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                                                    section 3 of 3
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In section three:

Market Watch for Week of December 20th, 2004
   - Major Earnings
   - Stock Splits
   - Economic Reports

Trading Ideas
  Value Plays With Bullish Signals
  Breakout to Upside (Stocks $5 to $20)
  Breakout to Upside (Stocks over $20)
  Breakout to Downside (Stocks over $20)
  Recently Overbought With Bearish Signals (Stocks over $20)


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Market Watch for the week of December 20th
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Earnings Calendar
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*This is not a complete list.  We only try and highlight the 
more significant earnings reports.


Symbol  Co               Date           Comment          EPS Est

------------------------- MONDAY -------------------------------

AMHC  American Healthways Mon, Dec 20  After the market     0.21
ANGO  AngioDynamics       Mon, Dec 20  After the market     0.05
ARRO  Arrow Intl          Mon, Dec 20  ----- n/a -----      0.35
CRDS  Crossroads          Mon, Dec 20  ----- n/a -----     -0.08
IMGC  Intermagnetics Gen. Mon, Dec 20  After the market     0.26
JBL   Jabil               Mon, Dec 20  After the market     0.31
SMSC  SMSC                Mon, Dec 20  Before the bell      0.12

------------------------- TUESDAY ------------------------------

APSG  Applied Signal Tech Tue, Dec 21  After the market     0.29
ATYT  ATI Technologies    Tue, Dec 21  ----- n/a -----      0.26
BSC   Bear Stearns        Tue, Dec 21  Before the bell      2.14
CBK   Christopher Banks   Tue, Dec 21  ----- n/a -----      0.22
COGN  Cognos              Tue, Dec 21  ----- n/a -----      0.33
ECHO  Elctrnc Clrg House  Tue, Dec 21  After the market     0.09
FDS   FactSet Research    Tue, Dec 21  ----- n/a -----      0.49
GIS   General Mills       Tue, Dec 21  ----- n/a -----      0.87
GTK   GTech Holdings      Tue, Dec 21  Before the bell      0.34
MANU  Manugistics, Inc.   Tue, Dec 21  After the market    -0.04
PAYX  Paychex             Tue, Dec 21  After the market     0.23
PRGS  Progress Software   Tue, Dec 21  Before the bell      0.29
RIMM  Research In Motion  Tue, Dec 21  After the market     0.55
SLR   Solectron           Tue, Dec 21  After the market     0.05
SCOX  The SCO Group       Tue, Dec 21  After the market    -0.18

------------------------ WEDNESDAY -----------------------------

AGE   A.G.Edwards         Wed, Dec 22  Before the bell      0.56
CAG   ConAgra Foods       Wed, Dec 22  Before the bell      0.46
GPN   Global Payments Inc Wed, Dec 22  After the market     0.53
MU    Micron Technology   Wed, Dec 22  ----- n/a -----      0.22
PSRC  PalmSource Inc      Wed, Dec 22  After the market     0.04
RHAT  Red Hat, Inc.       Wed, Dec 22  ----- n/a -----      0.06
TIBX  TIBCO Software      Wed, Dec 22  After the market     0.08


------------------------- THURSDAY -----------------------------

AM   American Greetings   Thr, Dec 23  ----- n/a -----      0.70
SUMX Summa Industries     Thr, Dec 23  ----- n/a -----      0.12

------------------------- FRIDAY -------------------------------

..none..


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Upcoming Stock Splits In The Next Two Weeks...
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Symbol  Company Name              Ratio    Payable     Executable

CNC     Centene Corp              2:1      Dec 17th    Dec 20th
AIT     Applied Industrial Tech   3:2      Dec 17th    Dec 20th
SAVB    Savannah Bancorp          5:4      Dec 17th    Dec 17th
ADSK    Autodesk                  2:1      Dec 20th    Dec 21st
SKT   Tanger Factory Outlet       2:1      Dec 28th    Dec 29th
BEBE  bebe stores                 3:2      Dec 29th    Dec 30th
SVBI  Severn Bancorp              2:1      Dec 30th    Dec 31st
LUK   Leucadia Ntl Corp           3:2      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
NADX  National Dentex             3:2      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
CLF   Cleveland Cliffs            2:1      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
O     Realty Income               2:1      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
BRC   Brady Corp                  2:1      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
NX    Quanex Corp                 3:2      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd
SBIT  Summit Bancshares           2:1      Dec 31st    Jan  3rd

-----------------------------------
Economic Reports & Events This Week
-----------------------------------

There are a few earnings in the middle of the week and economic 
reports on Wednesday and Thursday but investors will probably be 
more focused on the upcoming Christmas holiday than corporate 
earnings and economic data. 

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                       -For-           
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Monday, 12/20/04
----------------
Leading Indicators for November

-----------------
Tuesday, 12/21/04
-----------------
..none..

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Wednesday, 12/22/04
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Final revision for Q3 GDP numbers
Chain deflator guage

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Thursday, 12/23/04
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Weekly initial jobless claims
U.S. bond market has a shortened session
Durable Orders for November
Personal Income & Spending for November
Revised Michigan Sentiment index for December
New Homes Sales figures for November

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Friday, 12/24/04
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Christmas Eve - 
U.S. markets are closed in observance of Christmas holiday


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  Trading Ideas
======================================================

This section contains stocks that meet criteria which may make
them of interest to long and short side traders.  These are not
recommendations, nor have they been reviewed by PremierInvestor
editors for investment potential.  However, each of them has
technical and fundamental characteristics that make them worthy
of further review by traders and investors looking for fresh ideas.
New stocks will appear daily following the market close.

Value Plays With Bullish Signals
---------------------------------
Ticker  Company Name               Close     Change

FNM     Fannie Mae                 70.31     +1.01
UTX     United Technologies       103.90     +1.90
PRU     Prudential Financial       54.12     +0.66
ECA     Encana Corp                55.21     +0.93
DE      Deere & Co                 73.02     +0.59
GDW     Golden West Financial      61.00     +0.60

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Breakout to Upside (Stocks $5 to $20)
---------------------------------------

MNKD    Mannkind Corp              19.28     +1.08
PGNX    Progenics Pharma           17.64     +1.19
WPTE    WPT Enterprises            14.70     +1.60
ZOLT    Zoltek Companies           12.40     +2.23
EVST    Everlast Worldwide          7.04     +2.94

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Breakout to Upside (Stocks over $20)
---------------------------------------
  
NKE     Nike Inc                   91.70     +5.80
ADSK    Autodesk Inc               72.05     +2.60
XMSR    XM Satellite Radio         40.20     +1.41
KMI     Kinder Morgan              72.94     +1.14
SEPR    Sepracor                   56.97     +1.67
LNCR    Lincare Holdings           41.82     +3.41
OSIP    OSI Pharmaceuticals        68.38     +21.28

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Breakout to Downside (Stocks over $20)
-------------------------------------------

AZN     AstraZeneca                37.10     -3.11
PFE     Pfizer                     25.75     -3.23
GS      Goldman Sachs             103.75     -1.65
HCBK    Hudson City Bancorp        36.75     -3.66
LEG     Leggett & Platt Inc        27.30     -2.40
HRS     Harris Corp                61.80     -1.55
SPW     SPX Corp                   39.03     -1.47
GGC     Georgia Gulf Corp          48.80     -3.61

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Recently Overbought With Bearish Signals (Stocks over $20)
-----------------------------------------

HSY     Hershey Foods Corp         54.85     -1.36
JP      Jefferson-Pilot Corp       51.44     -1.20
JBX     Jack In The Box            37.28     -1.22
RAH     Ralcorp Holdings           40.40     -1.19
ADBL    Audible Inc                26.02     -2.69
CMX     Caremark Rx Inc            37.89     -0.35
ESI     ITT Educational Services   48.25     -1.69


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