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The Dec. 20th rebalancing of the NDX should provide some much needed volatility........ <GG>
I'm surprised 'they' didn't schedule these changes to take place a couple of days prior to option expiry.


Rebalancing the Nasdaq 100
12/06/02 12:23 PM ET

On Dec. 20, the Nasdaq 100 will be rebalanced. The stocks being added and deleted likely will see some wild trading as that date approaches.

The most likely additions according to Salomon Smith Barney are the following:

Career Education (CECO:Nasdaq)
CH Robinson (CHRW:Nasdaq)
Dentsply (XRAY: Nasdaq)
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (DRYR:Nasdaq)
Expeditors (EXPD: Nasdaq)
Fast (FAST: Nasdaq)
First Health Group (FHCC:Nasdaq)
Garmin (GRMN:Nasdaq)
Gentex (GNTX: Nasdaq)
Henry Schein (HSIC: Nasdaq)
Lamar Advertising (LAMR:Nasdaq)
Patterson Dental (PDCO:Nasdaq)
Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN:Nasdaq)
PetsMart (PETM:Nasdaq)
Pixar (PIXR:Nasdaq)
Ross Stores (ROST:Nasdaq)
Whole Foods Market (WFMI:Nasdaq)

The most likely deletions are:

Abgenix (ABGX:Nasdaq)
ADC Telecommuniciations (ADCT:Nasdaq)
Andrx (ADRX:Nasdaq)
Applied Micro (AMCC:Nasdaq)
Atmel (ATML:Nasdaq)
Charter Communications (CHTR:Nasdaq)
Conexant (CNXT:Nasdaq)
i2 Technologies (ITWO:Nasdaq)
ImClone Systems (IMCL:Nasdaq)
Integrated Device Tech (IDTI:Nasdaq)
PMC-Sierra (PMCS:Nasdaq)
Protein Design Labs (PDLI:Nasdaq)
Rational Software (RATL:Nasdaq)
RF MicroDevices (RFMD: Nasdaq)
Sanmina (SANM:Nasdaq)
Sepracor (SEPR:Nasdaq)
Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS:Nasdaq)