To: stockman_scott who wrote (45292 ) 1/3/2002 8:04:09 PM From: Dealer Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 65232 A F T E R H O U R S .. Q U O T E S 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 (*)or the Gorilla and King Watchlist SYMBOL---EARNINGS DATE BRCM CLOSE 47.70 AFTERHOURS 47.80 CREE CLOSE 32.33 AFTERHOURS 32.29 *CSCO CLOSE 20.76 AFTERHOURS 20.80 ELON CLOSE 15.50 AFTERHOURS 15.50 EMC CLOSE 16.59 AFTERHOURS 16.80 *GMST CLOSE 25.46 AFTERHOURS 25.40 *INTC CLOSE 35.52 AFTERHOURS 35.50 ITWO CLOSE 8.61 AFTERHOURS 8.60 *JDSU CLOSE 9.52 AFTERHOURS 9.51 *NTAP CLOSE 26.89 AFTERHOURS 26.80 ORCL CLOSE 15.29 AFTERHOURS 15.30 PMCS CLOSE 25.00 AFTERHOURS 25.25 *QCOM CLOSE 51.98 AFTERHOURS 51.81 RMBS CLOSE 8.88 AFTERHOURS 8.90 RNWK CLOSE 6.35 AFTERHOUR 6.33 *SEBL CLOSE 31.55 AFTERHOURS 31.90 SNDK CLOSE 16.54 AFTERHOURS 16.65 SSTI CLOSE 10.41 AFTERHOURS 10.65 SUNW CLOSE 13.42 AFTERHOURS 13.40 WIND CLOSE 18.00 AFTERHOURS 17.90 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.