To: Dealer who wrote (28190 ) 8/7/2000 8:40:48 PM From: Dealer Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 35685 <font color=Red>AFTERHOURS QUOTES and The Earnings Announcement dates</FONT> NTAP Earnings 8/14 WIND Earnings 8/31 5:00 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 63 9/16 AFTERHOURS 63.75 GMST CLOSE 61 5/8 AFTERHOURS 61.6289 JDSU CLOSE 121 3/16 AFTERHOURS 121.2812 SEBL CLOSE 164 3/16 AFTERHOURS 168.75 NTAP CLOSE 89 3/4 AFTERHOURS 90.25 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 247 15/16 AFTERHOURS 248.99 CREE CLOSE 104 AFTERHOURS 106.50 ELON CLOSE 39 9/16 AFTERHOURS 39.625 PMCS CLOSE 195 1/16 AFTERHOURS 197.25 RMBS----Voltaire’s Pick at this time CLOSE 70 7/16 AFTERHOURS 70.687 RNWK CLOSE 42 15/16 AFTERHOURS 43.125 WIND CLOSE 28 1/4 AFTERHOURS 28.50 For "Voltaire's Cover Call Strategy 101" see Post # 9490 Contest: “Which Stock Will Double?” link belowMessage 13523976