11.   Consumer electronics chains fared the worst, as they have for months because of a lack of compelling new products and fierce price competition.

12.   Computers shares may fare the worst.

13.   Dayton Hudson Corp. fared the worst of all major retailers.

14.   Electronics sellers fared the worst, as they have in recent months, with many posting double-digit same-store sales drops.

15.   Growth funds, which seek to prosper by investing in stocks of companies with rapidly increasing earnings, fared the worst in the latest week.

16.   Growth funds, which seek to prosper by investing in stocks of companies with escalating profits, fared the worst in the most recent period.

17.   Growth funds, which invest in stocks of companies with rapidly increasing earnings, fared the worst in the latest week.

18.   Hospital trade groups said their industry may fare the worst among health care providers under the Medicare plan.

19.   Investors who place limit orders in Nasdaq stocks appear to fare the worst, according to the SEC.

20.   It is no coincidence, some analysts argue, that this is the group that has fared the worst recently.