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The Unique 3 history for 1998 and 1999 appears below. Returns were calculated using adjusted historical prices from Yahoo.
| #Ranks | Date Bought/Stocks | 1 mo Gain | 3 mo Gain | 6 mo Gain | 12 mo Gain | |
| 1/9/98 | 2/6/98 | 4/3/98 | 7/6/98 | 1/8/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 30.88% | 61.98% | 120.59% | 274.15% |
| 3 | Airborne Freight | ABF | 15.06% | 21.58% | 9.61% | 4.19% |
| 3 | Alaska Air Group | ALK | 21.18% | 40.97% | 40.81% | 24.61% |
| Average | 22.37% | 41.51% | 57.00% | 100.98% | ||
| 2/6/98 | 3/6/98 | 5/1/98 | 8/7/98 | 2/5/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 27.21% | 54.42% | 97.01% | 269.00% |
| 3 | Alaska Air Group | ALK | 13.24% | 12.21% | -11.44% | 9.13% |
| 3 | Airborne Freight | ABF | -2.33% | 7.67% | -41.44% | 1.77% |
| Average | 12.71% | 24.77% | 14.71% | 93.30% | ||
| 3/6/98 | 4/3/98 | 6/5/98 | 9/4/98 | 3/5/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | -2.71% | 22.11% | 58.12% | 148.56% |
| 3 | Alaska Air Group | ALK | 2.72% | -12.94% | -38.37% | -5.45% |
| 3 | Whole Foods Market | WFMI | 9.38% | -10.00% | -32.08% | -48.75% |
| Average | 3.13% | -0.28% | -4.11% | 31.45% | ||
| 4/3/98 | 5/1/98 | 7/6/98 | 10/2/98 | 4/1/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 24.77% | 36.18% | 86.09% | 144.53% |
| 3 | HBO & Co. | HBOC | -6.07% | No data | No data | No data |
| 3 | PeopleSoft | PSFT | -20.22% | -16.18% | -56.29% | -74.16% |
| 3 | Alaska Air Group | ALK | -3.54% | -0.11% | -39.89% | -15.80% |
| Average | -1.26% | 6.63% | -3.36% | 18.19% | ||
| 5/1/98 | 6/5/98 | 8/7/98 | 11/6/98 | 5/7/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 0.59% | 27.58% | 56.28% | 91.23% |
| Average | 0.59% | 27.58% | 56.28% | 91.23% | ||
| 6/5/98 | 7/6/98 | 9/4/98 | 12/4/98 | 6/4/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 8.50% | 29.49% | 56.10% | 60.24% |
| 4 | Gap (The) | GPS | 10.89% | -9.51% | 28.38% | 72.27% |
| 3 | Lowe's Cos. | LOW | 7.81% | -20.67% | 11.03% | 38.31% |
| Average | 9.07% | -0.23% | 31.84% | 56.94% | ||
| 7/6/98 | 8/7/98 | 10/2/98 | 1/8/99 | 7/2/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 16.89% | 36.65% | 69.62% | 59.01% |
| 4 | Lowe's Cos. | LOW | -10.70% | -31.70% | 25.15% | 31.51% |
| 4 | Gap (The) | GPS | -4.58% | -26.34% | 40.17% | 69.56% |
| Average | 0.54% | -7.13% | 44.98% | 53.36% | ||
| 8/7/98 | 9/4/98 | 11/6/98 | 2/5/99 | 8/8/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 2.10% | 22.49% | 87.30% | 48.48% |
| 4 | Gap (The) | GPS | -14.49% | 7.38% | 48.84% | 38.55% |
| 3 | Staples | SPLS | -19.00% | 4.61% | 26.39% | 10.56% |
| 3 | Recoton | RCOT | -22.98% | -34.68% | -45.53% | -68.94% |
| Average | -13.59% | -0.05% | 29.25% | 7.16% | ||
| 9/4/98 | 10/2/98 | 12/4/98 | 3/5/99 | 9/3/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 14.50% | 20.55% | 57.19% | 80.59% |
| 3 | Recoton | RCOT | -29.56% | -26.52% | -39.23% | -66.02% |
| 3 | Symbol Technologies | SBL | 1.90% | 14.60% | 15.85% | 21.75% |
| 3 | Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | -5.12% | 25.26% | 59.76% | 63.34% |
| 3 | EMC | EMC | 8.93% | 61.22% | 113.39% | 156.63% |
| Average | -1.87% | 19.02% | 41.39% | 51.26% | ||
| 10/2/98 | 11/6/98 | 1/8/99 | 4/1/99 | 10/1/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 2.99% | 24.13% | 31.41% | 35.69% |
| 4 | EMC | EMC | 51.66% | 75.29% | 140.98% | 173.07% |
| 3 | BMC Software | BMCS | -7.47% | -22.41% | -28.67% | 32.77% |
| 3 | Paychex | PAYX | 19.86% | 12.09% | 5.90% | 8.38% |
| 3 | Symbol Technologies | SBL | 7.33% | 34.57% | -1.22% | 9.98% |
| Average | 14.88% | 24.73% | 29.68% | 51.98% | ||
| 11/6/98 | 12/4/98 | 2/5/99 | 5/7/99 | 11/5/99 | ||
| 5 | Dell Computer | DELL | 0.48% | 52.90% | 22.36% | 24.07% |
| 5 | EMC | EMC | 14.39% | 41.18% | 40.90% | 113.57% |
| 5 | Paychex | PAYX | -1.09% | -11.73% | -5.36% | 21.10% |
| 3 | Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.03% | 50.14% | 60.89% | 117.79% |
| 3 | Dycom Inds | DY | 6.89% | 38.73% | 78.17% | 45.54% |
| 3 | Lexmark | LXK | 3.49% | 36.13% | 58.14% | 117.61% |
| 3 | Lucent Technologies | LU | 6.24% | 11.00% | 28.24% | 49.99% |
| 3 | Nokia | NOK | 20.10% | 44.06% | 67.07% | 157.69% |
| 3 | Quiksilver | ZQK | 10.98% | 37.57% | 82.95% | 14.45% |
| 3 | Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 2.45% | 18.06% | 25.54% | 63.26% |
| Average | 7.99% | 31.80% | 45.89% | 72.51% | ||
| 12/4/98 | 1/8/99 | 3/5/99 | 6/4/99 | 12/3/99 | ||
| 6 | Dell Computer | DELL | 17.90% | 30.40% | 2.65% | 37.31% |
| 5 | EMC | EMC | 18.43% | 32.36% | 31.49% | 141.77% |
| 3 | Arterial Vascular | AVEI | 4.92% | No data | No data | No data |
| 3 | Best Buy | BBY | 29.28% | 70.37% | 114.81% | 109.26% |
| 3 | Concord EFS | CEFT | 18.86% | -4.03% | 5.13% | 27.47% |
| 3 | Microsoft | MSFT | 17.66% | 21.64% | 24.93% | 50.93% |
| 3 | Nokia | NOK | 23.86% | 34.27% | 42.81% | 198.13% |
| 3 | Sanmina | SANM | 21.34% | 1.45% | 28.16% | 90.28% |
| 3 | Solectron | SLR | 27.24% | 21.56% | 63.80% | 160.87% |
| 3 | Staples | SPLS | 19.44% | 18.75% | 24.74% | -4.17% |
| 3 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | 20.86% | 39.15% | 55.61% | 277.72% |
| 3 | Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 14.21% | 27.54% | 25.96% | 62.10% |
| Average | 19.50% | 26.31% | 41.74% | 111.44% | ||
| 1/8/99 | 2/5/99 | 4/1/99 | 7/2/99 | 1/7/00 | ||
| 6 | EMC | EMC | 4.21% | 37.47% | 25.58% | 129.53% |
| 4 | Lexmark | LXK | 1.87% | 8.52% | 31.26% | 75.51% |
| 4 | Oracle | ORCL | 21.49% | -16.28% | 24.66% | 235.27% |
| 3 | Cisco Systems | CSCO | -5.10% | 3.05% | 25.72% | 98.48% |
| 3 | Dell Computer | DELL | 29.08% | 5.86% | -4.58% | 18.72% |
| 3 | Microsoft | MSFT | 6.76% | 23.69% | 22.77% | 48.71% |
| 3 | MiniMed | MNMD | 12.77% | 8.78% | 64.89% | 44.15% |
| 3 | Nokia | NOK | -3.16% | 18.85% | 41.37% | 155.64% |
| 3 | Sanmina | SANM | -16.02% | -8.29% | 18.42% | 35.17% |
| 3 | Schwab, Charles | SCH | 8.52% | 54.89% | 70.96% | 27.91% |
| 3 | Vitesse Semiconductor | VTSS | 5.03% | 11.97% | 54.69% | 100.27% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | 11.95% | 104.78% | 57.34% | 101.37% |
| Average | 6.45% | 21.11% | 36.09% | 89.23% | ||
| 2/5/99 | 3/5/99 | 5/7/99 | 8/6/99 | 2/4/00 | ||
| 7 | Dell Computer | DELL | -14.31% | -19.98% | -20.72% | -23.34% |
| 6 | EMC | EMC | 7.24% | -0.19% | 23.08% | 125.64% |
| 5 | Oracle | ORCL | -0.06% | -34.59% | -2.56% | 208.68% |
| 4 | MiniMed | MNMD | -15.92% | 8.73% | 39.39% | 42.92% |
| 4 | Microsoft | MSFT | -3.16% | -1.17% | 6.41% | 33.20% |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | 3.98% | 15.40% | 40.12% | 232.92% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | 6.02% | 44.13% | 3.35% | 41.01% |
| 3 | Cisco Systems | CSCO | -0.43% | 7.16% | 22.96% | 139.26% |
| 3 | Schwab, Charles | SCH | 22.67% | 57.21% | 21.75% | 15.02% |
| Average | 0.67% | 8.52% | 14.86% | 90.59% | ||
| 3/5/99 | 4/1/99 | 6/4/99 | 9/3/99 | 3/3/00 | ||
| 5 | Oracle | ORCL | -31.05% | -23.37% | 10.85% | 300.67% |
| 5 | EMC | EMC | 23.01% | -0.66% | 20.26% | 124.99% |
| 4 | Microsoft | MSFT | 19.64% | 2.70% | 23.76% | 24.08% |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | 20.61% | 11.83% | 61.53% | 276.11% |
| 4 | Dell Computer | DELL | -4.28% | -21.28% | 14.89% | 7.48% |
| 3 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | 16.36% | 24.72% | 2.85% | 18.68% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | 72.54% | 35.73% | 11.36% | 32.57% |
| 3 | Intuit | INTU | 17.82% | 1.80% | 8.30% | 83.12% |
| 3 | Uniphase | JDSU | 28.64% | 48.48% | 139.68% | 1085.19% |
| Average | 18.14% | 8.88% | 32.61% | 216.99% | ||
| 4/1/99 | 5/7/99 | 7/2/99 | 10/1/99 | 4/7/00 | ||
| 5 | EMC | EMC | -24.34% | -8.65% | 13.31% | 123.91% |
| 5 | Uniphase | JDSU | 2.42% | 38.10% | 89.61% | 702.06% |
| 4 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | 10.15% | 10.37% | -30.86% | 17.13% |
| 4 | Microsoft | MSFT | -14.70% | -0.74% | -2.92% | -3.91% |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | -7.97% | 11.04% | 45.81% | 213.22% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | -21.21% | -23.17% | -28.08% | -8.33% |
| 3 | Qualcom | QCOM | 57.85% | 110.58% | 172.72% | 789.05% |
| 3 | Amgen | AMGN | -17.24% | -20.73% | 12.76% | 58.54% |
| 3 | Dell Computer | DELL | -2.43% | -9.86% | 3.26% | 33.99% |
| Average | -1.94% | 11.88% | 30.63% | 213.96% | ||
| 5/7/99 | 6/4/99 | 8/6/99 | 11/5/99 | 5/5/00 | ||
| 6 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | -2.68% | -22.56% | -22.65% | -15.60% |
| 4 | VISX | VISX | 18.07% | 47.43% | 10.06% | -66.22% |
| 4 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 1.68% | 36.65% | 172.25% | 306.01% |
| 4 | Microsoft | MSFT | 0.63% | 7.67% | 15.81% | -10.04% |
| 4 | Uniphase | JDSU | 12.70% | -32.83% | 216.47% | 502.81% |
| 4 | Tellabs | TLAB | 9.80% | 9.23% | 26.19% | -7.16% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | -0.16% | -28.29% | 23.11% | -3.54% |
| 3 | Dycom Inds. | DY | 0.40% | -5.67% | -18.31% | 70.36% |
| 3 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | 0.75% | 21.42% | 88.91% | 211.73% |
| 3 | MiniMed | MNMD | 22.99% | 28.20% | 57.16% | 102.06% |
| 3 | Dell Computer | DELL | -15.71% | -0.93% | 1.40% | 24.11% |
| Average | 4.41% | 5.48% | 51.85% | 101.32% | ||
| 6/4/99 | 7/2/99 | 9/3/99 | 12/3/99 | 6/2/00 | ||
| 6 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | 2.97% | -17.54% | -21.60% | -0.36% |
| 5 | Uniphase | JDSU | 19.64% | 61.43% | 258.04% | 529.31% |
| 5 | Tellabs | TLAB | 17.01% | 4.38% | 8.66% | 9.71% |
| 4 | VISX | VISX | 18.43% | 28.17% | 22.09% | -70.35% |
| 4 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 31.21% | 48.61% | 249.69% | 164.47% |
| 3 | Amer. Freightways | AFWY | 3.62% | 10.53% | -7.57% | -21.05% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | -2.33% | -17.96% | 32.84% | -3.39% |
| 3 | Dycom Inds. | DY | 9.58% | -24.28% | -15.88% | 63.98% |
| 3 | MiniMed | MNMD | 9.35% | 33.86% | -4.14% | 76.10% |
| Average | 12.16% | 14.13% | 58.01% | 83.16% | ||
| 7/2/99 | 8/6/99 | 10/1/99 | 1/7/00 | 7/7/00 | ||
| 5 | Best Buy Co. | BBY | -9.85% | -16.44% | -20.21% | -3.08% |
| 5 | Uniphase | JDSU | -0.37% | 37.30% | 328.74% | 453.69% |
| 5 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | -22.72% | -37.36% | -25.19% | -4.85% |
| 5 | Tellabs | TLAB | -14.99% | -20.25% | -5.71% | 6.33% |
| 4 | VISX | VISX | 5.43% | -14.10% | -37.59% | -65.20% |
| 4 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 2.43% | 29.51% | 315.94% | 57.02% |
| 4 | Siebel Systems | SEBL | -17.25% | 3.49% | 161.05% | 430.04% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | -26.46% | -6.40% | 27.98% | -1.08% |
| 3 | Tiffany & Co. | TIF | -6.43% | 22.35% | 69.83% | 49.93% |
| Average | -10.02% | -0.21% | 90.54% | 102.53% | ||
| 8/6/99 | 9/3/99 | 11/5/99 | 2/4/00 | 8/4/00 | ||
| 4 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 10.58% | 99.24% | 272.08% | 73.27% |
| 4 | Tellabs Inc | TLAB | 4.93% | 15.53% | 0.31% | 7.66% |
| 4 | Best Buy Co. | BBY | -10.35% | -23.08% | -13.58% | 7.12% |
| 4 | JDS Uniphase | JDSU | 35.43% | 135.58% | 405.08% | 454.56% |
| 3 | VISX Inc | VISX | 2.65% | -25.35% | -70.02% | -71.59% |
| 3 | CTS | CTS | 18.30% | 43.23% | 75.46% | 4.83% |
| 3 | Biogen | BGEN | 22.69% | -0.81% | 43.40% | -15.01% |
| 3 | PMC Sierra | PMCS | 20.40% | 15.52% | 206.83% | 372.15% |
| 3 | Circuit City Group | CC | -12.84% | -5.30% | 0.95% | -51.43% |
| 3 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | 3.62% | -0.12% | -5.53% | 43.90% |
| 3 | Gemstar Int'l | GMST | 19.14% | 48.00% | 130.70% | 101.30% |
| Average | 10.41% | 27.49% | 95.06% | 84.25% | ||
| 9/3/99 | 10/1/99 | 12/3/99 | 3/3/00 | 9/1/00 | ||
| 4 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 14.35% | 135.31% | 222.88% | 45.06% |
| 4 | JDS Uniphase | JDSU | 1.77% | 121.80% | 394.48% | 337.31% |
| 4 | Tellabs | TLAB | -10.60% | 4.10% | -12.90% | -7.30% |
| 4 | VISX | VISX | -20.62% | -4.75% | -80.53% | -69.88% |
| 3 | Siebel Systems | SEBL | -10.33% | 96.14% | 315.70% | 425.78% |
| 3 | Station Casinos | STN | 6.92% | 7.78% | -12.39% | -1.01% |
| 3 | CTS | CTS | 7.73% | 66.38% | 5.38% | 3.36% |
| 3 | Best Buy Co. | BBY | 3.39% | -4.24% | 2.54% | 8.47% |
| 3 | Xilinx | XLNX | -9.62% | 18.06% | 122.41% | 145.82% |
| 3 | Lucent Technologies | LU | -5.11% | 23.90% | 7.69% | -34.85% |
| 3 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | -21.77% | -4.92% | 15.40% | 33.51% |
| Average | -3.99% | 41.78% | 89.15% | 80.57% | ||
| 10/1/99 | Fri 11/5/99 | Fri 1/7/00 | 4/7/00 | 10/6/00 | ||
| 5 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 57.58% | 221.18% | 226.00% | 66.61% |
| 5 | JDS Uniphase | JDSU | 70.93% | 212.26% | 322.99% | 217.14% |
| 4 | CTS | CTS | 12.38% | 28.67% | 11.90% | -10.21% |
| 4 | Adobe Systems | ADBE | 24.90% | 14.45% | 121.01% | 161.11% |
| 3 | Tellabs | TLAB | 23.15% | 18.23% | 4.47% | -15.88% |
| 3 | Schwab (Charles) | SCH | 23.22% | 19.43% | 69.41% | 42.99% |
| Average | 35.36% | 85.70% | 125.96% | 76.96% | ||
| 11/5/99 | Fri 12/3/99 | 2/4/00 | 5/5/00 | 11/3/00 | ||
| 6 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 30.59% | 86.75% | 49.13% | -4.20% |
| 5 | JDS Uniphase | JDSU | 27.51% | 114.40% | 90.48% | 64.97% |
| 4 | Siebel Systems | SEBL | 13.84% | 64.62% | 108.09% | 256.92% |
| 4 | CTS | CTS | 37.42% | 22.50% | 5.08% | -26.25% |
| 4 | Oracle | ORCL | 34.08% | 97.02% | 161.77% | 106.60% |
| 3 | Cypress Semi. | CY | 1.51% | 27.53% | 98.71% | 29.68% |
| 3 | Sun Microsystems | SUNW | 29.46% | 52.71% | 65.01% | 106.15% |
| 3 | Tellabs | TLAB | -5.45% | -13.17% | -26.43% | -22.16% |
| 3 | Williams-Sonoma | WSM | -2.61% | -43.15% | -45.87% | -61.74% |
| 3 | Gateway | GTW | -0.60% | -16.29% | -26.29% | -30.48% |
| Average | 16.57% | 39.29% | 47.97% | 41.95% | ||
| 12/3/99 | Fri 1/7/00 | 3/3/00 | 6/2/00 | 12/1/00 | ||
| 6 | Qualcomm | QCOM | 56.07% | 37.21% | -24.37% | -13.64% |
| 5 | JDS Uniphase | JDSU | 43.27% | 122.94% | 75.77% | -10.53% |
| 4 | Siebel Systems | SEBL | 15.33% | 111.94% | 90.33% | 103.77% |
| 4 | CTS | CTS | -16.68% | -36.66% | -29.59% | -54.67% |
| 4 | Oracle | ORCL | 31.37% | 90.63% | 103.81% | 34.39% |
| 3 | Cypress Semiconductor | CY | -0.21% | 54.24% | 70.13% | -24.79% |
| 3 | Tellabs | TLAB | 1.54% | -16.33% | 0.96% | -8.55% |
| 3 | America Online | AOL | -5.90% | -26.48% | -27.27% | -47.03% |
| Average | 15.60% | 42.19% | 32.47% | -2.63% |
Last Updated on 12/3/2000
By Jonathan Jackel
Email: jonathan@jjackel.com