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NATURAL GAS     (21 ANALYSTS)   1%
Zach Wagner     Edward Jones   7
Donato J. Eassey 3 * Merrill Lynch   7
M. Carol Coale 2   Prudential Securities   7
William D. Hyler 6   CIBC World Markets   5
Lawrence A. Crowley 2   Jefferies & Co.   5
           
OIL: EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION     (24 ANALYSTS)   -46%
David A. Garcia     Everen Securities   -18
Michael Barbis     Warburg Dillon Read   -21
William A. Featherston * Schroder & Co.   -34
Donald F. Textor 4   Goldman Sachs   -35
Thomas Driscoll 2 * Salomon Smith Barney   -36
           
OIL: INTEGRATED     (26 ANALYSTS)   2%
Richard J. Sporrer 3   Parker/Hunter   22
Benjamin M. Rice Jr. 6 * Brown Brothers Harriman (RE) 20
James F. Clark 6 * Credit Suisse First Boston   13
William Brown III 2   W.H. Brown   13
Michael L. Mayer 3   Schroder & Co.   9
       
OIL: REFINING     (8 ANALYSTS)   -20%
Philip L. Dodge 3 * Southeast Research   -14
Paul Y. Cheng 2 * Lehman Brothers   -17
James F. Clark 6 * Credit Suisse First Boston   -20
Todd L. Bergman 5   Goldman Sachs   -20
Fadel Gheit 3 * Fahnestock & Co.   -21
       
OIL: SERVICE     (29 ANALYSTS)   -56%
Philip L. Dodge 3 * Southeast Research   -38
Stephen D. Gengaro   * ING Baring Furman Selz   -44
Gordon T. Hall 4   Credit Suisse First Boston   -44
Geoff Kieburtz 2   Salomon Smith Barney   -49
W. Neal McAtee 3 * Morgan Keegan   -49
           
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS     (21 ANALYSTS)   4%
Linda E. Lieberman 4   Bear Stearns   19
Peter Ruschmeier     Donaldson Lufkin   17
Chip Dillon 6 * Salomon Smith Barney   10
Eileen M. Gormley 3 * Pershing   9
William M. Wigder 3   Credit Suisse First Boston   8
           
POLLUTION CONTROL     (14 ANALYSTS)   -4%
Stacy L. Gray 2   First Analysis   26
Douglas R. Augenthaler 3   CIBC World Markets   12
Michael E. Hoffman     Credit Suisse First Boston   10
Marc H. Sulam 3   Donaldson Lufkin   7
Walter H. Morris   * Robert W. Baird   4
           
PRECIOUS METALS     (9 ANALYSTS)   -3%
Daniel R. McConvey 2 * Goldman Sachs   23
Pete Ward 2 * Lehman Brothers   5
Thomas M. McNamara 2 * CIBC World Markets   2
Todd A. Hinrichs     ABN Amro   2
David Christensen 3 * Merrill Lynch   -3
           
PUBLISHING     (10 ANALYSTS)   11%
Rudolf A. Hokanson   * CIBC World Markets   32
Peter P. Appert 2   BT Alex. Brown   27
Douglas M. Arthur 2 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   16
Kevin R. Gruneich 3 * Bear Stearns   13
Steven Barlow   * Credit Suisse First Boston   13
           
RAILROADS     (10 ANALYSTS)   -7%
Douglas W. Rockel 4 * ING Baring Furman Selz   16
Steven Lewins 3 * Gruntal & Co.   8
James M. Higgins 4   Donaldson Lufkin   3
Terrence Gardner Jr.   * Deutsche Bank Securities   -2
Michael Lloyd 3 * Merrill Lynch   -4
           
REITs     (51 ANALYSTS)   -11%
John Lutzius     Green Street Advisors   10
Marsha J. Camp   * A.G. Edwards   6
Kevin R. Lampo     Edward Jones   2
Greg Andrews     Green Street Advisors   1
Christopher W. Marinac     Robinson-Humphrey   -1
           
RESTAURANTS     (27 ANALYSTS)   17%
Janice L. Meyer 2   Donaldson Lufkin   79
Steven E. Kent 3 * Goldman Sachs   49
Peter Oakes 6 * Merrill Lynch   43
Joseph T. Buckley 5 * Bear Stearns   38
Edward A. Froelich 4 * Pershing   38
           
RETAIL     (24 ANALYSTS)   24%
Linda T. Kristiansen     Schroder & Co.   47
Daniel D. Barry 4   Merrill Lynch   45
Richard L. Church 3   Salomon Smith Barney   42
George Strachan 2   Goldman Sachs   37
Joseph C. Ronning 2 * Brown Brothers Harriman (LF) 32
           
RETAIL: CLOTHING     (17 ANALYSTS)   36%
Donald I. Trott 2 * Brown Brothers Harriman   142
Dorothy Lakner 4 * CIBC World Markets   82
Eileen M. Gormley 3 * Pershing   79
Marcia L. Aaron 2 * BT Alex. Brown   75
Richard E. Jaffe   * PaineWebber   50
           
RETAIL: SPECIALTY     (45 ANALYSTS)   25%
John Balaskas 2   Bear Stearns   113
Dan R. Wewer Jr. 4   Robinson-Humphrey   103
Peter Caruso     Merrill Lynch   88
Aram Rubinson 2   PaineWebber   72
Donald I. Trott 2 * Brown Brothers Harriman   67
           
SEMICONDUCTORS     (24 ANALYSTS)   44%
Clark R. Westmont     Banc of America Securities (SB) 90
Ken Pearlman   * CIBC World Markets   81
Joseph Osha   * Merrill Lynch   78
David Wu 4 * ABN Amro   66
William C. Conroy 2   Sanders Morris Mundy   64
           
SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT     (10 ANALYSTS)   10%
Frederick L. Wolf 3   Adams Harkness   44
Susan H. Billat   * BancBoston Robertson Stephens   28
Robert Maire 2   Donaldson Lufkin   22
Edward C. White Jr.   * Lehman Brothers   12
Leonard Sanders   * Needham & Co.   10
           
STEEL     (16 ANALYSTS)   -21%
David S. MacGregor 2   Midwest Research   0
Richard Aldrich 4 * Lehman Brothers   -13
R. Wayne Atwell 4 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   -14
Thomas E. Abrams 2   Credit Suisse First Boston   -16
Kenneth Hoffman 2   Prudential Securities (LF) -17
           
SUPERMARKETS & DRUGSTORES     (9 ANALYSTS)   61%
Bonni Z. Bleustein 2   Credit Suisse First Boston   76
Meredith Adler * Lehman Brothers   72
Edward F. Comeau 3 * Donaldson Lufkin   68
Debra Levin 2   Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   61
Jonathan H. Ziegler 2 * Salomon Smith Barney   61
           
TELECOM. & NETWORK EQUIP.     (54 ANALYSTS)   27%
Scott Heritage     Warburg Dillon Read   127
Christopher T. Stix     SG Cowen Securities   105
Timothy M. Witt     Olde Discount   97
Wojtek Uzdelewicz     SG Cowen Securities   88
Luke T. Szymczak 2   Prudential Securities   87
     
TELECOM.: CARRIERS     (35 ANALYSTS)   35%
David B. Burks   * Hilliard Lyons   84
Daniel E. Zito     Legg Mason   84
Mark A. Bacurin   * J. C. Bradford   74
Anthony F. Ferrugia 3   A.G. Edwards   68
Jim Hern     Olde Discount   64
           
TELECOM.: WIRELESS     (14 ANALYSTS)   9%
Robin P. Lochner   * Deutsche Bank Securities   126
Frederick W. Moran 3 * ING Baring Furman Selz   51
John M. Bensche     Lehman Brothers   42
Timothy O'Neil     SoundView Technology   33
Perry D. Walter 2   Robinson-Humphrey   25
           
TEXTILES & APPAREL     (21 ANALYSTS)   -9%
Jack Pickler 2   Prudential Securities   37
Alexandra M. DalPan     BancBoston Robertson Stephens   14
Dana Eisman Cohen   Donaldson Lufkin   8
Lee Backus 2 * Buckingham Research   6
Faye I. Landes 3 * Salomon Smith Barney (TW) 6
           
TOBACCO     (7 ANALYSTS)   -7%
K. Timothy Swanson 3 * A.G. Edwards   3
Martin Feldman 2 * Salomon Smith Barney   0
David J. Adelman 3 * Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   -5
John C. Maxwell Jr. 5 * Davenport & Co. (RE) -7
Marc Cohen 6   Goldman Sachs   -20
           
TRUCKING     (11 ANALYSTS)   0%
Scott Flower     PaineWebber   46
Tim Quillin 2 * Stephens Inc.   12
Douglas W. Rockel 4 * ING Baring Furman Selz   10
Douglas L. Col   * Morgan Keegan   3
Thom Albrecht 2   ABN Amro   1
           
UTILITIES     (26 ANALYSTS)   14%
Jonathan C. Raleigh 3   CIBC World Markets   28
Roger B. McOmber 2 * Lehman Brothers   23
David B. Burks   * Hilliard Lyons   22
Timothy M. Winter     A.G. Edwards   22
James L. Dobson 2   Donaldson Lufkin   20
       
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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