SecurityStockWatch.com 100 Index Monthly Chart - December 2007

100 Index Down Sharply in November

The SSW 100 Index was off sharply by 6.5% from 256 to 239 in a very difficult month. Only one of the majors was off by more: The NASDAQ tumbled 6.9% from 2,859 to 2,662 (214 to 199 on a comparable index basis) The S&P 500 fell by much less or 4.4% from 1,549 to 1,481 (176 to 168 on a comparable index basis), while the Dow was off a little less at 4% down going from 13,930 to 13,372 (167 to 160 on a comparable index basis).

Decliners dwarfed gainers by a three to one margin at 77 to 23. Only three stocks posted better than 10% gains, while over one third of the index was off by more than 10%. Ten of the thirty-six that fell by more than 10% were off by over 20%.

The three up by more than 10% were:

First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) up 49% to $237.15
VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) up 20% to $40.90
Evergreen Solar Inc. (ESLR) up 14% to $13.17

Off by more than 20% were:

Verint Systems Inc. (VRNT.PK) down 31% to $17.26
TRC Companies Inc. (TRR) down 29% to $8.39
Applied Digital Solutions Inc. (ADSX) down 28% to $0.67
Ceradyne Inc. (CRDN) down 28% to $49.44
Digital River Inc. (DRIV) down 27% to $38.67
Cogent Inc. (COGT) down 25% to $11.10
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (HEPH) down 25% to $1.90
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (TMWD) down 24% to $1.31
Deluxe Corp. (DLX) down 22% to $31.59
Checkpoint Systems Inc. (CKP) down 21% to $23.76

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