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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE     (16 ANALYSTS)   4%
Michael Bunyaner     CIBC World Markets   44
Howard A. Rubel 4   Goldman Sachs   34
Steven Binder 7 * Bear Stearns   26
Gary Krieger 2   Olde Discount   17
Sam J. Pearlstein     ING Baring Furman Selz   15
           
AIRLINES     (13 ANALYSTS) 1%
James D. Parker 7   Robinson-Humphrey (ST) 66
Edward J. Starkman     Warburg Dillon Read (LF) 32
John V. Pincavage     Warburg Dillon Read   8
Steven Lewins 3 * Gruntal & Co.   6
Kevin C. Murphy 3 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   5
           
AUTO & AUTO PARTS     (21 ANALYSTS)   10%
David Bradley 2 * J. P. Morgan Securities   35
Nicholas Lobaccaro     Merrill Lynch (LE) 26
Edgar J. Faler 2   Olde Discount   21
Michael Ward     PaineWebber   18
Darren S. Kimball   * Merrill Lynch (LE) 15
           
BANKS     (62 ANALYSTS)   8%
Raphael Soifer     Brown Brothers Harriman   45
Lori Appelbaum     Goldman Sachs   30
Edward R. Najarian   * First Union Capital Markets   24
Kevin T. Timmons   * First Albany   21
John Coffey 2   Robinson-Humphrey   20
           
BEVERAGES     (14 ANALYSTS)   11%
K. Timothy Swanson 3 * A.G. Edwards   36
Douglas M. Lane 2 * Merrill Lynch   30
Caroline Levy 4 * Schroder & Co.   29
George E. Thompson 2   Prudential Securities   23
Edward A. Froelich 4 * Pershing   22
           
BIOTECHNOLOGY     (24 ANALYSTS)   25%
Meirav Chovav 2 * Salomon Smith Barney   130
Shekhar K. Basu     Credit Suisse First Boston   98
Jay B. Silverman     BancBoston Robertson Stephens   65
Eric M. Hecht 2 * Merrill Lynch   59
Maykin Ho 4   Goldman Sachs   58
           
BROADCASTING     (16 ANALYSTS)   11%
Michael A. Kupinski 3   A.G. Edwards   23
Paul T. Sweeney     Salomon Smith Barney   21
Harry Demott III 2   Credit Suisse First Boston   19
Timothy W. Wallace 2 * Lehman Brothers   18
Jessica Reif Cohen 6 * Merrill Lynch   17
           
BROKERAGE & FINANCE     (34 ANALYSTS)   4%
Susan L. Roth 2 * Donaldson Lufkin   53
Thomas H. Hanley 2   Warburg Dillon Read   39
Mark C. Alpert 4   BT Alex. Brown   39
Robert G. Hottensen Jr. 5   Goldman Sachs   30
Michael J. Freudenstein 2 * J. P. Morgan Securities   28
           
CABLE & ENTERTAINMENT     (21 ANALYSTS)   75%
Murray J. Arenson     Hoak Breedlove   113
David M. Goldsmith 2   Buckingham Research   107
Spencer Grimes   * Salomon Smith Barney   97
Douglas S. Shapiro     Deutsche Bank Securities   93
Frederick W. Moran 3 * ING Baring Furman Selz   90
           
CASINOS     (15 ANALYSTS)   -17%
Robin M. Farley   * BT Alex. Brown   22
Dennis I. Forst 6   McDonald Investments   10
W. Bruce Turner 3 * Salomon Smith Barney (LF) -9
Joseph V. Coccimiglio 3   Prudential Securities   -10
Andrew S. Zarnett     Ladenburg Thalmann   -12
           
CHEMICALS     (32 ANALYSTS)   -10%
Jeffrey J. Zekauskas 2   Schroder & Co.   25
James N. Kelleher     Argus Research   10
Christopher M. Crooks 2 * Janney Montgomery Scott   9
James H. Wilbur 2   Salomon Smith Barney   0
Stephen O’Neil 2   Hilliard Lyons   -1
           
COMPUTER HARDWARE & PCS     (25 ANALYSTS)   67%
Lou Mazzucchelli 2   Gerard Klauer Mattison   142
Richard S. Chu 5   SG Cowen Securities   136
David Wu 4 * ABN Amro   135
Daniel T. Niles   * BancBoston Robertson Stephens   134
Richard C. Schutte 3 * Goldman Sachs   120
           
COMPUTER PERIPHERALS     (25 ANALYSTS)   37%
Mark C. Jordan 2 * A.G. Edwards   82
Gillian Munson   * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   70
Andrew J. Neff 6 * Bear Stearns   68
Stuart Bogard     Stephens Inc.   67
Robert W. Stone     SG Cowen Securities   66
           
COMPUTER SERVICES     (32 ANALYSTS)   26%
Thomas E. Browne Jr. 2   Prudential Securities   71
Brent Wouters     Robinson-Humphrey   67
David M. Togut   * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   66
Mark D'Annolfo   * Adams Harkness   59
Mark C. Jordan 2 * A.G. Edwards   55
           
COMPUTER SOFTWARE     (59 ANALYSTS)   21%
Rehan Syed     SG Cowen Securities   170
Melissa Eisenstat 3   CIBC World Markets   120
Sanjiv G. Hingorani 2 * ING Baring Furman Selz   101
Mary Meeker 6 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   80
Kris Tuttle     SoundView Technology   74
           
DRUGS     (39 ANALYSTS)   46%
James A. Kelly     Credit Suisse First Boston   84
Jeffrey Chaffkin   * PaineWebber   77
Joseph Riccardo 2   Bear Stearns   70
Richard B. Silver     Lehman Brothers   69
Richard Vietor 2   Merrill Lynch   66
           
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT     (12 ANALYSTS)   3%
Robert T. Cornell 2 * Lehman Brothers   21
Mark Hassenberg 2   Donaldson Lufkin   9
William Fiala 3 * Edward Jones   8
Bradley M. Dewey 2 * Donaldson Lufkin   7
Nicholas P. Heymann 2   Prudential Securities   6
           
FOODS     (29 ANALYSTS)   10%
George S. Dahlman 2   U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray   33
Robert Cummins     Schroder & Co.   28
Mitchell B. Pinheiro 5   Janney Montgomery Scott   27
R. Shane Glenn     Stephens Inc.   27
David Nelson 3   Credit Suisse First Boston   24
           
HOME CONSTRUCTION     (13 ANALYSTS)   12%
Chris Winham   * Schroder & Co.   20
Peter Dannenbaum 3   Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (#) 19
Stephen J. Dobi 2   Goldman Sachs   19
David Dwyer 2   Salomon Smith Barney   19
Gregory A. Nejmeh 2   Donaldson Lufkin   16
           
HOSPITALS & HMOs     (43 ANALYSTS)   -18%
Roberta Walter Goodman 2   Merrill Lynch   52
Peter H. Costa 3 * ABN Amro   25
Lori M. Price     CIBC World Markets   12
Edmund Kroll 2   SG Cowen Securities   11
Kelly R. Crowe   * Morgan Keegan   9
           
HOTELS     (10 ANALYSTS)   -26%
David Wolfe 2   CIBC World Markets   7
Steven E. Kent 3 * Goldman Sachs   -9
Joyce Minor 2 * Lehman Brothers   -14
John J. Rohs 4   Schroder & Co.   -21
Michael Rietbrock   * Salomon Smith Barney   -24
         
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS     (19 ANALYSTS)   10%
William H. Steele 2 * Buckingham Research (BA) 56
Heather Hay 2   Merrill Lynch   33
Amy Low Chasen     Goldman Sachs   33
Alice Beebe Longley 6   Donaldson Lufkin   24
Andrew Shore 4   PaineWebber   23
           
INSURANCE: LIFE     (22 ANALYSTS)   22%
Jason B. Zucker   * Bear Stearns   71
Vanessa Wilson 5   Donaldson Lufkin   53
Michael W. Blumstein 5   Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   53
Michelle A. Giordano 3 * J. P. Morgan Securities   50
Jeffrey Hopson 4   A.G. Edwards   44
       
INSURANCE: PROPERTY     (30 ANALYSTS)   2%
Steven C. Huffines   * Everen Securities   30
David O. Lewis     Robinson-Humphrey   25
Edward McAlenney 4   Langen McAlenney 17
Ernest G. Jacob 2   ING Baring Furman Selz   17
Michael A. Lewis 6   Warburg Dillon Read   12
       
INTERNET     (16 ANALYSTS)   274%
Frederick W. Moran 3 * ING Baring Furman Selz   492
Genni C. Combes     Hambrecht & Quist   432
Henry Blodget   * CIBC World Markets (ML) 420
David B. Readerman    Banc of America Securities (TW) 402
Mary Meeker 6 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   373
       
LEISURE & RECREATION     (13 ANALYSTS)   1%
Scott C. Barry 2 * Raymond James   45
Jill S. Krutick 2 * Salomon Smith Barney   37
Richard Fradin   * William Blair   35
Dennis C. Van Zelfden 2 * Robinson-Humphrey   32
Beth Burnson 2 * ABN Amro   15
           
MACHINERY     (24 ANALYSTS)   -27%
Robert F. McCarthy Jr. 4 * ABN Amro   11
Diane A. Graboski     ING Baring Furman Selz   11
Tobias Levkovich 3 * Salomon Smith Barney   0
L. Michael Braig 4   A.G. Edwards   -2
Gary F. McManus 5   J. P. Morgan Securities   -3
       
MEDICAL     (64 ANALYSTS)   21%
Michael E. Lachman     Hambrecht & Quist (LF) 113
Lawrence C. Marsh     Salomon Smith Barney (LE) 105
Sharon di Stefano 2   Josephthal & Co. (RB) 102
Wade H. King     BancBoston Robertson Stephens   83
Charlene Lu 2   Prudential Securities   68
           
METALS     (14 ANALYSTS)   -12%
J. Clarence Morrison 7 * Prudential Securities   19
Peter Marcus 4   PaineWebber (WO) 18
Thomas M. McNamara 2 * CIBC World Markets   16
Amy Ginsburg Gassman 6 * Goldman Sachs   -1
Richard Aldrich 4 * Lehman Brothers   -5
           
       
NOTES      
7 Seven-time winner      
6 Six-time winner      
5 Five-time winner      
4 Four-time winner      
3 Three-time winner      
2 Two-time winner      
* Winner in more than one category      
# - Now vice president, investment management, Morgan Stanley      
BA - Now with Banc of America Securities      
LE - Now with Lehman Brothers      
LF - Left firm in 1999      
ML - Now with Merrill Lynch      
RB - Now with Ryan Beck      
RE - Retired in 1999      
SB - Now with Salomon Smith Barney      
ST - Now with SunTrust Equitable      
TW - Now with Thomas Weisel      
WO - Now with World Steel Dynamics      
       
 
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