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ROE of Past Leaders
Return on equity Year an up Percent
Stock name at the time move started increase to peak
Pic ‘N’ Save 28.7% 1976 2950%
Home Depot 27.8% 1982 958%
Price Co 55.4% 1982 1086%
Liz Claiborne 42.4% 1984 715%
The Limited 42.3% 1985 451%
This Can’t Be Yogurt 41.2% 1985 2073%
Merck 19.8% 1985 870%
Microsoft 40.5% 1986 340%
Cisco 36.3% 1990 74445%
Intl. Game Tech 22.9% 1991 1691%
Nokia 30.9% 1998 8620%
Qlogic 18.8% 1998 3345%
America Online 36.3% 1998 481%
Charles Schwab 29.4% 1998 434%
Coach 43.1% 2002 625%
Chicago Mercantile Exchange 28.2% 2002 915%
Nextel Intl. 56.1% 2003 368%
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Google 87.8% 2003 536%
Southern Copper 47.6% 2004 369%
C B Richard Ellis 26.4% 2004 220%
Hansens 43.6% 2004 751%

ume changes. It tells you if your stock is under accumulation (professional
buying) or distribution (professional selling). This thoroughly tested, com-
plex, and proprietary formula is highly accurate and is not based on simple
up/down volume calculations. Stocks are rated on an A to E scale, with each
letter representing the following:
A = heavy accumulation (buying) by institutions
B = moderate accumulation (buying) by institutions
C = equal (or neutral) amount of buying and selling by institutions
D= moderate distribution (selling) by institutions
E = heavy distribution (selling) by institutions