(MONEY Magazine) – MARKET MEASURES % Total Return Level 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years[2] S&P 500 1020.1 -7.5 9.4 22.9 Russell 2000 363.3 -17.2 -17.7 6.4 Morgan Stanley EAFE[1] 1196.6 -12.5 -7.6 3.0 Dow Jones Industrial Average 7895.7 -10.0 1.4 20.4 Lehman Bros. Aggregate Bond Index 728.8 3.5 10.5 8.4 STOCK FUND AVERAGES % Total Return 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years[2]

U.S. Diversified Equity -12.3 -5.5 13.3 Large Company -8.4 2.6 17.6 Mid-Size Company -13.2 -9.4 10.3 Small Company -18.3 -19.3 6.8 Hybrid -5.3 1.2 11.6 Overseas -15.9 -13.5 3.7

BOND FUND AVERAGES

U.S. Government 3.2 9.4 7.3 Investment-Grade Corporate 1.5 7.0 7.2 High-Yield Corporate -7.9 -1.7 8.3 Tax-Exempt 2.1 7.1 6.9 World Income 1.0 4.4 6.3

MOST WIDELY HELD STOCKS % 3-Mo. P/E Price Return

Lucent Technologies (LU) 0.8 -- $72.81 General Electric (GE) -10.2 30.5 77.88 Intel (INTC) 18.6 22.0 83.00 AT&T (T) -5.9 16.3 59.00 Exxon (XON) -2.2 20.8 68.13 Microsoft (MSFT) 11.3 58.7 105.38 Merck (MRK) 6.4 28.9 134.44 SBC Communications (SBC) 3.7 21.5 41.44 Bell Atlantic (BEL) -6.0 25.1 45.25 IBM (IBM) 17.7 18.8 124.69 BEST-PERFORMING STOCKS

Rank/Last Month % Return P/E Price

3 MONTHS

1 1384 Meridian Gold (MDG) 93.9 -- $4.00 2 62 QLogic (QLGC) 84.9 28.5 70.50 3 16 Xircom (XIRC) 81.7 -- 24.88 4 122 RF Micro Devices (RFMD) 78.6 -- 20.31 5 1081 Berg Electronics (BEI) 71.6 36.5 34.44 6 -- Starwood Fin. Trust (APT) 66.2 602.1 49.50 7 59 USCS International (USCS) 64.4 21.8 30.00 8 570 Sedgwick Grp. PLC ADR (SED) 63.7 -- 17.56 9 73 Betzdearborn (BTL) 59.7 25.5 68.50 10 34 PC Connection (PCCC) 58.8 -- 19.75

1 YEAR

1 5 Colt Tele. Gp. ADR (COLTY) 471.9 -- 42.00 2 2 MindSpring Enter. (MSPG) 355.0 -- 34.50 3 6 Best Buy (BBY) 330.3 39.3 49.75 4 3 EarthLink Network (ELNK) 294.7 -- 37.50 5 17 Adelphia Comm. (ADLAC) 281.8 -- 39.38 6 9 Amer. Eagle Outfitters (AEOS)276.5 21.8 41.31 7 10 Esprit TC Gp. PLC ADR (ESPRY)275.0 -- 22.50 8 8 Yahoo! (YHOO) 252.1 -- 90.44 9 1 Amazon.com (AMZN) 236.4 -- 79.69 10 12 Century Comm. A (CTYA) 231.0 -- 24.00

3 YEARS[2]

1 -- Starwood Fin. Trust (APT) 145.3 602.1 49.50 2 2 Eastern Environmental (EESI) 141.2 59.9 28.06 3 8 Medicis Pharm. Cl. A (MDRX) 133.6 -- 42.13 4 3 DeKalb Genetics B (DKB) 132.0 142.0 93.38 5 15 QLogic (QLGC) 130.6 28.5 70.50 6 4 Pacific Sunwear (PSUN) 128.5 19.0 23.88 7 6 Trans W Entertain. (TWMC) 125.5 8.6 13.63 8 12 Compuware (CPWR) 119.7 45.4 58.31 9 1 Dell Computer (DELL) 118.5 37.0 57.88 10 7 Westernbank of P.R. (WBPR) 111.2 23.2 15.13 HIGHEST-YIELDING DOW STOCKS % Yield P/E Price

J.P. Morgan (JPM) 4.3 13.8 $89.00 Philip Morris (MO) 3.6 17.5 46.25 General Motors (GM) 3.5 9.0 57.06 Minnesota Min. & Manufact. (MMM) 3.1 13.7 71.00 Chevron (CHV) 2.9 18.2 83.38 Caterpillar (CAT) 2.6 9.2 40.25 Union Carbide (UK) 2.4 10.1 37.31 Exxon (XON) 2.4 20.8 68.13 Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) 2.4 13.7 51.13 International Paper (IP) 2.3 28.2 43.56 Notes and sources: Unless otherwise noted, all data are as of Sept. 18 from Morningstar, Chicago; 312-424-4288. Bond index data are from Lehman Bros. Dow Jones and Russell 2000 Market Measures and September Performance Update data are from Bloomberg. Hottest and Coldest Sectors and S&P 500 Ratios are from Standard & Poor's; ranking is limited to sectors with at least three companies. List of Most Widely Held Stocks is ranked by largest number of accounts at Merrill Lynch as of March 31. Best-Performing Stocks are limited to companies with market capitalization of at least $200 million. P/Es are based on trailing 12 months. Stock prices are from Baseline. [1]Price change only [2]Annualized

Compiled by Elyssa Yoon-Jung Lee