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By Kent Larsen

MSI: Six More Companies Join Mormon Stock Index, Hits $200 Billion Market Cap

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Another six companies were added to the Mormon Stock Index this week as the index continued to get attention from a Salt Lake Tribune article that mentioned the index. The index now includes 43 companies and represents $200 billion in market capitalization. In addition, the index jumped up 3.25%, beating the Dow Jones Industrials, the NYSE and the S&P, but falling behind the NASDAQ, which rose 4.7%.

Most of the new stocks this week were submitted through the index's new website, which includes a submission form at http://www.MormonStockIndex.com/msi/suggest.shtml . The new companies include Downey Savings and Loan, Headwaters, Inc., KeyCorp, Micro General and Phelps Dodge. Mormon News also learned that priceline.com's new Chief Marketing Officer, Brett Keller, is Mormon, adding the famous Internet "name your price" service to the index.

Pushing the index up was Zions Bancorp, which rose 6% for the week. But making major increases during the week were Microsemi Corp. (up 22%) and Merit Medical Systems (up 15%). The biggest decrease was EarthShell, which dropped 13% last week. Overall 28 of the 43 stocks on the index were up and 14 fell for the week.

Mormon Stock Index			111.88	up 3.53
Company	Symbol	LDS Executive	Closing Price	Change
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	Lynn Blodgett, Executive Vice President and Group President - Business Process Solutions Group	97.57	up 4.19
AES Corp.	AES	Roger W. Sant, Chairman	16.50	down 0.02
Avista Corp.	AVA	Gary Ely, Chairman	12.15	up 0.15
American Express Company	AXP	Gary Crittenden, CFO and Exec. VP	34.70	up 1.79
Black & Decker	BDK	Nolan D. Archbald, CEO	39.40	up 2.36
Cadence Design	CDN	Raymond Bingham, President & CEO	23.00	down 0.85
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.	CIO	David Packer, President & COO	1.83	down 0.17
Corvis	CORV	David Huber, CEO	3.06	no change
1-800-Contacts	CTAC	Jonathan C. Coon, President & CEO	14.75	up 0.36
Cygnus Inc.	CYGN	John Hodgman, Chairman, President & CEO	5.48	down 0.03
Diebold	DBD	Wesley B. Vance, COO	38.51	down 0.28
Dell Computer	DELL	Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman	28.94	up 1.01
Dionex	DNEX	A. Blaine Bowman, President & CEO	26.75	up 0.48
Downey Savings and Loan	DSL	Maurice McAllister, Chairman	37.72	up 1.92
EarthShell	ERTH	Simon K. Hodson, CEO	2.26	down 0.34
Franklin Covey	FC	Stephen R. Covey, Chairman	6.00	down 0.20
Hillenbrand Industries	HB	Frederick Rockwood, President & CEO	51.83	down 0.81
Headwaters, Inc.	HDWR	Kirk Benson, Chairman and CEO	10.82	down 0.67
Hollywood Entertainment	HLYW	Mark J. Wattles, CEO	14.24	down 0.66
Host Marriott	HMT	Richard Marriott, Chairman	9.20	up 0.78
Iomega	IOM	David J. Dunn, Chairman	7.05	up 0.25
JP Realty	JPR	M. Scott Collins, CFO	23.00	up 0.33
KeyCorp	KEY	K. Brent Somers, CFO	23.84	up 0.94
Knight Transportation	KNGT	Keith, Gary & Kevin Knight,	29.16	up 1.36
Marriott International	MAR	J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman	40.20	up 2.58
Micrel Semiconductor	MCRL	Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO	31.10	up 1.84
Micro General	MGEN	Dale Christensen, CFO and Exec. VP	12.14	up 0.39
Merit Medical Systems	MMSI	Fred Lampropoulos, Chairman, Pres and CEO	16.91	up 2.24
Monaco Coach	MNC	Kay Toolson, Chairman and CEO	20.25	up 0.75
Microsemi Corp.	MSCC	James Peterson, President & CEO	38.00	up 6.90
Myriad Genetics	MYGN	Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel	59.37	up 2.48
Novell	NOVL	Stewart Nelson, COO	4.61	up 0.35
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NPSP	James Jensen, VP of Corp. Devel. and Legal Affairs Sec.	38.90	up 0.45
NuSkin	NUS	All Mormon Mgmt,	7.92	down 0.03
Oil States International	OIS	L.E. Simmons, Chairman	9.00	down 0.24
Oakley	OO	Jim Jannard, Chairman & CEO	13.89	up 0.84
priceline.com Inc.	PCLN	Brett Keller, Chief Marketing Officer	4.55	up 0.35
Phelps Dodge Corp.	PD	David S. Colton, Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel	35.82	down 0.01
Ryder Systems	R	Tony Burns, Chairman	21.32	up 0.82
SkyWest Airlines	SKYW	Jerry Atkin, Chairman & CEO	26.45	up 3.14
Swift Transportation	SWFT	Jerry Moyes, Chairman & CEO	22.48	up 2.24
Cornerstone Realty Income Trust Inc	TCR	Glade M. Knight, Chairman & CEO	11.21	down 0.07
Zions Bancorp	ZION	Harris Simmons, Chairman	51.33	up 3.05

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)
• International Automated Systems Inc (IAUS.OB)
• 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)
• Nature's Sunshine (Utah)
• Questar (Utah)
• Sonic Innovations (Utah)

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