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Non-Tech : YEAR 2000 STOCK PICKING CONTEST -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katie Kommando who wrote (199)	12/27/1999 7:05:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 1146

Canadian pick - CRY.TO. Top Internet gambling software company, especially with SNMM's descent into chaos. Should be a NASDAQ stock sometime in 2000 but not confirmed yet.

To: Katie Kommando who wrote (199)	12/27/1999 11:13:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1146

NSATF is probably the early leader in your NASDAQ category, up 40% today to 17 at the high.

To: Katie Kommando who wrote (199)	12/27/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: kili	Respond to of 1146

Katie, Here's a wild card from the Canadian side: SUR.AL Junior gold with a lot of promising finds in Colombia(!). Not a lot of cash left in the till. Diversified into some oil/gas fields late 1999. Currently quoted at buy 0,09 and sell 0,12. No apparent trading since November (sic!). If the juniors pick up, there is a fat bonus at the other end. Might just be considered a hedge, if there should come some kind of earth shattering blow to the economy sending gold prices to heaven... It's a gamble for 2000: Either a tremendous % gain -or it may just fizzle away. I'm long at an entry price of around $2, so I'm looking forward to getting back in the black during next year. :-) Kim

To: Katie Kommando who wrote (199)	12/27/1999 12:39:00 PM
From: Coral4pH_dot_com	Respond to of 1146

Katie, Thanks for the invite! My 2000 pick is PEGS (Pegasus Systems, Inc.) - Nasdaq Pegasus Systems, Inc. 3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75219 Phone: (214) 528-5656 Fax: (214) 528-5675 PEGS provides electronic hotel room reservation services, commission payment processing services and information services to the hotel industry worldwide. For the nine months ended 9/30/99, revenues rose 33% to $27.6M. Net income rose 79% to $5.5M. Revenues reflect higher transaction levels for the Electronic Distribution and Commission Processing services. Earnings were partially offset by a $1.1M write-off of minority interest investment. Price & Volume Recent Price $ 56.13 52 Week High $ 81.63 52 Week Low $ 25.00 Avg Daily Vol (Mil) 0.15 Beta 2.43 Share Related Items Mkt. Cap. (Mil) $ 755.67 Shares Out (Mil) 13.46 Float (Mil) 8.10 Dividend Information Yield % 0.00 Annual Dividend 0.00 Payout Ratio (TTM) % 0.00 Financial Strength Quick Ratio (MRQ) 17.49 Current Ratio (MRQ) 18.31 LT Debt/Equity (MRQ) 0.00 Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 0.00 Valuation Ratios Price/Earnings (TTM) 76.57 Price/Sales (TTM) 19.48 Price/Book (MRQ) 5.00 Price/Cash Flow (TTM) 60.55 Per Share Data Earnings (TTM) $ 0.73 Sales (TTM) $ 2.88 Book Value (MRQ) $ 11.24 Cash Flow (TTM) $ 0.93 Cash (MRQ) $ 10.12 Mgmt Effectiveness Return on Equity (TTM) 9.87 Return on Assets (TTM) 9.14 Return on Investment (TTM) 9.85 Profitability Gross Margin (TTM) % 67.92 Operating Margin (TTM) % 26.86 Profit Margin (TTM) % 25.19 With their recent acquisition of REZsolutions, Inc. and new business contracts (e.g. Tickmaster), they virtually have the market share in their hands and have turned into a serious revenue generating monster. With the growing number of reservations moving to web-based processing, their is no one else with their expertise since they have mastered the Global Distribution Systems integrations, and have risen above the competitors with their www.travelweb.com site! Have fun with PEGS! It is a keeper for a while... CM