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January 2000: Evaluating a Rapidly Growing High Tech Company

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Evaluating a Rapidly Growing High Tech Company
Cy Lynch illustrates how NAIC stock study tools can be used in analyzing a high tech company, highlighting the challenges such a study presents.



February 2000: Analyzing Finova Group and Other Financial Stocks

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Analyzing Finova Group and Other Financial Stocks
Amy Crane shares her personal study of Finova Group and offers help in analyzing bank and financial stocks.



March 2000: Studying Differences in Data -- What Really Counts?

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Studying Differences in Data -- What Really Counts?
What data differences make an investment difference? Laura Berkowitz tackles this tough but important question in this month's special indepth report on navigating through the "data information forest." Her detailed case study using Cardinal Health is likely to serve as a timeless reference piece for many others in the quest to understand what's really important about data difference.



April 2000: Studying Dell Computer with Help from NAIC Classic

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Studying Dell Computer with Help from NAIC Classic
One of NAIC's college age members, Jason Ramage, from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, shares his personal study of Dell Computer using the NAIC Classic Software.



May 2000: Researching Pharmaceuticals, Biotechs ... and Pfizer

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Researching Pharmaceuticals, Biotechs...and Pfizer
How valuable is online research becoming in learning more about companies and industries? Take a look. Amy Crane shares a firsthand experience, with plenty of suggestions on Web sites worth visiting.



June 2000: Analyzing La-Z-Boy... the (not so) Lazy Way

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Analyzing La-Z-Boy...the (not so) Lazy Way
Brain Lewis shares his personal study of La-Z-Boy, giving his favorite Web site locations to help research and complete SSGs.



July 2000: NAIC Forum on CompuServe Now Open to All

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NAIC Forum on CompuServe Now Open to All
Amy Crane leads a guided tour.



September 2000: Hitting the Bull's eye -- Can Target Hit It?

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Hitting the Bull's-eye -- Can Target Do it?
Cy Lynch details the eight-step process he follows in a stock study, using Target Corporation as an example.



October 2000: When an SSG Looks ‘Too Good,’ Turn to PERT

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When an SSG Looks ‘Too Good,’ Turn to PERT
Ralph Seger shows how PERT can be a help in seeing what's happening to company fundamentals over time.



November 2000: Studying Home Depot... Step by Step

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Studying Home Depot . . . Step by Step



December 2000: Let’s Go to Investor’s School — Online

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Let's Go to Investor's School — Online Pt. 1