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Weekly Update: Commodity Price Plunge Could Help Ease Inflation Fears

05/19/2006

Market volatility carried over from last week due to continued inflation fears. Although the major equity indices fell over the course of the week, the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all finished up today. One possible sign of a bottom is the fact that even the recent "darlings" of the market were also taken out behind the woodshed, possibly wringing out the few remaining speculators. These darlings include ethanol companies and commodities such as gold (which suffered its worst weekly decline in 23 years), copper (down 5.9% today alone), and oil (the June crude contract was down almost 5% this week).

This week's plunging commodity prices could go a long way to easing inflation fears and stabilizing the equity markets. Just four weeks ago oil prices closed at a high of $75.35 a barrel. Today the price closed at $68.53, a 9.1% decline in just a month.

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Our Leading Gainers Since Date of Recommendation:

Company & Ticker
Change*
Chaparral Steel Company (CHAP)
+174.6%
Altria (MO)
+166.6%
Andersons Inc. (ANDE)2
+158.3%
GameStop Corp. (GME)
+121.2%
Vanguard Energy (VGENX)
+101.4%
MoneyGram Int'l (MGI)
+101.4%
Vanguard-Global Equity (VHGEX)
+100.6%
Eagle Materials Inc (EXP)
+96.7%
LSI Industries (LYTS)
+95.2%
Oakmark Global (OAKGX)
+94.6%
MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)
+89.6%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
+76.4%
NewMarket Corp. (NEU)3
+75.8%
Genesis Healthcare (GHCI)
+74.9%
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (FSL)
+72.0%
RPM International (RPM)
+70.2%
Ruddick (RDK)
+67.8%
AMERCO (UHAL)1
+67.6%
Eaton Vance Corp. (EV)
+58.4%
Hospira Inc. (HSP)
+58.1%

*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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