91.   The market averages today are well below their all-time highs.

92.   The performance gap between big and little stocks is reflected in the broad market averages.

93.   The run-up, the third consecutive record advance, occurred even as important market averages soared to new highs.

94.   The run-up occurred even as important market averages which had been under pressure earlier in the summer, soared to new highs.

95.   The tech weakness also hurt more diversified market averages, such as the blue chip Dow Jones industrial average, which often rises when the Nasdaq falls.

96.   There does seem to be a tendency for hemlines and market averages to rise together, but neither one appears to predict the other.

97.   They are bailing out of funds that are not keeping pace with the market averages and piling into funds that are.

98.   These favorites of Wall Street research departments can prove a reliable way of assuring that your portfolio will lag the market averages.

99.   These include companies that are being liquidated or reorganized, so stock performance is not dependent on overall market averages.

100.   Those who have matched or beaten the most widely followed market averages are likely to be invested in stocks that are just plain expensive.