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By Kent Larsen

MSI: Mormon Stock Index Up while Dow, NASDAQ Fall

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- The Mormon Stock Index managed a 1% gain while other indices fell slightly last week. Stocks like Cadence Design, AES Corporation and Micrel Semiconductor supported the index from declines in major components Dell and Swift Transportation.

The increases in Cadence, AES and Micrel were important, as 18 of the indices' 33 stocks fell, compared to 15 that rose. But the rising stocks simply rose more than the falling stocks fell. Chief among those up was medical devices manufacturer Cygnus Inc., which rose 18% last week.

Mormon Stock Index			120.90	up 1.41
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	Lynn Blodgett, Executive Vice President and Group President - Business Process Solutions Group	83.19	up 2.64
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	37.30	up 1.58
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	16.49	down 0.70
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	42.30	down 0.02
Bay View Capital Corp	BVC	Matt Carpenter, COO	7.48	up 0.27
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	22.90	up 1.53
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	3.23	down 0.35
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	3.83	up 0.23
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	18.02	down 0.48
Cygnus Inc.	CYGN	John Hodgman, Chairman, President & CEO	9.57	up 1.47
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	27.46	down 0.43
Dionex	DNEX	A. Blaine Bowman, President & CEO	29.94	down 0.06
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	3.67	up 0.22
Franklin Covey	FC	Stephen R. Covey, Chairman	5.12	up 0.01
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	56.84	up 0.05
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	8.50	down 0.46
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	12.86	down 0.14
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	1.76	up 0.06
JP Realty	JPR	Several Mgmt Team Members,	23.00	down 0.25
Knight Transportation	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	23.81	down 0.34
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	48.01	up 0.04
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	33.20	up 2.60
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	46.96	up 3.26
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	5.08	up 0.04
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NPSP	James Jensen, VP of Corp. Devel. and Legal Affairs Sec.	31.11	down 0.39
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	7.25	down 0.19
Oil States International	OIS	L.E. Simmons, Chairman	8.50	down 0.35
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	19.09	down 0.26
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	18.96	down 0.47
Sky West Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	32.40	up 0.62
Swift Transportation	SWFT	Jerry Moyes, Chairman & CEO	19.94	down 1.03
Cornerstone REIT	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	11.00	down 0.02
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	58.49	down 0.28

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 (ILNK)
• 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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