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Update February 29, 2000

Tuesday's Market Update: Markets Soar on Blue Chip and Tech Rally

 1. Tuesday's Market Action
 2. Internet and Tech Stocks
 3. Notable Earnings Announcements
 4. Notable Upgrades and Downgrades
 5. Stock Splits
 6. IPO Commentary
 7. IPOs Trading Tuesday
 8. IPO Calendar

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1.  Tuesday's Market Action

                               $ Change   % Change      Close
Dow Industrials                  +89.66     +0.89%   10128.31
S&P 500                          +18.37     +1.36%    1366.42
Nasdaq                          +118.84     +2.60%    4696.69
Internet Stock Index             +32.33     +3.37%     991.92

Blue chips powered forward and sent the Dow higher on Tuesday,
while Internet and tech stocks thrust the Nasdaq to another
record high as investors put away their fears about market
volatility and potential interest rate hikes by the Fed.

Several sectors that had been suffering from beaten-down stocks
rallied back today, including the financial services sector, as
several brokerage firms outperformed.  Lehman Brothers
(NYSE:LEH) closed up 4 3/4 (+7.00%) to 72 9/16, Goldman Sachs
(NYSE:GS) gained 4 (+4.55%) to 92, National Discount Brokers
Group (NYSE:NDB) soared 45.77% (up 14 3/16) to 45 3/16, Merrill
Lynch (NYSE:MER) rose 5 3/8 (+5.54%) to 102 5/16, JP Morgan
(NYSE:JPM) closed up 2 5/8 (+2.41%) to 111 3/8, and Charles
Schwab (NYSE:SCH) jumped 12.23% (up 4 9/16) to 41 7/8.

Oil service stocks also had a strong day on Wall Street as gas
is trading at its highest levels since the Gulf War and as crude
oil prices continue to skyrocket.  Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) gained
3 5/16 (+9.50%) to 38 3/16, Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) rose 4 1/2
(+6.50%) to 73 3/4, Transocean Offshore (NYSE:RIG) closed up 3
1/16 (+8.52%) to 39, Cooper Cameron (NYSE:CAM) gained 2 5/16
(+4.36%) to 55 5/16, and Smith International (NYSE:SII) rose 2
3/4 (+4.58%) to 62 3/4.

Merger-mania continued in the media and entertainment sectors as
Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), the U.S. radio and
billboard giant, and SFX Entertainment (NYSE:SFX), a provider of
live entertainment shows, jointly announced that Clear Channel
will acquire SFX in a deal valued at approximately $2.7 billion.
By expanding Clear Channel's presence in areas such as concerts,
sporting events and theatrical productions in more than half of
the top 50 U.S. markets, the acquisition is expected to result
in greater value for Clear Channel's 1,000 radio stations
worldwide.  Shares of Clear Channel fell 8 1/4 (-10.97%) to 66
15/16, shares of SFX edged up 9/16 (+1.48%) to 38 9/16, while
shares of other media and entertainment players had a great day
on Wall Street, with Seagram (NYSE:VO) gaining 5/8 (+1.11%) to
56 3/4, Viacom (NYSE:VIA) closing up 5 9/16 (+11.10%) to 55
11/16, and CBS (NYSE:CBS) jumping 11.85% (up 6 5/16) to 59 9/16.

Two Dow giants entered into a ground-breaking agreement on
Tuesday, as Boeing (NYSE:BA) and General Electric (NYSE:GE)
jointly announced that they will begin the production of two
state-of-the-art lines of long-range jet aircrafts, including
the world's longest-range airplane that would be capable of
flying nonstop from New York to as far as Malaysia.  The
companies designed the new twin-engine jets in an effort to
compete more effectively with a new airplane from Europe's
Airbus Industrie.  The first deliveries of the new jets are
scheduled for September 2003.  Shares of Boeing dropped 3/16 (-
0.51%) to 36 13/16, while shares of General Electric gained 3
9/16 (+2.75%) to 133.

In other Dow action:

<> International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Hewlett-
Packard (NYSE:HWP) were selected by Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL)
to supply personal computers under the airline's program to
provide subsidized computers to its workers.  Shares of IBM fell
2 5/16 (-2.21%) to 102 3/16, while shares of Hewlett-Packard
closed up 6 15/16 (+5.38%) to 135 13/16.

<> Philip Morris (NYSE:MO) shares edged up 1/16 (+0.31%) to 20
1/8 following the company's announcement that it would give up
its fight to challenge the Food and Drug Administration's
proposals geared towards regulating the tobacco industry.

<> Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) shares closed up 3/4 (+2.29%) to 33
1/2 on the heels of Monday's announcement by the entertainment
company that its cable television group had struck agreements
with three cable television system operators to carry the
company's new all soap opera network SoapNet.

2. Internet and Tech Stocks

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The Nasdaq's surge resulted in several record highs during the
day's trading for a broad range of Internet and tech stocks,
including Brocade Communications (Nasdaq:BRCD), which gained 6
1/16 (+2.14%) to 289 1/8, Applied Mirco Circuits (Nasdaq:AMCC),
which rose 19 5/8 (+7.68%) to 275 1/16, PMC-Sierra
(Nasdaq:PMCS), which closed up 14 5/16 (+8.01%) to 193 1/16, COR
Therapeutics (Nasdaq:CORR), which finished up 8 1/8 (+9.97%) to
89 5/8, Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), which gained 11 1/16
(+7.10%) to 166 15/16, and Motorola (NYSE:MOT), which rose 11
13/16 (+7.45%) to 170 5/16.

Chip stocks were a driving force behind the Nasdaq's strong
performance, as analysts and investors anticipate a huge demand
for computer memory chips to run wireless products such as hand-
held organizers and cellular telephones.  Altera (Nasdaq:ALTR)
closed up 8 1/4 (+11.54%) to 79 3/4, Lam Research (Nasdaq:LRCX)
jumped 13.08% (up 18 1/16) to 156 1/8, Xilinx (Nasdaq:XLNX)
gained 13.52% (up 9 1/2) to 79 3/4, KLA Tencor (Nasdaq:KLAC)
rose 8 1/8 (+11.64%) to 77 15/16, and Rambus (Nasdaq:RMBS)
soared 25.16% (up 60 5/8) to 301 5/8.

Leading Tuesday's telecom news was the announcement by TeleCorp
PCS (Nasdaq:TLCP), AT&T Corp.'s (NYSE:T) largest wireless
telephone partner, that it will acquire Tritel Inc.
(Nasdaq:TTEL), AT&T's #2 wireless affiliate, in a transaction
valued at $5 billion.  The deal would result in a combined
company having a contiguous wireless network running from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.  Pursuant to the agreement,
AT&T will obtain TeleCorp's existing wireless operations in the
Boston area in exchange for $100 million in cash, as well as
wireless licenses and rights to acquire licenses in Iowa and
Wisconsin.  Shares of TeleCorp fell 8 1/16 (-14.93%) to 45
15/16, shares of Tritel catapulted 32.29% (up 7 3/4) to 31 3/4
and shares of AT&T gained 4 7/16 (+9.86%) to 49 7/16.

In other telecom action, Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE:DOX), a leading
provider of integrated customer care and billing systems for
wireless telecom operators and service providers, announced on
Tuesday that it would acquire billing and customer care software
maker Solect Technology Group in a deal valued at about $1
billion.  The move by Amdocs is expected to strengthen the
company's presence in the market for billing and customer care
software for the Internet.  Shares of Amdocx jumped 13.26% (up 8
11/16) to 74 3/16.

America Online (NYSE:AOL) and Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) jointly
announced on Tuesday that the companies will open up their cable
television systems to other Internet service providers upon the
completion of their blockbuster merger.  The move was seen by
analysts as a potential catalyst for the rest of the industry to
follow suit.  Specifically, the pledge to give customers greater
choices could put tremendous pressure on long-distance phone and
cable television operators, including telecom giant AT&T, to
further open their systems to rival Web-access providers.
Shares of AOL, the #1 Internet service provider, fell 1 11/16 (-
2.78%) to 58 15/16, while shares of Time Warner, the world's
biggest media company, dropped 1 3/16 (-1.37%) to 85 1/2.

Other big movers in the Internet and technology sectors
included:

<> 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS), which jumped 23.95% (up 18 15/16) to 98
on tremendous demand for the spin-off of the company's Palm
unit.  3Com increased the price range for Palm's IPO to $30-$32
per share from $14-$16 per share.  The public offering of 23
million shares could now generate as much as $736 million.

<> SpeedUs.com (Nasdaq:SPDE), which skyrocketed 136.69% (up 11
7/8) to 20 9/16, riding on the wave of popularity among
investors of wireless handheld device manufacturers and services
providers.

<> Redback Networks (Nasdaq:RBAK), which jumped 21 1/4 (+7.66%)
to 298 1/2 following yesterday's positive remarks from Lehman
Brothers.

Leading Internet and tech stocks performed as follows:

Company                        $ Change   % Change      Close
Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN)             +3 1/8     +4.75%     68 7/8
America Online (NYSE:AOL)        -1 5/8     -2.68%         59
Commerce One (Nasdaq:CMRC)       -2 1/2     -1.18%    208 7/8
Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO)              +1 5/8     +1.24%   132 3/16
CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI)             +13 3/16    +11.33%   129 9/16
Dell (Nasdaq:DELL)                -3/16     -0.46%   40 13/16
Ebay (Nasdaq:EBAY)             -1 11/16     -1.16%    143 3/8
ExciteAtHome (Nasdaq:ATHM)       +15/16     +2.81%    34 5/16
Exodus (Nasdaq:EXDS)             +8 5/8     +6.45%    142 3/8
Intel (Nasdaq:INTC)                +5/8     +0.56%        113
Juniper (Nasdaq:JNPR)           +45 1/4    +19.75%   274 5/16
Lucent (NYSE:LU)               +1 39/64     +2.77%   59 39/64
Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT)         -2 3/16     -2.39%     89 3/8
Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL)             +5 5/8     +8.20%     74 1/4
Schwab (NYSE:SCH)                +4 5/8    +12.40%   41 15/16
Sun Micro (Nasdaq:SUNW)          +1 3/8     +1.46%     95 1/4
Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM)           -13/16     -0.57%   142 7/16
Qwest (NYSE:Q)                     +1/4     +0.54%     46 1/4
Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO)              -2 1/4     -1.39%  159 11/16

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3. Notable Earnings Announcements

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please visit: http://www.smartportfolio.com/earnings.asp
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Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) announced on Tuesday that its quarterly
profits rose 15% as a result of strong sales at the company's
upscale discount Target stores.  Earnings came in at $1.12 a
share, beating the 97 cents a share from the year-ago period and
quarter and exceeding First Call consensus estimates of $1.10 a
share.  Shares of the giant retailer edged up 1/8 (+0.21%) to
59.

Smithfield Foods (NYSE:SFD), the #1 U.S. pork producer, reported
on Tuesday that its fiscal third quarter profits were hit hard
by flooding in North Carolina and lower profit margins on fresh
pork.  The company's income came in at 36 cents per share, down
from $1.31 per share in the year-earlier period and below Wall
Street analysts' forecasts of 57 cents per share.  Shares of
Smithfield Foods closed down 1/4 (-1.59%) to 15 1/2.

BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) announced on Tuesday that its
quarterly profits jumped 26.5% and came in at 63 cents a share,
which beat First Call consensus estimates of 62 cents per share.
Shares of the retail powerhouse rose 2 3/8 (+8.30%) to 31.

4. Notable Upgrades and Downgrades

For full coverage of today's upgrades, downgrades and coverage
initiations, please click on the appropriate links below:

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Aetna (NYSE:AET) was upgraded by Prudential from hold to
accumulate. Shares were up 1 5/8 to 41 1/8.

Allergan (NYSE:AGN) was upgraded by PaineWebber from attractive
to buy and by Warburg Dillon Read from hold to buy.  Warburg set
a $64 target price on the stock.  Shares were off 1/8 to 50
5/16.

Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD) was upgraded by Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter from outperform to strong buy but analyst Andrew Conway
lowered his price target on the shares from $90 to $78.  Shares
jumped 2 7/8 to 64 1/8.

Circuit City Stores (NYSE:CC) was upgraded by Goldman Sachs'
analyst Matthew Fassler from market outperform to its
Recommended List.  Shares were up 4 9/16 to 40 3/8.

McGraw-Hill (NYSE:MHP) was upgraded by CS First Boston from hold
to strong buy.  Shares were up 4 3/8 to 50 7/8.

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Hershey Foods (NYSE:HSY) was downgraded by Lehman Brothers from
buy to outperform.  Shares were off 3/16 to 43 15/16.

Paychex (Nasdaq:PAYX) was downgraded by Robert W. Baird from
short-term market outperform to short-term market perform.
Shares were off 3/16 to 50 1/16.

Robertson Stephens downgraded several rental car companies
today. Hertz (NYSE:HRZ) was downgraded from buy to long-term
attractive; shares were up 3/8 to 35 13/16. Avis Rent A Car
(NYSE:AVI) was downgraded from buy to long-term attractive;
shares were lower by 1 3/16 to 14 9/16.  Dollar Thrifty
Automotive (NYSE:DTG) was downgraded from buy to long-term
attractive; shares were off by 1 1/4 to 13 1/8.

US Bancorp (Nasdaq:UBAN) was downgraded by CIBC World Markets
from buy to hold. Shares were up 3/16 to 9 13/16.

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Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) was started by CS First Boston
with a buy rating.  Shares were off 3/8 to 32 3/4.

Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ABDE) was initiated by PaineWebber with a
buy rating.  Shares were up 4 3/16 to 102.

Alerta Corp. (NasdaqNM:ALTR) was started by Chase H&Q with a buy
and was added to the investment bank's Focus List.  Alerta was
up 8 1/4 to 79 3/4.

AVANEX Corp. (Nasdaq:AVNX) had coverage initiated by several
investment banks today. Lehman Brothers started coverage with a
buy rating; Dain Rauscher Wessels initiated coverage with a
strong buy rating; Robertson Stephens started coverage with a
buy; and USB Piper Jaffray initiated coverage with a strong buy
rating.  Shares were up 3/8 to 208 3/8.

Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) was started by CS First
Boston as a hold.  Shares were up 1/4 to 18 1/4.

Digital Island (Nasdaq:ISLD) was started by Goldman Sachs with a
market perform rating and by Dain Rauscher Wessels with a strong
buy rating. Goldman's analyst, Michael Parekh, forecasts a loss
of $5.15 in 2000 and $5.82 in 2001. Shares were up 5 1/8 to 116
1/8.

EON Communications (Nasdaq:EONC) was started by W.R. Hambrecht
with a market outperform rating.  Shares were off 1 3/8 to 22
5/8.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was started by CS First Boston with
a strong buy rating.  Shares were off 3/4 to 71 3/4.

Juniper Networks (Nasdaq:JNPR) had coverage initiated by Wit
SoundView with a strong buy rating.  Shares soared 45 1/4 to 274
5/16.

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) was initiated by CS First Boston with a buy
rating.  Shares were up 7/16 to 48 7/16.

Microchip Technology (Nasdaq:MCHP) was started by Chase H&Q with
a buy rating.  Shares were up 9 1/8 to 62 7/16.

5. Stock Splits

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This chart shows the companies that will split their shares
during the next 4 business days.  The "Pay" column shows the
payable date.  The "Ex" column refers to the ex-date, the date
on which the stock begins to trade at its split-adjusted price.
The ratio refers to the number of split shares stockholders will
receive (a 2:1 ratio means that stockholders will receive one
additional share for each share they already hold).

Pay     Ex                                   Ann.    Split
Date    Date    Company                Sym.  Date    Ratio
Feb 29  Mar 1   Anadigics              ANAD  Jan 28  3-2
Feb 29  Mar 1   Global Technologies    GTLL  Jan 06  3-2
Feb 29  Mar 1   TMP Worldwide          TMPW  Jan 11  2-1
Feb 29  Mar 1   WebTrends              WEBT  Jan 24  2-1
Mar 1   Mar 2   DSP Group              DSPG  Jan 24  2-1
Mar 1   Mar 2   Jones Pharma           JMED  Feb 03  3-2
Mar 1   Mar 2   Kirlin Holding Corp.   KILK  Feb 07  2-1
Mar 1   Mar 2   Modem Media            MMPT  Jan 05  2-1
Mar 1   Mar 2   Onyx Software          ONXS  Jan 31  2-1
Mar 2   Mar 3   Group 1 Software       GSOF  Feb 07  3-2
Mar 2   Mar 3   Jack Henry & Assoc.    JKHY  Jan 31  2-1
Mar 2   Mar 3   Winstar Communications WCII  Feb 03  3-2
Mar 3   Mar 6   Veritas Software       VRTS  Jan 27  3-2
Mar 3   Mar 6   Xcelera.com            XLA   Jan 24  2-1

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It was an explosive day in the IPO market today, with 3 much-
anticipated IPOs beginning to trade on a strong day in the
overall equity markets.  Leading the way was Net.genesis
(Nasdaq:NTGX), a provider of e-customer intelligence solutions,
whose shares surged 215.63%.  Another winner was Avenue A
(Nasdaq:AVEA), an online advertising firm, which bolted 200.00%
in its debut.  Finally, NIKU (Nasdaq:NIKU), a provider of
Internet solutions for the sourcing, management and delivery of
professional services soared 187.50% in its IPO after its
pricing range was raised from $10-$12 to $20-$22, which is
usually an indication that the underwriters expect strong demand
for the offering.

Continuing on today's momentum, there is a host of companies set
to go public during the rest of the week, including the much-
hyped IPO of Palm Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), the provider of handheld
computing devices and spin off of 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS).

All four of these companies - Net.genesis, Avenue A, NIKU, and
Palm =0F- were highlighted in one of the last 2 issues of the
Smart!IPO Repot, which presents in-depth analyses every week of
hot IPOs before they began trading.  To subscribe to a FREE 2-
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7.  IPOs Trading Tuesday

Avenue A, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVEA) - Provider of Internet advertising
services.
Price: 24  Open: 76   High: 89
Close: 72  Change: +48 (+200.00%)

Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) - Provider of Internet solutions
for the sourcing, management and delivery of professional
services.
Price: 24  Open: 63 1/2  High: 75 1/2
Close: 69  Change:  +45 (+187.50%)

net.Genesis Corp. (Nasdaq:NTGX) =0F- Provider of e-customer
intelligence solutions that enable companies to understand and
improve their online businesses.

Price: 18  Open: 53  High: 59
Close: 56 13/16  Change: +38 13/16 (+215.63%)

8. IPO Calendar - http://www.smartportfolio.com/ipo
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here.</A>

*Indicates an Internet related issue.

*3/1 - Urban Cool Network Inc (AMEX:UBN) - Operate
urbancoolnet.com, an online network targeted to the urban
consumer that provides a forum for communications, information
and electronic commerce.

*3/1 - Onvia.com Inc (NASDAQ:ONVI) - A business-to-business
emarketplace for small business buyers and sellers.

*3/2 - Register.com Inc (NASDAQ:RCOM) - Provider of Internet
domain name registration services worldwide.

3/2 - Palm Inc (NASDAQ:PALM) - A global provider of handheld
computing devices.

*3/2 - MatrixOne Inc (NASDAQ:MONE) - Provider of Internet
business collaboration software.

*3/3 - Netpliance Inc (NASDAQ:NPLI) -
Shares: 7,000,000  Amount: $105,000,000  Price Range: $13-$15
Lead Underwriter: Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc
Pioneering a new model for delivering a simplified and more
relevant Internet experience through consumer Internet
appliances.

*3/3 - AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ASIA) - Provider of
Internet-related, information technology professional services
and software products in China.

3/3 - ImageWare Systems Inc (TBA) - Develops, sells and supports
a suite of modular software products that is used by law
enforcement and public safety agencies to manage criminal
history records.

*3/3 - UTStarcom Inc (NASDAQ:UTSI) - Provides communications
equipment for service providers that operate wireless and
wireline networks.

*3/3 - Versata Inc (NASDAQ:VATA) - Provider of comprehensive
suite of software and services that enables customers to rapidly
deploy e-business applications. (Predecessors: Vision Software
Tools Inc, Image Innovation Solutions Inc.

*3/3 - EChapman.com Inc (NASDAQ:ECMN) - Seek to become a leading
interactive online community through EChapman.com, offering both
financial services and a variety of lifestyle, educational and
cultural content selected to appeal particularly to African-
Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic- Americans and women market
segments.

*3/3 - Switchboard Inc (NASDAQ:SWBD) - An Internet-based local
merchant network interconnecting consumers, merchants and
national advertisers.

*3/3 - Prime Response Inc (NASDAQ:PRME) - A provider of
integrated eMarketing software solutions that enable businesses
to create, manage and execute highly targeted internet and
traditional marketing campaigns.

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