To: Dealer who wrote (29216 ) 8/17/2000 8:23:36 PM From: Dealer Respond to of 35685 <font color=Red>AFTERHOURS QUOTES and The Earnings Announcement dates 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 60 9/16 AFTERHOURS 61.3125 GMST CLOSE 71 3/16 AFTERHOURS 70.6875 JDSU CLOSE 120 1/4 AFTERHOURS 120.4687 SEBL CLOSE 171 7/16 AFTERHOURS 170.50 NTAP CLOSE 94 1/2 AFTERHOURS 95.50 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 1/2 AFTERHOURS 246.9687 CREE CLOSE 111 1/8 AFTERHOURS 111 ELON CLOSE 37 AFTERHOURS 37.0625 PMCS CLOSE 221 3/16 AFTERHOURS 221.8750 RMBS----Voltaire’s Pick at this time CLOSE 81 AFTERHOURS 81.375 RNWK CLOSE 44 15/16 AFTERHOURS 44.9375 WIND CLOSE 34 3/8 AFTERHOURS 34.25 For "Voltaire's Cover Call Strategy 101" see Post # 9490 Contest: “Which Stock Will Double?” link belowMessage 13523976