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| Firm Rank | Firm | Firm Scores (weighted) |
| 1 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 366.64 |
| 2 | Salomon Smith Barney | 350.85 |
| 3 | Merrill Lynch | 283.00 |
| 4 | Goldman Sachs | 264.55 |
| 5 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 178.46 |
| 6 | J.P. Morgan | 157.13 |
| 7 | PaineWebber | 117.54 |
| 8 | Bear Stearns | 116.41 |
| 9 | Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette | 98.56 |
| 10 | Sanford C. Bernstein | 90.84 |
| 11 | Robertson Stephens | 69.95 |
| 12 | Lehman Brothers | 57.28 |
| 13 | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 45.99 |
| 14 | SG Cowen | 40.94 |
| 15 | Banc of America | 39.66 |
| 16 | CIBC World Markets | 35.30 |
| 17 | Schroder (no longer in business) | 34.92 |
| 18 | Prudential | 34.35 |
| 19 | UBS Warburg | 13.33 |
| 20 | Fox-Pitt, Kelton | 12.86 |
| 21 | ISI Group | 12.58 |
| 22 | Dowling & Partners | 10.41 |
| 23 | ABN Amro | 9.91 |
| 24 | Chase H&Q | 9.72 |
| 25 | Dain Rauscher Wessels | 7.75 |
| 26 | Raymond James | 7.23 |
| 27 | Brown Brothers Harriman | 6.81 |
| 28 | Adams, Harkness & Hill | 3.47 |
| 29 | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 2.87 |
| 30 | Scott & Stringfellow | 2.57 |
| 31 | Lazard Freres | 2.28 |
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