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Foolish Special

[ September 1, 2000 ]

Foolish Favourites -- Vodafone Is No.1

By Stuart Watson (TMFTiger)

Here's the second edition of Foolish Favourites, where we run down the most popular stocks in all Fools' portfolios. Without further ado let's run down the top thirty holdings, as at the end of August. The positions of each share in the last list, produced at the end of June, are shown in the brackets, in true chart fashion.

1.   (2)  Vodafone Group (LSE: VOD)
2.   (1)  Marks & Spencer (LSE: MKS)
3.   (3)  British Telecom (LSE: BT.A)
4.   (4)  Halifax (LSE: HFX)
5.   (5)  ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM)
6.   (6)  Lloyds TSB (LSE: LLOY)
7.   (9)  Baltimore Technologies (LSE: BLM)
8.   (8)  Abbey National (LSE: ANL)
9.   (7)  British Airways (LSE: BAY)
10. (11)  Psion (LSE: PON)
11. (10)  Lastminute.com (LSE: LMC)
12. (12)  Tesco (LSE: TSCO)
13. (13)  Glaxo Wellcome (LSE: GLXO)
14. (14)  ICI (LSE: ICI)
15. (15)  Cable & Wireless (LSE: CW.)
16. (16)  Freeserve (LSE: FRE)
17. (18)  Centrica (LSE: CNA)
18. (17)  Royal & Sun Alliance (LSE: RSA)
19. (22)  Woolwich (LSE: WWH)
20. (24)  Boots (LSE: BOOT)
21. (20)  Powergen (LSE: PWG)
22. (27)  Marconi (LSE: MNI)
23. (21)  Scottish Power (LSE: SPW)
24. (19)  interactive investor (LSE: IIN)
25. (29)  Alliance & Leicester (LSE: AL.)
26. (25)  Pace Micro Technology (LSE: PIC)
27. (23)  Scoot (LSE: SCO)
28. (26)  NXT (LSE: NTX)
29. (32)  Geo Interactive Media (LSE: GIM)
30. (31)  Unilever (LSE: ULVR)


There's been a small change at the top. Vodafone (LSE: VOD) has sneaked ahead of Marks & Spencer (LSE: MKS) by the tiniest of margins. Elsewhere in the top ten there have been few changes. Baltimore Technologies (LSE: BLM) has sneaked up, at the expense of British Airways (LSE: BAY). There is still a big gap between the top three and the rest of field.

Further down the list two of the mortgage banks have seen an increase in popularity. Both the Woolwich (LSE: WWH) and Alliance & Leicester (LSE: AL.) have stepped up a few places. The Woolwich is much more popular than its current suitor, Barclays (LSE: BARC), which sits at number 51. But the UK's biggest bank, HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA) is even more unpopular. It sits at number 69. Boots (LSE: BOOT) and Marconi (LSE: MNI) have also made some healthy gains. However, Scoot (LSE: SCO) and interactive investor (LSE: IIN) are falling rapidly. There is just one new entrant in the top 30. Creeping in at number 29 is Geo Interactive Media (LSE: GIM).

Bubbling Under

Don't be surprised to see Telewest (LSE: TWT) sneak in next time. It rose sharply up the chart from number 40 to number 31. Sage (LSE: SGE) is also banging at the door as well. It crept from number 36 to number 33. Logica (LSE: LOG) is another FTSE 100 stock making steady progess. It moved up four places to number 39. Further down the list a couple of stocks made big leaps. Egg (LSE: EGG) looks like it is rapidly gaining popularity after its initial post-flotation price slump. It has risen from number 99 to number 75. Finally, Stagecoach (LSE: SGC) is also making a sneaky comeback. It moved up 13 spots to number 80.

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