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To: accountclosed who wrote (45048)1/30/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: Bonnie Bear  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
To thread, MB, putters and all,
here is this week's tally of the top 50 bloated hogs, numbered by market cap
*mortgage and credit cards*
3 WMT, 10 KO, 16 C, 21 BAC, 23 MO, 24 AIG, 30 HD, 43 Fannie
*Bathroom stocks*
5 mrk, 9 pfe, 15 bmy, 19 glx, 20 pg, 22 jnj, 26 lly, 38 sph, 41 ahp, 44 sbh, 27 abt
*car and gasoline*
7 xon, 28 toyot, 28 daimler, 34 BP, 35 RD, 45 F, 48 mobil
*boxmakers and software*
2 ge, 6 noka, 8 ibm, 39 hp, 37 cpq, 17 dell, 4 csco, 3 intc, 1 msft
*telecom and content*
11 t, 12 lu, 13 wcom, 50 gte, 49 dis, 46 ait, 42 twx, 36 aol, 33 bls, 32 fte, 31 bel, 27 bty, 25 sbc, 18 dt, 14 ntt
It's an interesting list, both by the narrowness of the list and the stuff that's missing.
BTW this list amounts to 6.2 T dollars in market cap.