To: jeremy_atticus who wrote (26598 ) 7/25/2000 9:11:59 PM From: Dealer Respond to of 35685 AFTERHOURS QUOTES and The Earnings Announcement dates Voltaire's Porch Basket of Stocks These Stock Have Not Been Picked By Any One Individual GORILLA--A company that controls it market because it has a discontinuous innovation ,one that is not compatible with existing systems. The market is in a hyper growth stage, and they control the architecture. There is a high switching cost to using some other company's product, KING--The Market leader, properly with a two-times lead or better over its closest competitor. If the lead shrinks too far, the king becomes a prince, and we have a kingless market. Because they lack architectural control, and because switching costs are low, they cannot force competitors onto the defensive the way Microsoft, Intel, or Cisco can. Compaq is a king. Seagate is a king of hard drives. A lot of study has been done on these stocks by the Gorilla and Kings thread. There are the stocks that are discussed most often on the porch........and 1 or more are in most porcher's portfolio. The following Stocks are on the Gorilla and King Index QCOM CLOSE 68 3/8 AFTERHOURS 67.50 GMST CLOSE 63 1/8 AFTERHOURS 62.875 JDSU CLOSE 130 3/16 AFTERHOURS 126.75 SEBL CLOSE 157 AFTERHOURS 158.5625 NTAP CLOSE 106 3/16 AFTERHOURS 106.375 The following Stocks are on the Gorilla and King Wait and Watchlist The Watch & Wait Index consists of stocks that have some desirable characteristics but are not necessarily Gorillas or Kings - at least not yet. Most of them will not be, but they bear watching for that possibility. They are as follows: BRCM CLOSE 237 AFTERHOURS 235.130 CREE CLOSE 140 3/4 AFTERHOURS 140.75 ELON CLOSE 37 5/8 AFTERHOURS 37.281 PMCS CLOSE 201 15/16 AFTERHOURS 201.875 RNWK CLOSE 46 1/4 AFTERHOURS 45.75 WIND CLOSE 31 3/16 AFTERHOURS 31.1875 For "Voltaire's Cover Call Strategy 101" see Post # 9490 Contest: “Which Stock Will Double?” link belowMessage 13523976