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By Kent Larsen

MSI: Dell Computer Drives MSI Down Amid Falling Market; Ryder Bucks Trend

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Dell Computer fell 14.5% last week, driving the Mormon Stock Index down 2.3%, more than the Dow Jones Industrials, but less than the NASDAQ index, which droped nearly 5%. But while Dell accounted for most of the decrease, stocks were nearly evenly split, with 18 of those on the index down last week and 14 up for the week.

While the index was down, Ryder Systems bucked the trend, rising 10% last week, the largest rise of the stocks on the MSI. But Ryder had the only double-digit increase last week, while Corvis Corp. and Novell joined Dell in the down column, with drops of nearly 16% and 11.3% respectively. Also contributing to the decline were drops of 4.2% in AES Corp., and 3.4% in Marriott International.

Mormon Stock Index			113.61	down 2.71
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	Lynn Blodgett, Executive Vice President and Group President - Business Process Solutions Group	80.34	up 2.64
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	34.07	down 1.50
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	17.30	down 0.18
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	40.17	down 1.71
Bay View Capital Corp	BVC	Matt Carpenter, COO	7.69	up 0.03
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	22.71	up 0.45
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	2.72	down 0.13
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	2.60	down 0.49
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	14.57	down 0.43
Cygnus Inc.	CYGN	John Hodgman, Chairman, President & CEO	9.28	down 0.24
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	23.00	down 3.91
Dionex	DNEX	A. Blaine Bowman, President & CEO	29.81	up 0.84
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	3.41	up 0.04
Franklin Covey	FC	Stephen R. Covey, Chairman	5.69	up 0.04
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	55.96	up 0.31
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	11.07	up 0.82
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	13.00	down 0.18
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	1.52	down 0.12
JP Realty	JPR	Several Mgmt Team Members,	23.40	up 0.04
Knight Transportation	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	21.59	down 0.05
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	46.17	down 1.60
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	29.31	down 1.00
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	38.31	down 3.28
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	4.30	down 0.55
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NPSP	James Jensen, VP of Corp. Devel. and Legal Affairs Sec.	26.60	down 0.15
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	6.90	up 0.40
Oil States International	OIS	L.E. Simmons, Chairman	8.98	up 0.33
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	12.20	down 0.97
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	21.25	up 1.95
Sky West Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	30.66	up 0.37
Swift Transportation	SWFT	Jerry Moyes, Chairman & CEO	19.03	down 0.05
Cornerstone REIT	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	11.03	no change
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	59.50	up 0.99

The following companies do not meet the $100 million capital requirement for inclusion in the Mormon Stock Index:

• Buyer's Online (BUYO.OB)

• Caldera Systems (CALD)
• Fonix (FONX.OB)
• Geneva Steel (GNVH)
• I-Link (ILNKC)
• MITY Enterprises (MITY)
• Metalclad (MTLC)
• NX Networks (NXWX)
• Ten Fold (TENF)
• Wade Cook Financial (WADE.OB)
• Washington Group Intl (WNG)

Please Help Us Confirm Other Mormon Companies:

Mormon News' research confirms that there are probably other companies with Mormon management that we currently don't know about. Our research uncovered several Utah companies which may have Mormon executives, but which we were unable to confirm as of yet. If you have any confirming information about the following companies, please let me know:

• FX Energy
• Gertner Communications
• Headwaters, Inc.
• Nature's Sunshine
• Questar
• Sonic Innovations

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