To: stockman_scott who wrote (46186 ) 1/10/2002 11:51:06 PM From: Dealer Read Replies (1) | 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 49.88 AFTERHOURS 50.24 CREE CLOSE 30.65 AFTERHOURS 27.51 *CSCO CLOSE 21.00 AFTERHOURS 21.01 ELON CLOSE 14.96 AFTERHOURS 14.96 EMC CLOSE 17.09 AFTERHOURS 17.15 *GMST CLOSE 21.96 AFTERHOURS 22.28 *INTC CLOSE 34.65 AFTERHOURS 34.85 ITWO CLOSE 8.62 AFTERHOURS 8.73 *JDSU CLOSE 9.44 AFTERHOURS 9.50 *NTAP CLOSE 23.00 AFTERHOURS 23.12 ORCL CLOSE 16.69 AFTERHOURS 16.70 PMCS CLOSE 24.48 AFTERHOURS 24.65 *QCOM CLOSE 46.69 AFTERHOURS 46.70 RMBS CLOSE 8.59 AFTERHOURS 9.30 RNWK CLOSE 8.32 AFTERHOUR 8.25 *SEBL CLOSE 35.15 AFTERHOURS 35.36 SNDK CLOSE 15.12 AFTERHOURS 15.02 SSTI CLOSE 10.26 AFTERHOURS 10.34 SUNW CLOSE 13.53 AFTERHOURS 13.59 WIND CLOSE 19.52 AFTERHOURS 19.52 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.