TSC Staff
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| The Best Stock Pickers | |||
| Category | Name | Firm | Overall Rank |
| Advertising | Michael Beebe | Goldman Sachs | 4 |
| Aerospace & Defense | Howard Rubel | Goldman Sachs | 3 |
| Air Freight & Couriers | Gregory Konezny | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 5 |
| Airlines | James Higgins | DLJ | 5 |
| Alternative Carriers | James Henry | Bear Stearns | 2 |
| Apparel Retail | Joe Grillo | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 7 |
| Application Software | Jim Moore | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 4 |
| Auto Components | Brett Hoselton | McDonald | 8 |
| Automobiles | John Casesa | Merrill Lynch | 4 |
| Banks | David Berry | Keefe Bruyette & Woods | 14 |
| Biotechnology | Eric Ende | Lehman Brothers (now at Banc of America) | 7 |
| Broadcasting & Cable TV | Doug Mitchelson | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 14 |
| Building Products | Jack Kasprzak | Scott & Stringfellow | 2 |
| Casinos & Gaming | David Anders | Credit Suisse First Boston (now at Merrill Lynch) | 5 |
| Computer & Electronics Retail | David Childe | Morgan Keegan | 4 |
| Computer Hardware | Steven Milunovich | Merrill Lynch | 2 |
| Computer Storage & Peripherals | Robert Montague | Morgan Keegan | 9 |
| Construction & Farm Machinery | John Inch | Bear Stearns | 6 |
| Consumer Finance | Jennifer Scutti | Prudential | 13 |
| Containers & Packaging | Joel Tiss | Lehman Brothers | 5 |
| Department Stores | Gary Balter | DLJ | 2 |
| Diversified Chemicals | Sergey Vasnetsov | Lehman Brothers | 3 |
| Diversified Financial Services | James Hanbury | Schroder (firm no longer in business) | 16 |
| Electric Utilities | Jonathan Raleigh | Goldman Sachs | 2 |
| Electrical Components & Equipment | Nicholas Heymann | Prudential | 3 |
| Electronic Equipment & Instruments | Mark Jordan | A.G. Edwards | 8 |
| Energy Equipment & Services | Marshall Adkins | Raymond James | 4 |
| Environmental Services | Steven Binder | Bear Stearns | 5 |
| General Merchandise Stores | Holly Guthrie | Janney Montgomery Scott | 11 |
| Health Care Distributors & Services | Daren Marhula | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 5 |
| Health Care Equipment & Supplies | Steven Halper | DLJ | 7 |
| Health Care Facilities | Kemp Dolliver | S.G. Cowen | 8 |
| Home Improvement Retail | Rebecca Yarchover | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 9 |
| Household Products | Jim Dormer | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (now at PaineWebber) | 8 |
| Industrial Conglomerates | Phua Young | Merrill Lynch | 2 |
| Industrial Machinery | James Samuels | Banc of America | 11 |
| Integrated Oil & Gas | Philippe Hervieu | Nesbitt Burns | 10 |
| Integrated Telecommunications Services | Peter Kennedy | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 6 |
| Internet Software & Services | David Hilal | Friedman, Billings, Ramsey | 6 |
| IT Consulting & Services | Mark D'Annolfo | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 6 |
| Life & Health Insurance (tie) | Joan Zief | Goldman Sachs | 7 |
| Life & Health Insurance (tie) | John Hall | Prudential | 12 |
| Managed Health Care | Joseph France | Credit Suisse First Boston | 3 |
| Metals, Mining & Steel | Ali Agha | DLJ | 15 |
| Movies & Entertainment (tie) | Jessica Reif Cohen | Merrill Lynch | 2 |
| Movies & Entertainment (tie) | Chris Dixon | PaineWebber | 6 |
| Networking Equipment | Kevin Slocum | Wit SoundView | 7 |
| Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | Shannon Nome | Banc of America | 8 |
| Packaged Foods | Bob Cummins | Schroder (firm no longer in business) | 12 |
| Paper & Forest Products | David Smyth | RBC Dominion | 6 |
| Pharmaceuticals | Kenneth Kulju | DLJ | 13 |
| Property & Casualty Insurance | Brian Meredith | Banc of America | 11 |
| Publishing & Printing | Michael Beebe | Goldman Sachs | 7 |
| REITs | Jeff Caira | Tucker Anthony Cleary Gull (now at Ferris Baker Watts) | 10 |
| Restaurants | Paul Westra | Credit Suisse First Boston (left the sell side) | 14 |
| Road & Rail | Edward Wolfe | Bear Stearns | 4 |
| Semiconductor Equipment | Erika Klauer | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 12 |
| Semiconductors | Jeffrey Lipton | Chase H&Q | 7 |
| Soft Drinks | Jennifer Solomon | Salomon Smith Barney | 4 |
| Specialty Chemicals | Mark Gulley | Banc of America | 2 |
| Specialty Stores | Rebecca Yarchover | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 12 |
| Systems Software | Tim Dolan | Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown | 4 |
| Telecommunications Equipment | David Kang | Roth Capital Partners (now at ABN Amro) | 9 |
| Tobacco | Roy Burry | Brown Brothers Harriman | 5 |
| Wireless Telecommunications Services | Eric Weinstein | DLJ | 12 |
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