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"Investors Swing for the Fences"

By April, most of the themes of 2003 were already showing up in strong gains for momentum stocks. There was a shift away from all-stars of 2002 like regional banks  and insurers, and a move toward tech, medical devices broadband and utilities. Click here for story
 
NASDAQ League  
Company Name   4/9/03 Price 11/28/03 Price ROI
XM Satellite Radio Hold. xmsr $6.04 $24.88 311.9%
NII Holdings, Inc. nihd $24.61 $75.95 208.6%
Time Warner Telecom Inc. twtc $3.58 $10.52 193.9%
MGI Pharma, Inc. mogn $13.25 $38.42 190.0%
Sohu.com Inc. sohu $12.29 $34.70 182.3%
Align Technology, Inc. algn $6.55 $17.94 173.9%
Netflix, Inc. nflx $19.55 $49.00 150.6%
Ask Jeeves, Inc. askj $8.10 $19.32 138.5%
Microsemi Corporation mscc $11.77 $24.23 105.9%
Digene Corporation dige $20.00 $39.75 98.8%
Rambus Inc. rmbs $15.75 $30.00 90.5%
aQuantive Inc. aqnt $5.50 $10.22 85.8%
Retek Inc. retk $5.73 $10.38 81.2%
Endo Pharmaceuticals endp $14.25 $18.84 32.2%
BioMarin Pharmaceutical bmrn $12.30 $7.35 -40.2%
  Avg. 133.6%
   
 NYSE League  
Company Name   4/9/03 Price 11/28/03 Price ROI
Fremont General Corp. fmt $7.10 $17.48 146.2%
Crown Castle International Corp. cci $5.86 $12.41 111.8%
AirTran Holdings, Inc. aai $7.27 $14.76 103.0%
Williams Companies, Inc. wmb $4.90 $9.38 91.4%
American Tower Corporation amt $5.99 $11.38 90.0%
The AES Corporation aes $4.70 $8.87 88.7%
Cable and Wireless plc (ADR) cwp $3.80 $6.83 79.7%
Alcatel (ADR) ala $7.40 $13.02 75.9%
Tesoro Petroleum Corp. tso $8.33 $12.68 52.2%
Alpharma Inc alo $18.58 $20.15 8.4%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. anf $31.74 $29.35 -7.5%
MEMC Electronic Materials wfr $12.33 $10.86 -11.9%
Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. zl $3.88 $2.95 -24.0%
Biovail Corporation bvf $42.00 $18.75 -55.4%
    Avg. 46.3%