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By Kent Larsen

MSI: MSI Drops Slightly in Mixed Market

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- A drop by Corvis and half the other stocks on the Mormon Stock Index pushed down the index slightly last week in spite of sharp rises at EarthShell and NPS Pharmaceuticals. The MSI was down 0.5% for the week while the broader market indices, including the Dow Jones Industrials, NYSE and NASDAQ were all up slightly. 17 of the 34 stocks on the MSI fell, while 16 rose last week.

The biggest single drop was from Corvis, which fell 12.5%, followed by Micrel Semiconductor, which dropped 7%. In contrast the largest increases, from EarthShell (up 10%) and NPS Pharmaceuticals (up 12.75%) were from smaller companies who have less of an effect on the index.

Mormon Stock Index			108.63	down 0.57
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	Lynn Blodgett, Executive Vice President and Group President - Business Process Solutions Group	96.20	up 1.33
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	17.44	up 0.49
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	11.97	down 0.28
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	35.58	up 0.18
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	23.09	down 0.52
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	1.95	no change
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	3.29	down 0.47
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	16.76	down 0.62
Cygnus Inc.	CYGN	John Hodgman, Chairman, President & CEO	5.51	down 0.19
Diebold	DBD	Wesley B. Vance, COO	39.85	up 0.47
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	26.36	down 0.24
Dionex	DNEX	A. Blaine Bowman, President & CEO	25.95	up 0.74
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	2.70	up 0.25
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	53.40	up 1.19
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	15.55	up 0.10
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	8.36	down 0.21
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	6.93	down 0.51
JP Realty	JPR	M. Scott Collins, CFO	22.58	down 0.32
Knight Transportation	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	27.06	down 0.24
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	36.17	down 0.83
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	28.60	down 2.15
Monaco Coach	MNC	Kay Toolson, Chairman and CEO	19.04	up 0.07
Microsemi Corp.	MSCC	James Peterson, President & CEO	33.69	down 2.43
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	56.12	up 3.77
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	3.99	down 0.01
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NPSP	James Jensen, VP of Corp. Devel. and Legal Affairs Sec.	38.90	up 4.40
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	8.00	up 0.36
Oil States International	OIS	L.E. Simmons, Chairman	8.20	up 0.70
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	13.33	down 0.28
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	20.42	up 0.12
SkyWest Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	21.00	down 1.21
Swift Transportation	SWFT	Jerry Moyes, Chairman & CEO	20.95	down 0.46
Cornerstone Realty Income Trust Inc	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	11.30	up 0.12
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	47.36	up 0.11

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)
• Franklin Covey (FC)
• Fonix (FONX.OB)
• Geneva Steel (GNVH)
• I-Link (ILNK.OB)
• 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 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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