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By Kent Larsen

MSI: Dell, Hollywood, Cadence Push Mormon Stock Index Up as Others Down

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Increases in the stock prices of Dell Computer, Hollywood Entertainment and Cadence Design combined to push the Mormon Stock Index up 3% for last week, while the New York Stock Exchange, Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 all fell. The MSI also outperformed the NASDAQ, which rose 2.4%, for the week.

Hollywood Entertainment's increase was perhaps the most important. The company's stock rose 35% last week, continuing its recovery, as investors rediscovered the stock that they trashed following the failure of its Reel.com video e-commerce site. The site is still operating, but no longer as an in-house e-commerce site.

Other notable moves last week were Iomega, which fell 16% after its CEO resigned; 1-800-Contacts, which fell 16% and Computerized Thermal Imaging, which rose nearly 17%.

Mormon Stock Index			125.4327	up 3.6378
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	45.85	up 0.10
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	22.91	up 0.75
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	40.12	down 1.28
Bay View Capital Corp	BVC	Matt Carpenter, COO	6.46	up 0.06
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	23.60	up 1.70
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	4.55	up 0.65
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	6.90	up 0.01
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	24.91	down 4.80
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	27.00	up 2.21
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	3.91	up 0.01
Franklin Covey	FC	Stephen R. Covey, Chairman	7.39	down 0.11
Fonix	FONX.OB	Steve Studdert, Chairman	0.38	up 0.03
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	51.15	down 0.54
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	5.74	up 1.50
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	13.89	up 0.45
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	2.91	down 0.55
JP Realty	JPR	Several Mgmt Team Members,	21.35	down 0.05
Knight Trans	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	27.85	down 1.05
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	48.69	up 0.80
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	34.1	down 2.74
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	67.20	up 7.46
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	4.73	down 0.21
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	7.3	up 0.12
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	25.49	down 0.51
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	22.26	down 0.38
Sky West Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	30.49	up 2.65
Cornerstone REIT	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	10.3	down 0.13
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	53.8	down 0.79

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
• NPS Pharmaceuticals
• Questar
• Sonic Innovations

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