CONTACT:
Charlotte Crystal, (804) 924-6858


U.VA. SOURCES FOR STORIES ON DOW JONES' INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

	If you are contemplating stories on the Dow Jones Industrial
Average, consider calling on sources at the University of Virginia
for help.  In particular, experts at the Darden Graduate School of
Business Administration and at the undergraduate McIntire School of
Commerce can comment.

AT DARDEN:

Robert S. Harris:	(804) 924-4823, office
			(804) 971-3706, home
			rsh8f@virginia.edu, e-mail

	Harris has written about stock valuation and estimating
shareholder risk using analysts' growth forecasts.  The C. Stewart
Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, Harris teaches
finance and corporate financial transactions at Darden.  He also has
taught at the University of North Carolina, the University of
Pennsylvania and the London Business School. 

Robert I. Webb:	(804) 924-7570, office
			(804) 295-8521, home
			riw4j@virginia.edu, e-mail

	Webb can discuss the reaction of the stock and bond markets
to macroeconomic reports. His experience includes stints as a
financial futures and options trader and as a senior financial
economist for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  He also served as a
senior financial economist for the Office of Management and Budget
during the Reagan Administration.  Webb is a visiting associate
professor of business administration and teaches financial trading
at Darden.  He will be available to field media queries, except for
the week of March 7-17, when he will be traveling in Japan.

Robert M. Conroy:	(804) 924-4829, office
				(804) 295-0843, home
				rmc2e@virginia.edu, e-mail

	Conroy has written about the effects of futures trading on
cash trading in the stock market and the accuracy of published
analysts earnings forecasts.  His experience includes teaching at
the International University of Japan in Niigata, the University of
North Carolina and Duke University.  At Darden, Conroy teaches
finance, derivatives and valuation in financial markets.  He will be
available for comment until March 1, when he will be traveling
abroad for two weeks.



AT MCINTIRE:

Richard F. DeMong:	(804) 924-3227, office
				(804) 295-3284, home
				rfd@virginia.edu, e-mail

	DeMong has written an overview of worldwide investing and at
McIntire teaches investments and managerial finance.  His experience
includes having served as financial coordinator of the Dalkon Shield
Claimants Trust and as research director of the Financial Analysts
Research Foundation.  He is the Virginia Bankers Professor of Bank
Management and director of the Center for Financial Services Studies.

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February 23, 1996