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Amateur hot stocks -- as appears in Forbes Online, 1/25/99 (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0125/6302082tab1.htm)

Below are the top 25 o-t-c (over-the-counter) stocks, in order of volume, in which marketmakers for on-line brokers recently traded. Note their growing influence in big companies like Dell and Intel.

Company/TICKER Stock price On-line
trading
volume¹
% November
volume/
float
% Price/
sales
ratio Market
value
($mil)

12/31/98 1998
chg
%

Dell Computer/DELL $73.19 249% 24% 13% 6 $93,024

Amazon.com/AMZN 107.08 966 33 184 40 16,938

Egghead.com/EGGS 20.81 220 45 465 2 508

Netscape Communications/NSCP 60.75 149 36 167 14 5,953

Yahoo!/YHOO 236.94 584 38 188 156 23,384

K-Tel International/KTEL 10.50 217 53 3,768 1 88

Ciena/CIEN 14.63 -76 35 74 3 1,510

Excite/XCIT 42.06 180 39 550 18 2,170

Books-A-Million/BAMM 13.00 124 55 460 1 225

Intel/INTC 118.56 69 13 3 8 197,645

Cisco Systems/CSCO 92.81 150 13 3 16 145,995

Microsoft/MSFT 138.69 115 12 2 23 345,888

Onsale/ONSL 40.06 123 46 580 4 768

Lycos/LCOS 55.56 169 31 147 33 2,386

Infonautics/INFO 4.50 125 53 612 3 43

Geron/GERN 10.88 32 41 250 18 146

Navarre/NAVR 10.06 374 41 449 1 135

Cyberian Outpost/COOL 27.50 53² 51 676 14 607

eBay/EBAY 241.25 1,240² 43 731 319 9,714

PairGain Technologies/PAIR 7.69 -60 23 47 2 544

EarthWeb/EWBX 38.88 178² 49 1,122 135 307

Applied Materials/AMAT 42.69 42 13 6 3 15,690

Cdnow/CDNW 18.00 13² 40 551 7 318

N2K/NTKI 13.06 -11 39 198 6 186

Open Market/OMKT 11.69 21 36 174 6 409

¹Trades from Mayer & Schweitzer, Knight Securities and Island as a percentage of total monthly volume. ²Based on offer price. Sources: Interactive Data & Market Guide via FactSet Research Systems, Inc.; Nasdaq.

Company/TICKER	Stock price		On-line trading volume¹ %	November volume/ float %	Price/ sales ratio	Market value ($mil)
Company/TICKER	12/31/98	1998 chg %	On-line trading volume¹ %	November volume/ float %	Price/ sales ratio	Market value ($mil)
Dell Computer/DELL	$73.19	249%	24%	13%	6	$93,024
Amazon.com/AMZN	107.08	966	33	184	40	16,938
Egghead.com/EGGS	20.81	220	45	465	2	508
Netscape Communications/NSCP	60.75	149	36	167	14	5,953
Yahoo!/YHOO	236.94	584	38	188	156	23,384
K-Tel International/KTEL	10.50	217	53	3,768	1	88
Ciena/CIEN	14.63	-76	35	74	3	1,510
Excite/XCIT	42.06	180	39	550	18	2,170
Books-A-Million/BAMM	13.00	124	55	460	1	225
Intel/INTC	118.56	69	13	3	8	197,645
Cisco Systems/CSCO	92.81	150	13	3	16	145,995
Microsoft/MSFT	138.69	115	12	2	23	345,888
Onsale/ONSL	40.06	123	46	580	4	768
Lycos/LCOS	55.56	169	31	147	33	2,386
Infonautics/INFO	4.50	125	53	612	3	43
Geron/GERN	10.88	32	41	250	18	146
Navarre/NAVR	10.06	374	41	449	1	135
Cyberian Outpost/COOL	27.50	53²	51	676	14	607
eBay/EBAY	241.25	1,240²	43	731	319	9,714
PairGain Technologies/PAIR	7.69	-60	23	47	2	544
EarthWeb/EWBX	38.88	178²	49	1,122	135	307
Applied Materials/AMAT	42.69	42	13	6	3	15,690
Cdnow/CDNW	18.00	13²	40	551	7	318
N2K/NTKI	13.06	-11	39	198	6	186
Open Market/OMKT	11.69	21	36	174	6	409
¹Trades from Mayer & Schweitzer, Knight Securities and Island as a percentage of total monthly volume. ²Based on offer price. Sources: Interactive Data & Market Guide via FactSet Research Systems, Inc.; Nasdaq.