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By Kent Larsen

Two New Companies Join MSI, Index Falls Less than Market

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Two new companies joined the Mormon Stock Index this week, Monaco Coach and Microsemi Corp., but the index still fell 3.6% amid a general decline in US stocks. Still the MSI fell less than most of the market. Of the 35 stocks now on the index, only eight rose for the week, led by Monaco Coach, which jumped nearly 14%.

Monaco Coach, led by LDS Church member Kay Toolson, is an Oregon-based manufacturer of high-end motor coaches, including recreational vehicles. This past summer the company purchased SMC Corp., a similar manufacturer of high-end motor coaches. Microsemi Corp., is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of analog, mixed-signal and discrete semiconductors for use in computer and telecommunications applications.

Much of the decline in the index was due to three companies. Dell Computer fell 7.5%, Marriott International fell nearly 14% and AES Corp. dropped 13% last week. But bigger drops were evident at Corvis, which fell nearly 18%, Franklin Covey, which fell nearly 17%, and Computerized Thermal Imaging, which fell 10%.

Mormon Stock Index			112.42	down 4.23
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	Lynn Blodgett, Executive Vice President and Group President - Business Process Solutions Group	81.77	down 3.48
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	33.12	down 2.20
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	16.27	down 0.93
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	39.33	down 1.89
Bay View Capital Corp	BVC	Matt Carpenter, COO	7.45	up 0.07
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	21.98	down 1.05
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	2.52	down 0.28
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	1.97	down 0.43
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	12.91	down 0.08
Cygnus Inc.	CYGN	John Hodgman, Chairman, President & CEO	8.50	down 0.26
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	21.38	down 1.74
Dionex	DNEX	A. Blaine Bowman, President & CEO	29.92	down 0.13
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	3.45	down 0.05
Franklin Covey	FC	Stephen R. Covey, Chairman	4.49	down 0.91
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	54.30	down 0.35
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	12.00	down 0.36
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	12.80	down 0.46
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	1.37	down 0.10
JP Realty	JPR	Several Mgmt Team Members,	22.70	down 0.93
Knight Transportation	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	22.02	up 0.68
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	43.85	down 3.51
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	30.86	down 0.66
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	43.60	down 1.95
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	4.55	down 0.19
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NPSP	James Jensen, VP of Corp. Devel. and Legal Affairs Sec.	33.62	up 0.66
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	6.85	no change
Oil States International	OIS	L.E. Simmons, Chairman	8.47	down 0.53
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	13.65	up 0.32
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	22.59	up 0.57
Sky West Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	31.84	up 0.24
Swift Transportation	SWFT	Jerry Moyes, Chairman & CEO	21.59	up 0.09
Cornerstone REIT	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	10.81	down 0.46
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	57.26	down 1.36

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 (ILNKC)
• MITY Enterprises (MITY)
• Metalclad (MTLC)
• NX Networks (NXWX)
• Ten Fold (TENFC)
• 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 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 (Utah)
• Gertner Communications (Utah)
• Headwaters, Inc. (Utah)
• Nature's Sunshine (Utah)
• Questar (Utah)
• Sonic Innovations (Utah)

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