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• Position: July-September 2003 - Illustration

Rankings based on three-month price change July-September

Top 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change change range RF Micro Devices 53.9% 43.5% $4.55-13.50 Inspire Pharmaceuticals 49.6 392.5 2.70-18.77 Triad Guaranty 25.0 42.0 30.87-48.87 Red Hat 22.4 101.0 3.46-10.95 Lowe's 22.1 23.9 33.37-55.90 CommScope 16.7 67.7 6.45-12.81 Cree 15.9 54.9 8.99-26.88 First Charter 15.6 14.8 15.85-20.56 Goodrich 14.1 22.7 12.20-26.48 VF 14.1 3.6 31.50-41.59 Top 10 small-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change change range eResource Capital Group 198.4% 120.2% $0.26-2.20 MedCath 88.6 (14.7) 3.15-13.60 Air T 87.5 49.4 1.41-5.20 Salix Pharmaceuticals 75.8 146.4 4.29-20.09 Pozen 56.5 243.0 2.25-19.30 Old Dominion Freight Line 39.5 174.9 10.90-36.17 HLM Design 39.5 44.2 1.68-3.00 Pantry 35.0 377.8 0.83-11.25 Closure Medical 34.5 119.5 7.55-28.02 Waccamaw Bankshares 33.9 na na Bottom 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change change range Trimeris (46.0)% (42.7)% $23.61-56.90 PPD (14.1) 26.4 18.94-32.24 Duke Energy (10.3) (6.0) 12.21-22.00 Laboratory Corp. of America (7.0) (16.5) 18.51-34.66 Nucor (6.9) 14.7...