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To: PAL who wrote (6245)	12/8/1997 11:59:00 AM
From: Sowbug	Respond to of 13594

Brokerages/analysts are pretty much the only ones who initiate coverage and issue buy/sell recommendations; therefore, I conclude that Raymond James is one or the other. I know nothing else about the company. Following is the clip from Yahoo Finance (http://quote.yahoo.com/): America Online coverage initiated by Raymond James Upgrades & Downgrades - December 8 (last updated 12:03am Eastern U.S. time) [...] America Online AOL Raymond James ¯ Buy

To: PAL who wrote (6245)	12/8/1997 1:59:00 PM
From: steve lipson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

I know you bears are right and everyone else is either stupid or crooked, but just for fun here are some facts to mull over. Raymond James' stock picking record is nothing short of superb. The Wall Street Journal's quarterly tracking report on major brokerages' stock picks routinely shows it to be among the best in the business. From the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 6, 1997 >>Of the 16 firms, Raymond James, of St. Petersburg, Fla., had the top-performing stock for the quarter. Veritas DGC Inc., which provides seismic data and data processing to the petroleum industry, returned 89.2% in the period. Indeed, oil-field-service stocks contributed significantly to Raymond James's No. 1 ranking for the quarter and for the 12 months. << Check out this comparative quarter, year and five-year performance track record: S&P 500 Index 7.5 40.5 156.9 Raymond James 28.3 59.5 314.4 Raymond James ranks second in the ongoing Journal study, just behind Paine Webber's 322 percent 5-year gain.