            Company               % Chg.  % Chg.

US Dataworks Inc.                 -52.5%  -40.6%
Styleclick Inc.                   -84.1%   -9.1%
National Technical SYS Inc.        38.9%   83.7%
Vertel Corp.                      -90.6%  -85.8%
New Century Cos Inc.              -79.5%  -28.6%
CaminoSoft Corp.                  -24.2%  -27.9%
MaxWorldwide Inc.                 -65.4%  -71.0%
Panavision Inc.                   -39.5%  -29.3%
IVAX Diagnostics Inc.             -69.0%  -55.5%
Point.360                           6.1%   29.6%

WEEKLY TOP LOSERS
TOP TEN LOSERS BY PERCENTAGE

                                  Aug. 28  Aug. 21   Point     1-Wk
            Company                 Close    Close  Change   % Chg.

Northgate Innovations Inc.          $0.51    $0.90   -0.39   -43.3%
Semtech Corp.                       14.05    21.77   -7.72   -35.5%
JB Oxford Holdings Inc.              0.40     0.55   -0.15   -27.3%
Hemacare Corp.                       0.51     0.70   -0.19   -27.1%
3D Systems Corp.                     6.42     8.81   -2.39   -27.1%
International Aircraft Investors     0.76     1.02   -0.26   -25.5%
Aura Systems Inc.                    0.08     0.10   -0.03   -25.0%
Homestore Inc.                       0.54     0.72   -0.18   -25.0%
United Leisure Corp.                 0.82     1.01   -0.19   -18.8%
International Rectifier Corp.       21.74    26.55   -4.81   -18.1%

                                   52-wk     YTD
            Company               % Chg.  % Chg.

Northgate Innovations Inc.         -49.0%  -49.0%
Semtech Corp.                      -62.9%  -60.6%
JB Oxford Holdings Inc.            -63.0%  -60.8%
Hemacare Corp.                     -70.0%  -68.1%
3D Systems Corp.                   -59.0%  -54.9%
International Aircraft Investors   -86.1%  -50.6%
Aura Systems Inc.                  -87.6%  -83.0%
Homestore Inc.                     -96.7%  -85.0%
United Leisure Corp.                86.4%  215.4%
International Rectifier Corp.      -40.1%  -37.7%
MARKET SUMMARY

TOP TEN STOCKS                          VOLUME

Amgen Inc.                          57,417,065
Walt Disney Co.                      37858,700
Semtech Corp.                       18,111,940
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. 14,460,038
Activision Inc.                     11,925,479
Edison International                11,842,700
Northrop Grumman Corp.               9,746,100
THQ Inc.                             7,670,806
Hughes Electronics Corp.             7,105,400
Wellpoint Health Networks            6,661,700
WEEKLY SUMMARY


Advances    56
Declines   132
Unchanged   12
New Highs    3
New Lows    10


WEEKLY PROFILE

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Symbol: TMCS TMCS Trimethylchlorosilane (derivatization reagent)
TMCS Telecommunications Management & Control Subsystem
TMCS Taylor Made Computer Solutions, Ltd.


Exchange: NASDAQ

Close: 15.85

1-WK % Chg: -9.9%

Business Overview

Ticketmaster is a provider of automated au·to·mate  
v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates

v.tr.
1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory.

2.
 ticketing services, as well as a local portal and electronic commerce company that provides in-depth in-depth
adj.
Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study.


in-depth
Adjective

detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis

 local content and services. The company's ticketing service has over 7,000 domestic and foreign clients, including many entertainment facilities, promoters PROMOTERS. In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties.  and professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 franchises. Ticketmaster's principal online businesses are ticketing, personals, city guide and camping reservations. Ticketmaster's family of Websites includes ticketmaster.com, Match.com Match.com is an online dating service. The company reportedly has more than 15 million members and Web sites serving 37 countries in more than 12 different languages. Its headquarters is in Dallas, Texas and the company also has offices in London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Munich, , citysearch Citysearch is a local online search service, providing information on businesses in the categories of dining, entertainment, retail, travel, and professional services in cities throughout the United States. .com, reserveamerica.com, museumtix.com, ticketweb.com, evite E`vite´

v. t. 1. To shun.
.com and livedaily.com, among others, Its businesses are operated in three segments: ticketing, personals and city guide. Ticketing includes both online and offline (1) Not connected to the Internet, online service or internal network. See offline file.

(2) Not connected to or not installed in the computer. If a terminal, printer or other device is physically connected to the computer, but is not turned on or in ready mode, it is
 ticketing and camping reservations operations. Personals includes online personals, and city guide includes all of Ticketmaster's other online properties.
Income Statement                 LTM  FY 2001

Revenue (millions)            $715.5   $675.2
Operating Income (millions)   (66.8)  (149.1)
Net Income (millions)        (200.4)  (164.5)
Diluted EPS                  ($1.39)  ($1.16)


* Latest twelve months ended June 30; the company's fiscal year ends on
Dec. 31.

EPS = Earnings per share; EBITDA = Earnings before Interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization.


Summary

Hqtrs: Los Angeles

Co-Chairman: Bany Diller and Teny Barnes Barnes, former municipal borough, SE England. See Richmond upon Thames.

Market Cap: $2.3 billion

Dividend Yield: N/A

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.
: N/A
Aug. 28, 2001  $16.86
Aug. 28, 2002  $15.85

Note: Table made from line graph
THE LABJ STOCK INDEX

TRACKING 200 SELECTED LOS ANGELES COUNTY-BASED COMPANIES

            Company                              Aug. 28    1-Wk     YTD
             Name                        Ticker    Close   % Chg   % Chg


  Ducommun Inc.                           DCO     $19.98   -6.0%   80.0%
  HI Shear Technology Corp.               HSR       1.70   -5.6%   -7.1%
  Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd              MASG      0.13    4.2%  -46.8%
  Northrop Grumman Corp.                  NOC     119.98    4.3%   19.0%
  Teledyne Technologies Inc.              TDY      16.84   -5.9%    3.4%

APPAREL

  Cherokee Inc.                           CHKE     17.00   -1.4%   53.2%
  Guess ? Inc.                            GES       5.05   -1.9%  -32.7%
  HOT Topic Inc.                          HOTT     17.13   -6.6%  -18.1%
  K2 Inc.                                 KTO       8.60   -9.5%   19.3%
  K-Swiss Inc.                            KSWS     18.40  -13.4%   10.7%
  Skechers U.S.A. Inc.                    SKX      16.00   -7.6%    9.4%
  Tarrant Apparel Group                   TAGS      5.05   -1.0%   -7.8%
  Vans Inc.                               VANS      6.42   -8.3%  -49.6%

AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS

  Amerigon Inc.                           ARGN      1.68    0.6%   57.0%
  Edelbrock Corp.                         EDEL     11.00    2.8%   20.1%
  IMPCO Technologies inc.                 IMCO      5.00   -3.8%  -29.5%
  International Aluminum Corp.            IAL      18.20   -0.5%  -24.2%
  Keystone Automotive industries Inc.     KEYS     14.70   -9.8%  -13.2%
  New Century Cos Inc.                    NCNC      1.50   16.3%  -28.6%
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.            RS      23.78   -6.6%   -9.4%
  Scheib (Earl) Inc.                      ESH       2.95    1.7%   75.6%
  Summa industries Inc.                   SUMX      9.56   -2.9%   17.3%
  Superior Industries International       SUP      48.26   -2.5%   19.9%
  Turbodyne Technologies Inc.             TRBD      0.13    2.5%  -51.0%

BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL

  Acacia Research Corp.                   ACRI      3.67   -8.3%  -66.8%
  Advanced Biotherapy Inc.                ADVB      0.24    4.3%  -27.3%
  American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc.   APPX     14.01    3.4%  -32.6%
  Amgen Inc.                              AMGN     45.18   -5.3%  -20.0%
  Chad Therapeutics Inc.                  CTU       3.00    0.3%    3.4%
  Diagnostic Products Corp.                DP      38.87    4.8%  -11.6%
  International Remote Imaging Systems    IRI       2.36    0.0%   -0.4%
  IVAX Diagnostics Inc.                   IVD       1.55    7.6%  -55.5%
  Natrol Inc.                             NTOL      1.60   -4.8%  -36.4%
  North American Scientific Inc.          NASI     11.00    0.0%  -17.9%
  Syncor international Corp-Del           SCOR     33.40   -4.4%   16.6%
  Staar Surgical Co.                      STAA      3.00    3.1%  -22.1%

COMMUNICATIONS

  Hughes Electronics Corp.                GMH      10.01   -9.4%  -35.2%
  MRV Communications Inc.                 MRVC      1.12   -3.4%  -73.6%
  Optical Communication Products Inc.     OCPI      1.12   -2.6%  -71.6%
  OSI Systems Inc.                        OSIS     17.50  -10.2%   -4.1%
  Semtech Corp. (L)                       SMTC     14.05  -35.5%  -60.6%
  Tekelec                                 TKLC      9.99  -13.6%  -44.8%
  UNOVA Inc.                              UNA       5.16   -4.4%  -11.0%

COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS

  Aura Systems Inc.                       AURA      0.08  -25.0%  -83.0%
  Alpha Technologies Group Inc.           ATGI      1.45    5.1%  -63.8%
  Bell Industries Inc.                     BI       1.55   -3.1%  -28.6%
  Diodes Inc.                             DIOD      9.10   -3.3%   36.8%
  Electronic Clearing House Inc.          ECHO      1.29   -1.5%  -40.6%
  En Pointe Technologies Inc.             ENPT      0.96   -5.0%  -52.7%
  Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.    GMSTE      3.93  -11.9%  -85.8%
  International Rectifier Corp.           IRF      21.74  -18.1%  -37.7%
  Ixia                                    XXIA      6.15   -2.4%  -52.1%
  Merisel Inc.                            MSEL      1.75    0.0%    6.1%
  Qualstar Corp.                          QBAK      4.70  -14.7%  -22.3%
  Taitron Components Inc.                 TAIT      1.40    0.0%   -9.7%
  TrioTech international                  TRT       2.01    0.5%  -31.6%

CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING

  Ameron International Corp.              AMN      52.60   -6.6%  -24.0%
  Calprop Corp.                           CLPO      0.93    0.0%    9.4%
  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.           JEC      33.89   -2.3%    2.7%
  KB Home                                 KBH      49.26   -0.6%   22.8%
  Ryland Group Inc.                       RYL      43.35    1.1%   18.4%
  Tetra Tech Inc.                         TTEK      8.28  -10.2%  -58.4%

ENERGY/UTILITIES

  American States Water Co.               AWR      24.80   -0.4%    6.4%
  Capstone Turbine Corp.                  CPST      1.08    0.0%  -80.0%
  Edison International                    EIX      12.13   -6.3%   19.7%
  Mercury Air Group Inc.                  MAX       3.91    1.3%  -21.8%
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.              OXY      29.01    0.8%    9.3%
  Pacific Energy Partners LP (H)          PPX      19.54    0.2%      NA
  Southwest Water Co.                     SWWC     15.49    0.5%    9.7%
  Unocal Corp.                            UCL      33.26   -1.7%   -7.8%

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  Aames Rnancial Corp.                    AMSF      0.41    0.0%   20.6%
  Cathay Bancorp Inc.                     CATY     42.81    0.7%   33.7%
  Countrywide Credit Ind Inc.             CCR      52.87   -1.8%   29.0%
  City National Corp/CA                   CYN      53.76   -0.8%   14.7%
  East-West Bancorp Inc.                  EWBC     36.00   -4.7%   39.8%
  First Regional Bancorp/Cal              FRGB     12.50    4.2%    8.7%
  FirstFed Financial Corp.                FED      27.40   -5.2%    6.9%
  Foothill Independent BanCorp.           FOOT     17.29   -3.7%   37.2%
  GBC Bancorp/California                  GBCB     21.29    3.4%  -27.8%
  Hanmi Financial Corp.                   HAFC     15.00   -0.7%   12.8%
  Hawthorne Financial Corp.               HTHR     26.73   -3.3%   39.2%
  Itla Capital Corp.                      ITLA     28.75   -4.2%   37.2%
  JB Oxtord Holdings Inc. (L)             JBOH      0.40  -27.3%  -60.8%
  IndyMac Bancorp Inc.                    NDE      22.70   -4.4%   -2.9%
  Nara Bancorp Inc.                       NARA     19.25   -3.8%   26.2%
  Pacific Crest Capital Inc. (H)          PCCI     31.65    2.9%   50.4%
  PFF Bancorp Inc.                        PFB      32.95   -5.7%   19.4%
  Quaker City Bancorp Inc.                QCBC     35.85    0.5%   50.1%
  Wilshire State Bank/Calif               WSBK     12.24   -2.9%   55.5%

HEALTH CARE

  DaVita Inc.                             DVA      22.02   -3.7%   -9.9%
  First Consulting Group Inc.             FCGI      7.31   -8.6%  -53.3%
  Health Net Inc.                         HNT      22.52   -1.3%    3.4%
  Hemacare Corp. (L)                      HEMA      0.51  -27.1%  -68.1%
  Primedex Health Systems Inc.            PMDX      1.12   -4.3%  -18.8%
  Specialty Laboratories                   SP       8.55  -14.2%  -68.9%
  Unilab Corp.                            ULAB     18.64   -0.6%  -25.7%
  Wellpoint Health Networks               WLP      72.90   -2.1%   24.8%

INSURANCE

  Fremont General Corp.                   FMT       5.69   -2.7%  -27.2%
  Mercury General Corp.                   MCY     $45.15   -2.8%    3.4%
  Paula Financial                         PFCO      0.96    4.3%  -28.9%
  SCPIE Holdings Inc.                     SKP       3.94    0.0%  -86.5%
  21st Century Insurance Group             TW      14.80    2.1%  -23.9%
  Unico American Corp.                    UNAM      4.33    5.4%  -19.1%
  Wesco Financial Corp.                   WSC     304.00   -0.8%   -3.5%
  Zenith National Insurance Corp.         ZNT      26.00   -0.1%   -6.9%

INTERNET

  AdStar Inc.                             ADST      1.20   -7.7%   93.5%
  Artistdirect Inc.                       ARTD      5.74    0.5%  -60.2%
  Digital Insight Corp.                   DGIN     15.37   -3.3%  -31.3%
  EUniverse Inc.                          EUNI      3.80  -14.4%  -30.8%
  Homestore Inc. (L)                      HOMS      0.54  -25.0%  -85.0%
  Infonet Services Corp.                   IN       2.22   -6.7%   -9.4%
  j2 Global Communications Inc. (H)       JCOM     18.71  -18.0%  278.0%
  MaxWorldwide Inc.                       MAXW      0.45   12.5%  -71.0%
  Imergent Inc.                           IMGG      1.50    3.4%  -57.1%
  Northgate Innovations Inc.              NGTE      0.51  -43.3%  -49.0%
  Overture Services Inc.                  OVER     20.31  -13 0%  -42.7%
  Stamps.com Inc.                         STMP      4.26   -1.8%   19.0%
  Styleclick Inc.                        IBUYA      0.20   42.9%   -9.1%
  Ticketmaster                            TMCS     15.85   -9.9%   -3.3%
  United Leisure Corp.                    UTDL      0.82  -18.8%  215.4%
  United Online Inc.                      UNTD     10.92  -11.3%  160.0%
  US Search.com                           SRCH      0.50    4.2%  -45.7%
  US Dataworks Inc.                       UDW       0.19   58.3%   40.6%
  Valueclick Inc.                         VCLK      2.43   -1.6%  -15.0%
  Youbet.com Inc.                         UBET      0.60    3.4%   17.6%

MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT

  Daily Journal Corp.                     DJCO     24.50   -1.0%    0.0%
  Walt Disney Co.                         DIS      15.40   -8.9%  -25.7%
  Entravision Communications Corp.        EVC      12.20   -1.2%    2.1%
  Image Entertainment Inc. (L)            DISK      0.94  -10.5%  -60.8%
  Intervisual Books Inc.                  IVBK      0.58   -4.9%   -3.3%
  Laser-Pacific Media Corp.               LPAC      2.51    0.4%  -12.8%
  Liberty Livewire Corp.                 LWIRA      1.60  -17.9%  -77.0%
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.                MGM      11.35    4.1%  -48.2%
  Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.             PNK       8.32   -6.1%   38.0%
  Sports Club Inc.                        SCY       1.75  -10.3%  -37.5%
  Univision Communications Inc.           UVN      22.46  -11.1%  -44.5%
  Point 360                               PTSX      1.75    6.4%   29.6%
  ValCom Inc.                             VACM      0.46  -14.8%   35.3%
  Westwood One Inc.                       WON      34.70    4.4%   15.5%

MISC. MANUFACTURING

  Avery Dennison Corp.                    AVY      63.12   -1.5%   11.7%
  Coastcast Corp.                         PAR       2.32   -4.9%  -54.8%
  Dole Food Co.                           DOL      27.45    2.5%    2.3%
  Equity Marketing Inc.                   EMAK     11.65   -3.3%  -10.5%
  Farmer Bros Co.                         FARM    346.49    1.3%   30.8%
  Jakks Pacific Inc.                      JAKK     11.55    3.6%  -39.1%
  Mattel Inc.                             MAT      19.78   -1.5%   15.0%
  Panavision Inc.                         PVIS      3.25    8.3%  -29.3%
  Reinhold Industries Inc.               RNHDA      6.50   -6.5%   15.3%
  Scope Industries                        SCP      63.00    4.1%   12.5%
  Tag-It Pacific Inc.                     TAG       4.00    0.0%    1.3%
  3D Systems Corp. (L)                    TDSC      6.42  -27.1%  -54.9%
  Variflex Inc. (L)                       VFLX       365    5.5%  -23.1%
  Virco Manufacturing                     VIR      12.77   -5.1%   27.7%

MISC. SERVICES

  Cadiz Inc. (L)                          CLCI      4.16   -6.5%  -48.1%
  Computer Sciences Corp.                 CSC      36.28   -1.8%  -25.9%
  Electro Rent Corp.                      ELRC     10.34   -1.1%  -19.8%
  Enova Systems Inc.                      ENVA      0.11    0.0%  -26.7%
  Hilton Hotels Corp.                     HLT      11.76   -2.1%    7.7%
  PC Mall Inc.                            MALL      2.25    2.3%  -44.6%
  International Aircraft Investors        IAIS      0.76  -25.5%  -50.6%
  Kom/Ferry International                 KFY       7.02   -6.2%  -34.1%
  Learning Tree International Inc.        LTRE     15.71   -4.8%  -43.7%
  On Assignment Inc.                      ASGN     10.30   -4.8%  -55.2%
  National Technical SYS Inc.             NTSC      2.25   28.6%   83.7%
  TBA Entertainment Corp.                 TBA       2.18   -3.1%  -38.6%
  UTI Worldwide Inc.                      UTIW     16.64    0.5%  -15.0%
  VCA Antech Inc.                         WOOF     13.80   -7.8%   13.9%
  Westminster Capital Inc.                 WI       2.85   -5.0%   49.2%

REAL ESTATE

  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.    ARE      42.70   -0.4%    3.9%
  Arden Realty Inc.                       ARI      24.82    3.8%   -6.3%
  Apex Mortgage Capital Inc.              AXM      13.50    2.7%   20.0%
  Center Trust Inc.                       CTA       5.59   -6.1%   31.5%
  Intergroup Corp.                        INTG     15.29    0.9%  -22.5%
  Kilroy Realty Corp.                     KRC      24.25    1.3%   -7.7%
  Kennedy-Wilson Inc.                     KWIC      4.76   -3.1%   12.3%
  Macerich Co/The                         MAC      30.47   -1.7%   14.5%
  Newhall Land & Farming Co.              NHL      27.80   -0.4%   -6.1%
  Public Storage Inc.                     PSA      32.05    0.3%   -4.0%
  PS Business Parks Inc.                  PSB      35.36    3.7%   12.3%
  National Golf Properties Inc.           TEE      10.10    3.5%   13.9%

RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES

  Arden Group Inc.                       ARDNA     59.34   -1.1%   -4.3%
  Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.              BGFV     10.90   -9.9%      NA
  California Pizza Kitchen Inc.           CPKI     20.77   -1.2%  -16.1%
  Cheesecake Factory (The)                CAKE     28.73   -8.8%  -17.4%
  Guitar Center Inc.                      GTRC     16.11   -3.7%   18.1%
  Ihop Corp.                              IHP      24.65    3.0%  -15.9%
  99 Cents Only Stores                    NDN      23.87   -1.9%  -16.8%
  Smart & Final Inc. (L)                  SMF       5.30  -10.8%  -49.2%
  Sport Chalet Inc.                       SPCH      6.90    0.0%  -27.4%
  Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc.       SZ       2.41   -9.1%  102.5%

SOFTWARE

  Activision Inc.                         ATVI     26.66  -11.1%    2.5%
  Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc.    BDE       0.15    0.0%   -6.3%
  CaminoSoft Corp.                        CMSF      1.19   13.3%  -27.9%
  Cash Technologies Inc.                   TQ       0.84   -6.7%  -47.5%
  ELITE Information Group Inc.            ELTE      7.06   -0.3%  -43.1%
  MSC.Software Corp.                      MNS      11.07   -1.9%  -29.0%
  Peerless Systems Corp.                  PRLS      1.15   -4.2%   -8.0%
  Seebeyond Technology Corp.              SBYN      1.38   -1.4%  -85.8%
  THQ Inc.                                THQI     22.79  -12.8%  -29.5%
  Vertel Corp. (L)                        VRTL      0.10   18.8%  -85.8%

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

AEROSPACE/DEFENSE

  Ducommun Inc.                           47.1%    12.6      $196.5
  HI Shear Technology Corp.               21.4%    42.5        11.3
  Mooney Aerospace Group Ltd             -44.4%      NA         9.2
  Northrop Grumman Corp.                  43.8%    21.1    13,553.5
  Teledyne Technologies Inc.               8.6%    23.4       539.4

APPAREL

  Cherokee Inc.                           77.1%    11.3       140.4
  Guess ? Inc.                           -31.8%      NA       220.6
  HOT Topic Inc.                         -24.7%    19.5       544.0
  K2 Inc.                                 -1.6%    25.3       154.3
  K-Swiss Inc.                            11.9%    13.1       339.0
  Skechers U.S.A. Inc.                   -26.8%    11.4       600.6
  Tarrant Apparel Group                   -5.8%      NA        80.0
  Vans Inc.                              -61.9%    14.9       118.1

AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS

  Amerigon Inc.                          -11.6%      NA        18.1
  Edelbrock Corp.                         25.0%    11.0        65.9
  IMPCO Technologies inc.                -40.3%      NA        70.7
  International Aluminum Corp.           -18.6%    75.8        77.3
  Keystone Automotive industries Inc.     -0.3%    17.9       214.9
  New Century Cos Inc.                   -79.5%      NA         7.4
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.          -12.3%    24.5       754.3
  Scheib (Earl) Inc.                      13.5%      NA        12.9
  Summa industries Inc.                  -12.9%    13.7        42.4
  Superior Industries International       27.8%    18.0     1,282.4
  Turbodyne Technologies Inc.            -41.9%      NA        10.8

BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL

  Acacia Research Corp.                  -65.9%      NA        72.1
  Advanced Biotherapy Inc.               -53.8%      NA        10.5
  American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc.      NA    48.3       659.4
  Amgen Inc.                             -28.3%    34.8    57,747.9
  Chad Therapeutics Inc.                   3.1%    25.0        30.2
  Diagnostic Products Corp.                2.8%    25.4     1,109.2
  International Remote Imaging Systems   -24.1%    18.2        24.7
  IVAX Diagnostics Inc.                  -69.0%      NA        44.4
  Natrol Inc.                            -56.8%      NA        20.5
  North American Scientific Inc.         -17.6%      NA       112.2
  Syncor international Corp-Del          -11.5%    22.9       848.5
  Staar Surgical Co.                      -9.9%      NA        51.5

COMMUNICATIONS

  Hughes Electronics Corp.               -48.6%      NA     8,786.8
  MRV Communications Inc.                -76.4%      NA       105.8
  Optical Communication Products Inc.    -73.1%    37.3       121.9
  OSI Systems Inc.                       405.8%    31.3       223.8
  Semtech Corp. (L)                      -62.9%    29.3     1,026.2
  Tekelec                                -35.7%    32.2       603.4
  UNOVA Inc.                             -19.9%      NA       301.3

COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS

  Aura Systems Inc.                      -87.6%      NA        30.7
  Alpha Technologies Group Inc.          -70.9%      NA        10.3
  Bell Industries Inc.                   -26.2%      NA        13.5
  Diodes Inc.                              3.6%    60.7        74.5
  Electronic Clearing House Inc.         -46.3%      NA         7.5
  En Pointe Technologies Inc.            -69.2%      NA         6.4
  Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.    -87.4%      NA     1,630.5
  International Rectifier Corp.          -40.1%    28.6     1,381.5
  Ixia                                   -46.9%    30.8       351.9
  Merisel Inc.                           -20.8%     1.3        13.6
  Qualstar Corp.                         -19.5%    13.4        59.5
  Taitron Components Inc.                -24.7%      NA         8.0
  TrioTech international                 -46.4%      NA         5.9

CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING

  Ameron International Corp.             -27.3%     7.6       205.9
  Calprop Corp.                          -22.5%     4.4         9.5
  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.           14.1%    17.9     1,843.4
  KB Home                                 67.6%     8.2     2,453.9
  Ryland Group Inc.                       67.1%     7.8     1,141.1
  Tetra Tech Inc.                        -56.7%    11.3       441.2

ENERGY/UTILITIES

  American States Water Co.               -0.3%    17.7       375.8
  Capstone Turbine Corp.                 -78.0%      NA        83.7
  Edison International                   -13.4%     4.0     3,952.1
  Mercury Air Group Inc.                 -34.3%    12.6        25.5
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.               3.8%    15.2    10,919.1
  Pacific Energy Partners LP (H)             NA      NA       409.0
  Southwest Water Co.                     34.6%    23.1       143.7
  Unocal Corp.                            -7.5%    22.5     8,137.6

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  Aames Rnancial Corp.                   -64.3%      NA         2.6
  Cathay Bancorp Inc.                     49.9%    16.6       770.8
  Countrywide Credit Ind Inc.             23.4%    11.8     6,639.8
  City National Corp/CA                   12.6%    16.4     2,689.0
  East-West Bancorp Inc.                  48.6%    20.7       854.2
  First Regional Bancorp/Cal               1.6%    13.6        34.1
  FirstFed Financial Corp.                -8.4%     9.7       473.3
  Foothill Independent BanCorp.           33.0%    13.6        95.6
  GBC Bancorp/California                 -33.5%    44.4       245.6
  Hanmi Financial Corp.                    3.3%    12.0       205.9
  Hawthorne Financial Corp.               33.7%     9.5       165.2
  Itla Capital Corp.                      59.3%    10.1       166.4
  JB Oxtord Holdings Inc. (L)            -63.0%      NA         5.7
  IndyMac Bancorp Inc.                   -10.8%    10.0     1,299.7
  Nara Bancorp Inc.                       -0.8%    11.6       106.2
  Pacific Crest Capital Inc. (H)          54.8%    14.1        76.9
  PFF Bancorp Inc.                        28.2%    12.0       430.4
  Quaker City Bancorp Inc.                55.3%    11.8       237.3
  Wilshire State Bank/Calif               37.9%      NA        69.5

HEALTH CARE

  DaVita Inc.                              6.2%    15.2     1,407.1
  First Consulting Group Inc.            -22.6%    31.8       176.0
  Health Net Inc.                         20.0%    12.2     2,818.1
  Hemacare Corp. (L)                     -70.0%      NA         3.9
  Primedex Health Systems Inc.            62.3%    11.2        45.9
  Specialty Laboratories                 -72.1%    37.2       186.2
  Unilab Corp.                           -30.2%    20.0       624.9
  Wellpoint Health Networks               33.8%    19.6    10,620.1

INSURANCE

  Fremont General Corp.                   -6.7%     5.8       427.1
  Mercury General Corp.                   12.9%    21.4    $2,453.7
  Paula Financial                        -73.0%      NA         5.8
  SCPIE Holdings Inc.                    -81.3%      NA        38.7
  21st Century Insurance Group           -22.9%    43.5     1,264.5
  Unico American Corp.                   -32.3%      NA        23.8
  Wesco Financial Corp.                   -9.1%    46.1     2,164.5
  Zenith National Insurance Corp.        -12.0%      NA       487.5

INTERNET

  AdStar Inc.                             46.3%      NA         9.9
  Artistdirect Inc.                       -8.2%      NA        19.9
  Digital Insight Corp.                  -19.1%   128.1       494.3
  EUniverse Inc.                          27.5%    15.8        92.2
  Homestore Inc. (L)                     -96.7%      NA        63.7
  Infonet Services Corp.                   8.3%      NA     1,042.7
  j2 Global Communications Inc. (H)      440.7%    37.4       202.4
  MaxWorldwide Inc.                      -65.4%      NA        11.2
  Imergent Inc.                          -72.2%     0.8        16.2
  Northgate Innovations Inc.             -49.0%      NA         7.5
  Overture Services Inc.                   9.7%    14.6     1,187.5
  Stamps.com Inc.                         86.0%      NA       219.5
  Styleclick Inc.                        -84.1%      NA         6.4
  Ticketmaster                            -6.0%    36.9     2,281.9
  United Leisure Corp.                    86.4%      NA        16.8
  United Online Inc.                     297.1%      NA       438.9
  US Search.com                          -58.3%      NA        13.7
  US Dataworks Inc.                      -52.5%      NA        10.8
  Valueclick Inc.                         13.0%      NA       219.8
  Youbet.com Inc.                        -42.9%      NA        14.1

MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT

  Daily Journal Corp.                     -9.3%      NA        37.4
  Walt Disney Co.                        -40.2%    30.2    31,430.2
  Entravision Communications Corp.         2.1%      NA     1,461.2
  Image Entertainment Inc. (L)           -61.6%     3.5        14.9
  Intervisual Books Inc.                 -47.3%      NA         4.3
  Laser-Pacific Media Corp.              -52.2%    83.7        17.8
  Liberty Livewire Corp.                 -86.5%      NA        67.8
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.               -33.7%      NA     2,857.9
  Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.              4.9%      NA       215.6
  Sports Club Inc.                       -44.4%      NA        31.7
  Univision Communications Inc.          -28.6%    66.1     5,145.8
  Point 360                                6.1%    11.7        15.8
  ValCom Inc.                            -72.9%      NA         4.5
  Westwood One Inc.                       19.7%    51.0     3,706.3

MISC. MANUFACTURING

  Avery Dennison Corp.                    21.8%      24     6,933.4
  Coastcast Corp.                        -55.8%      NA        17.7
  Dole Food Co.                           14.9%    13.0     1,538.2
  Equity Marketing Inc.                  -12.7%    19.1        66.4
  Farmer Bros Co.                         39.2%    20.7       667.3
  Jakks Pacific Inc.                     -38.3%     6.6       272.4
  Mattel Inc.                             12.0%    22.0     8,640.0
  Panavision Inc.                        -39.5%      NA        28.5
  Reinhold Industries Inc.               -10.6%   155.4        17.3
  Scope Industries                        24.8%      NA        64.8
  Tag-It Pacific Inc.                      5.3%   400.0        37.1
  3D Systems Corp. (L)                   -59.0%    12.4        82.7
  Variflex Inc. (L)                      -24.5%      NA        17.7
  Virco Manufacturing                     31.9%    85.1       155.0

MISC. SERVICES

  Cadiz Inc. (L)                         -52.0%      NA       151.4
  Computer Sciences Corp.                 -5.4%    16.6     6,225.5
  Electro Rent Corp.                     -32.9%    19.5       254.8
  Enova Systems Inc.                     -46.3%      NA        38.0
  Hilton Hotels Corp.                     -8.9%    26.1     4,422.1
  PC Mall Inc.                           -13.5%     6.6        24.3
  International Aircraft Investors       -86.1%     9.5         2.7
  Kom/Ferry International                -47.4%      NA       265.0
  Learning Tree International Inc.       -37.9%    32.1       292.3
  On Assignment Inc.                     -48.3%    16.9       276.9
  National Technical SYS Inc.             38.9%    56.3        19.5
  TBA Entertainment Corp.                -43.5%      NA        16.1
  UTI Worldwide Inc.                      -0.7%    21.6       428.0
  VCA Antech Inc.                            NA      NA       507.2
  Westminster Capital Inc.                27.2%      NA        14.4

REAL ESTATE

  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.     3.9%    23.6       809.8
  Arden Realty Inc.                       -8.5%    18.8     1,605.1
  Apex Mortgage Capital Inc.              17.5%     4.1       403.1
  Center Trust Inc.                       34.4%    21.5       155.8
  Intergroup Corp.                       -18.9%    18.9        28.3
  Kilroy Realty Corp.                    -14.6%    18.7       677.2
  Kennedy-Wilson Inc.                     13.6%     7.0        46.7
  Macerich Co/The                         21.7%    20.1     1,104.8
  Newhall Land & Farming Co.              -5.7%    19.2       667.4
  Public Storage Inc.                     -6.2%    21.8     4,230.7
  PS Business Parks Inc.                  22.8%    18.0       762.1
  National Golf Properties Inc.          -45.8%      NA       132.5

RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES

  Arden Group Inc.                        12.9%    14.5       199.4
  Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.                 NA      NA       236.3
  California Pizza Kitchen Inc.            2.1%    26.6       387.0
  Cheesecake Factory (The)                -7.3%    32.3     1,454.7
  Guitar Center Inc.                      16.7%    19.2       362.3
  Ihop Corp.                              -8.9%    16.6       515.5
  99 Cents Only Stores                     1.7%    31.4     1,674.3
  Smart & Final Inc. (L)                 -53.9%    15.1       156.0
  Sport Chalet Inc.                      -26.0%    13.5        45.6
  Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc.      94.4%    11.0        65.6

SOFTWARE

  Activision Inc.                          6.8%    22.6     1,779.0
  Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc.   -69.4%      NA         3.7
  CaminoSoft Corp.                       -24.2%      NA        11.7
  Cash Technologies Inc.                 -35.9%      NA         5.0
  ELITE Information Group Inc.             4.4%    12.4        58.1
  MSC.Software Corp.                     -43.5%    39.5       327.8
  Peerless Systems Corp.                 -30.3%      NA        17.8
  Seebeyond Technology Corp.             -79.9%      NA       115.2
  THQ Inc.                               -34.3%   22.12       903.4
  Vertel Corp. (L)                       -90.6%      NA         3.2

NOTES ON STOCK TABLES

Tables based on Aug. 21 -28, 2002

(H) Stock hit new 52-week high

(L) Stock hit new 52-week low

(S) Stock split during week
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