Weekly Stock Market Wrap

Weekly Update

05/05/2006

Today's monthly jobs report hinted that the economy may be slowing more than Wall Street had expected. With the current fears of inflation and concerns that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates, slower growth is seen as a positive. The market responded positively with the S&P 500 rising 1%.

This week the financial community lost Louis Rukeyser. He had a great talent for explaining the workings of Wall Street in everyday language, and did so with humor and optimism. He will definitely be missed.

Our Top Gainers This Week:

Company & Ticker	Change

MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)	+17.14%
ACCO Brands Corporation (ABD)	+17.09%
NewMarket Corp. (NEU)	+13.86%
Chaparral Steel Company (CHAP)	+13.02%
US Airways Group, Inc. (LCC)	+12.32%
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS)	+10.40%
Celadon Group Inc. (CLDN)	+10.30%
United States Steel Corp. (X)	+9.64%
ICT Group Inc. (ICTG)	+9.58%
Swift Transportation Co. (SWFT)	+8.51%
Commercial Metals Co. (CMC)	+8.42%
Flow International Corp. (FLOW)	+8.21%
Seaboard Corp. (SEB)	+8.11%
USA Truck Inc. (USAK)	+7.74%
WR Grace & Co. (GRA)	+6.56%
LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS)	+6.16%
Wavecom SA (WVCM)	+6.05%
InterContinental Hotels (IHG)	+5.50%
MoneyGram International Inc. (MGI)	+5.46%
Andersons Inc. (ANDE)	+5.45%
Expedia, Inc. (EXPE)	+5.20%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)	+4.93%


S&P 500:	1.2%

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Our Leading Gainers Since Date of Recommendation:

Company & Ticker	Change*

Chaparral Steel Company (CHAP)	+215.7%
Andersons Inc. (ANDE)²	+204.3%
Altria (MO)	+177.2%
Eagle Materials Inc (EXP)	+148.1%
USG Corp. (USG)¹	+137.4%
Gamestop Corp. (GME)	+137.2%
MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)	+130.9%
Flow International Corp. (FLOW)²	+127.5%
Vanguard Energy (VGENX)	+121.9%
LSI Industries (LYTS)	+121.8%
Vanguard-Global Equity (VHGEX)	+113.9%
MoneyGram Int'l (MGI)	+111.3%
NewMarket Corp. (NEU)³	+103.9%
Oakmark Global (OAKGX)	+101.4%
AMERCO (UHAL)¹	+92.2%
InterContinental Hotels (IHG)	+88.7%
Freescale Semiconductor (FSL)	+86.4%
Ruddick (RDK)	+75.5%
RPM International (RPM)	+74.6%
Jack Henry & Assoc. (JKHY)	+74.0%
Genesis Healthcare (GHCI)	+73.1%
Kaydon Corp. (KDN)	+68.6%
Eaton Vance Corp. (EV)	+68.3%

*Including dividends

The list above now includes Cornerstone stocks that appeared in the top 10 positions of screens from the past 12 months.
¹Jun 05 Cornerstone screen
²Jul 05 Cornerstone screen
³Feb 06 Cornerstone screen

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