Hacienda Index to Track Local Stock Prices

By Hacienda Pulse Staff Writer

(As part of Hacienda Network's expansion, we are introducing the Hacienda Index, a fun way to track Hacienda's presence in the stock markets. Our continuing thanks go out to Marion Steward, who has created and will maintain the index. We've attempted to list all of the publicly owned companies which have stocks traded on an exchange. However, with today's corporate ownership structures, we may have missed a few among the almost 500 businesses in Hacienda. If your company - or even your parent company - is publicly traded and not listed here, please call us at 734-6540 and tell us your company name, the stock symbol, and the exchange, and we'll add it to the index. - Editor)

Welcome to the Hacienda Index. The index is based on an arithmetic average of all of Hacienda's publicly traded companies listed on an exchange.

An arithmetic average is the same technique used to compile the Dow Jones Industrials average. This means stock price movement of all companies will have the same effect on the index, no matter how big or small the company.

Our beginning index value is 1000 as of January 1, 1998. We will use the published stock price as of the last trading day of each month to compute the change in the index. The new index value will be reported as of the first of each month.

In subsequent months, we will include a graph tracking the Index.

Each line of the listings on the Index contains the following information: Symbol (Sym) - the symbol under which the stock is traded, such as MATR for Matria Healthcare or T for AT&T. Exchange (X) - the exchange on which the stock is traded. We've abbreviated these as follows:

N - NYSE X - AMEX Q - NASDAQ O - OTC (Over the Counter)

Company (Co.) - The company, or in some cases the parent company, traded. Price - The price as of the close of the last trading day of the previous month. Change - The change from last month's price to this month's price.

The index will be updated every month and published in Hacienda Network as well as here on the web. Here's the current month's values:

Current Value=1,000

Symbol	Exchange	Company	Price	Change
AKLM	Q	Acclaim/Lazer-Tron	3.62	-
AMR	N	American Airlines	128.50	-
AXP	N	American Express	89.25	-
AXE	N	Anixter	16.50	-
AJG	N	Arthur J. Gallagher	34.44	-
T	N	AT&T	61.31	-
ONE	N	BANC One	54.31	-
BGP	N	Borders	31.31	-
CRE	N	CarrAmerica	46.25	-
POS	N	Catalina Marketing	46.25	-
CBG	N	CB Commercial Real Estate	32.18	-
CMB	N	Chase Mortgage	108.88	-
C	N	Chrysler	35.18	-
CC	N	Circuit City	35.56	-
COGNF	Q	Cognos Corporation	23.00	-
CHRI	Q	COHR Inc.	12.75	-
HMT	N	Courtyard by Marriott	19.63	-
MALL	Q	Creative Computer	9.94	-
DCTM	Q	Documentum	42.13	-
DRYR	Q	Dreyer's Ice Cream	24.13	-
FDX	N	Federal Express	61.06	-
FLM	N	Fleming Co.	13.44	-
F	N	Ford Motor Credit	48.56	-
ROP	N	Gatan Inc.	28.25	-
NOC	N	Grumman/Northrop	115.00	-
GST	A	GST Telecom	11.88	-
GTE	N	GTE	52.25	-
HRB	N	H&R Block	44.81	-
HWP	N	Hewlett-Packard	62.38	-
HXL	N	Hexcel Corporation	24.94	-
IMPX	Q	IMP, Inc.	0.69	-
JCP	N	JC Penney	60.31	-
FORMF	Q	Jet Form Corporation	15.13	-
KELYA	Q	Kelly Temporary	30.19	-
KRON	Q	Kronos	30.81	-
LNC	N	Lincoln National Life	78.13	-
LIN	N	Linen 'N Things	43.63	-
LBFC	Q	Long Beach Mortgage	11.63	-
LU	N	Lucent	79.88	-
MATR	Q	Matria Healthcare	5.63	-
MCCRK	Q	McCormick & Co.	28.00	-
MCLL	Q	Metrocall Paging	4.94	-
MONE	Q	Money Store	21.00	-
NRL	N	Norrell Services	19.88	-
NOV	N	NovaCare	13.13	-
PAC_pt	N	Pacific Telesis	25.44	-
PAYX	Q	Paychex Inc.	50.63	-
PSS	N	Payless Shoe	67.13	-
PSFT	Q	PeopleSoft	39.00	-
PRBZ	Q	ProBusiness	22.88	-
PHM	N	Pulte Home	31.81	-
RMDY	Q	Remedy Corporation	21.00	-
REMX	Q	Remedy Temp	19.38	-
REY	N	Reynolds & Reynolds	18.44	-
RHI	N	Robert Half International	40.00	-
S	N	Sears Homelife Furniture	45.25	-
SSD	N	Simpson Manufacturing	33.94	-
FON	N	Sprint PCS	58.63	-
SR	N	Standard Register	34..75	-
SPLS	Q	Staples	27,75	-
SBUX	Q	Starbucks	38.38	-
SFITX	Q	State Farm Insurance	9.88	-
SUNW	Q	Sun Microsystems	39.88	-
TAN	N	Tandy Service	38.56	-
TBY	N	TCBY Yogurt	7.56	-
TAVI	Q	Thorn Apple Valley	14.50	-
TA	N	Transamerica	106.50	-
USEC	Q	Universal Instruments	.72	-
VST	N	Vanstar	11.31	-
VOLVY	Q	Volvo	27.00	-
WMT	N	Wal-Mart	39.44	-
WFC	N	Wells Fargo	339.44	-
WY	N	Weyerheuser Realty	49.06	-
XRX	N	Xerox	73.88	-
YESS	Q	Yes! Entertainment	1.84	-
ZNT	N	Zenith Insurance	25.75	-

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