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To: Nick who wrote (10398)	1/4/2000 10:41:00 AM
From: KM	Respond to of 13953

Tuesday January 4, 10:22 am Eastern Time RESEARCH ALERT-Web broker volume estimates raised NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Investment bank Robertson Stephens on Tuesday said online brokers processed more stock trades than expected in the quarter ended Dec. 31, as share trading volumes at the nation's exchanges soared. -- Analyst Scott Appleby said he expected online brokers to report a 45-50 percent increase in trading volumes for the fourth calendar quarter, from the third quarter. The analyst previously had estimated Web trading volumes would grow 20-25 percent. -- Analyst said online brokers are likely to report better-than-expected earnings.