From: owner-canslim-digest@lists.xmission.com (canslim-digest) To: canslim-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: canslim-digest V2 #974 Reply-To: canslim Sender: owner-canslim-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-canslim-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-No-Archive: yes canslim-digest Friday, August 11 2000 Volume 02 : Number 974 In this issue: [CANSLIM] Acc/Dis Numbers Re: [CANSLIM] Acc/Dis Numbers [CANSLIM] Nasdaq & Dow [CANSLIM] Earnings [CANSLIM] Intro to Canslim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:43:33 -0400 From: Robert Subject: [CANSLIM] Acc/Dis Numbers Here are the latest Acc/dis numbers. Sorry about the delay still doing training out of town for the next couple of weeks so I'll post as able. Some one had requested that I email some historical acc/dis numbers that I have, please email me again as I can't find your address currently. Date A B C D E a+b/A:E E/A:E 7/31/00 1048 2756 1328 977 346 59% 5% 8/1/00 945 2704 1380 1010 387 57% 6% 8/2/00 979 2701 1379 980 379 57% 6% 8/3/00 989 2675 1370 1002 376 57% 6% 8/4/00 986 2704 1355 980 360 58% 6% 8/7/00 972 2709 1351 975 384 58% 6% 8/8/00 1011 2705 1366 955 369 58% 6% Spreadsheet version Date,A,B,C,D,E,a+b/A:E,E/A:E 7/31/00,1048,2756,1328,977,346,59%,5% 8/1/00,945,2704,1380,1010,387,57%,6% 8/2/00,979,2701,1379,980,379,57%,6% 8/3/00,989,2675,1370,1002,376,57%,6% 8/4/00,986,2704,1355,980,360,58%,6% 8/7/00,972,2709,1351,975,384,58%,6% 8/8/00,1011,2705,1366,955,369,58%,6% Robert _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:27:54 -0400 From: asosis@ca.ibm.com Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Acc/Dis Numbers Does anyone know where one can find this numbers? Robert, thank you for your post. Anna Robert on 08/08/2000 11:43:33 PM Please respond to canslim@lists.xmission.com To: "'canslim@lists.xmission.com'" cc: Subject: [CANSLIM] Acc/Dis Numbers Here are the latest Acc/dis numbers. Sorry about the delay still doing training out of town for the next couple of weeks so I'll post as able. Some one had requested that I email some historical acc/dis numbers that I have, please email me again as I can't find your address currently. Date A B C D E a+b/A:E E/A:E 7/31/00 1048 2756 1328 977 346 59% 5% 8/1/00 945 2704 1380 1010 387 57% 6% 8/2/00 979 2701 1379 980 379 57% 6% 8/3/00 989 2675 1370 1002 376 57% 6% 8/4/00 986 2704 1355 980 360 58% 6% 8/7/00 972 2709 1351 975 384 58% 6% 8/8/00 1011 2705 1366 955 369 58% 6% Spreadsheet version Date,A,B,C,D,E,a+b/A:E,E/A:E 7/31/00,1048,2756,1328,977,346,59%,5% 8/1/00,945,2704,1380,1010,387,57%,6% 8/2/00,979,2701,1379,980,379,57%,6% 8/3/00,989,2675,1370,1002,376,57%,6% 8/4/00,986,2704,1355,980,360,58%,6% 8/7/00,972,2709,1351,975,384,58%,6% 8/8/00,1011,2705,1366,955,369,58%,6% Robert _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - - - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:40:38 -0400 From: Dan Forant Subject: [CANSLIM] Nasdaq & Dow Look at those two charts today and notice the selling around 3:00pm. The Dow made a nice comeback and lost it all in 1 hour. Is this lack of confidence or what? Dan - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:02:07 -0400 From: Dan Forant Subject: [CANSLIM] Earnings The stock game is tough enough,and now Companies are window dressing their figures. cut >Speaking of earnings, we note some fascinating data from I/B/E/S >International, a firm which tracks earnings. About 90% of the S&P >500 companies have now reported earnings and, for the fourth >consecutive quarter, earnings are up over 20%. (I/B/E/S says the >analysts it surveys are predicting earnings growth in the 3rd and >4th quarters will be lower - 17.1% and 14.8%, respectively.) > >That's pretty nifty, but check this: I/B/E/S observes that the >game of reporting earnings - a game played out between companies, >Wall Street firms and investors - is changing. Or should we say >"escalating?" Between 1987 and 1998, 50.4% of the companies >reported earnings higher than consensus estimates, but now 63.5% >report earnings higher than estimates. And the size of the >average earnings "surprise" has grown from being 0.5% above >consensus estimates to being 4.6% above estimates. > >Aha! Those wily captains of industry have figured out that if >their earnings merely meet estimates, the Street is disappointed >and their stock takes a hit. But a big, fat earnings surprise on the >up-side is rewarded. So, corporate accountants with sharp pencils >have figured out how to feed information to analysts that will result >in estimates lower than the eventual, real earnings. And the analysts >have countered with "whisper" numbers, which, in effect, discount for >the engineered estimates. Now, to get a big pop, companies have to >beat both the estimates and the whisper numbers. So, what will the >Street think up to counter that? A "crisper whisper?" > >If this reminds you of a cat chasing its tail, that's because it is. >Bad, kitty! > >Peter Nulty >Editor, Money Mail >moneymail@online.cnbc.com > - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:20:28 -0400 From: "Jerry Sparrow" Subject: [CANSLIM] Intro to Canslim Good afternoon, I've been lurking in the shadows since April. I have read and re-read HTMMIS and am currently reading the "24 Secrets". I am knew to this method and am planning on subscribing the IBD. I would like to take the chance to say thanks for all those that selfishly educate the rest of us. I look forward to participating in the discussion group once I've learned more. Again, Than You. Jerry Sparrow, CPA Corporate Controller Biscuitville Restaurants, Inc. 213 W. River St. Graham, NC 27253 Phone: 336-229-6671 Fax: 336-229-5246 e-mail: sparrowj@netpath.net - - ------------------------------ End of canslim-digest V2 #974 ***************************** To unsubscribe to canslim-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe canslim-digest" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.