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CME (see Chicago Mercantile Exchange) as secret of success, 240–241
CMGI, 312 and speculators vs. investors, 251
CNBC, 235, 414 and wide diversification, 252
Coach, 332–333, 347 Cyclical stocks, 164, 323
Coastal States, 313
Coca-Cola, 23, 137, 167, 207, 208 Daily Graphs, 160, 163, 204
Coldwell Banker, 274 Daily Graphs Online, 119, 160, 163, 189,
Comdata Network, 178, 179 324–325
Coming Battle for the Media, The (William Danoff, Will, 195, 399
Rusher), 386 Databases, power and efficiency of, 415–417
Commissions, 306 Datapoint, 186
Commodities, 29 Day trading, 284
Commodore International, 328 Dean Witter, 274
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, 1977), Debt-to-equity ratio, 184
229 Deckers Outdoor, 97, 128, 333, 334
“Company Earnings Reports” (IBD), 368 Deere & Co, 24
Compaq, 316 “Defensive” industry groups, 339
Composite Rating (Investors.com), 375, 376 “Defensive” stocks, 232
Compounding, 394–395 Dell Computer, 89, 128, 130, 152, 173, 198
Computervision, 172, 328 Demographic trends, 338
Comverse Technology, 143, 316 Diamonds, 299–300
Condé Nast Publications, 26 Diamonds Trust, 401
Conexant Systems, 198 Digital Equipment, 46
Confidence, 252–253, 483–484 Digital Switch, 67
Consolidated Cigar, 313 Discount rate, 228–230
Continental Illinois Bank, 296 Disney, Walt, 328
Control Data, 192, 241, 313 Distribution, 201, 209–212
Convertible bonds, 295 Diversification, 252, 274, 275
Corning, 208 Dividends, 296, 297, 305–306
Corporate debt-to-equity ratio, 184 DJIA (see Dow Jones Industrial Average)
Corrections Corp. of America, 266 Dollar cost averaging, 396–397
Costco Wholesale, 73 Dollar General, 127
“Cousin stock” theory, 337–338 Dome Petroleum, 7, 124, 191, 312, 314,
CRA (Community Reinvestment Act of 408–410
1977), 229 “Double-bottom” pattern, 123–127, 320
Crocs, 191 Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), 192, 201
Crown Cork, 313 in 1973–1974, 206
Cuban American Sugar, 153 divergence of S&P 500 and, 226
Cullinane Database, 328 and market bottoms, 221–222
“Cup-with-handle” pattern, 4, 112–117, and market tops, 209, 210, 212–214, 217
315–318 publications displaying, 225
normal-size, 119–121 Dress Barn, 338
for selling short, 287, 288 Dreyfus, Jack, 200, 256, 270
“Cup-without-handle” pattern, 319 Dreyfus Fund, 200, 255, 256
Cutting losses, 239–253 Du Pont de Nemours, 17, 153
at 7% or 8% of your cost, 242–244 Duveen, Joseph, 168
and analysis of activities, 249–250
and averaging down, 247–248 E. L. Bruce, 131, 132, 136
in bear markets, 284–285 Earnings acceleration, 157–159
as insurance policy, 246–247 Earnings deceleration, 158–159
letting losses run vs., 247 Earnings per share (EPS), 154
and long-term investing, 252 annual (see Annual EPS)
and psychology of investors, 249 and debt-to-equity ratio, 184
to retain confidence, 252–253 quarterly (see Quarterly EPS)
and risk in common stocks, 244–246 in SmartSelect Ratings, 165–166, 343–346