Insider Rankings - Illustration

The following is our regular monthly ranking of the U.S. companies by insider activity. Unlike our buy/sell reports, these rankings represent a quantitative view (not qualitative) of where insider accumulation and distribution have been the heaviest during the past three months.

Top U.S. Stocks
                                             Net # of        Net
Symbol    Issuer                             Insiders       Volume

NAFC      Nash Finch Co.                        17          51,725
TOFC      Tower Financial Corp                  16         227,200
FTR       Frontier Insurance Group              14         114,830
AXL       American Axle & Mfg                   11          20,920
RSBI      Ridgewood Financial Inc               11         138,399
GSBI      Granite State Bankshares              10          -2,450
SJFC      South Jersey Financial                10         105,900
ENN       Equity Inns Inc.                       9         113,180
SUR       CNA Surety Corp.                       9           4,530
ACSY      ACSYS Inc.                             9          53,000
ALNC      Alliance Financial Corp.               9           2,350
BEAV      BE Aerospace Inc.                      9         152,500
CFOK      Community First Bancorp                9          44,200
NBTB      NBT Bancorp Inc.                       9           2,405
SOTR      Southtrust Corp.                       9          10,549
FMN       F & M National Corp.                   8          11,796
GBL       Gabelli Asset Management               8          87,965
MCH       Millennium Chemicals Inc.              8          66,572
RAD       Rite Aid Corp.                         8         264,500
ALLC      Allied Capital Corp                    8         150,010
HHGP      Harris & Harris Group Inc.             8          15,816
INMG      Insurance Management                   8      -1,327,400
VIGN      Vignette Corp                          8          83,107
AML       Amli Residential Properties            7          78,785
BBA       Bombay Co., The                        7          55,450
BMI       Badger Meter Inc.                      7          13,716
EQS       Equus II Inc.                          7           7,932
FBP       FirstBank P R San Juan                 7          26,000
FLM       Fleming Cos. Inc.                      7          45,800
LNT       Interstate Energy Corp.                7           2,064
LUB       Luby's Cafeterias Inc.                 7          47,035
MHR       Magnum Hunter Resources                7         134,758
OTL       Octel Corp                             7          22,801
FFSL      First Independence Corp.               7          10,080
MBSK      Marine Bancshares Inc                  7         256,298
PESI      Perma-Fix Environmental                7          58,087
RBNC      Republic Bancorp Inc.                  7          46,728
RSFC      Republic Security Financial            7          20,784
APR       American Precision Industrie           6           6,400
BIS       Barrister Information System           6         310,553
BUR       Burlington Industries Inc.             6          23,700
CQB       Chiquita Brands Intl. Inc.             6       1,894,400
FFA       Franchise Finance Corp                 6           1,438
GVE       Grove Property Trust                   6          61,548
PAB       PAB Bankshares Inc.                    6           5,985
PNT       Pennsylvania Enterprises Inc           6          34,081
SPD       Standard Products Co., The             6          19,800
SWN       Southwestern Energy Co.                6          20,400
ALLR      Allaire Corp                           6          16,870
CERG      Ceres Group Inc -                      6       1,354,600

Bottom U.S. Stocks

Symbol    Issuer                             Net # of        Net
                                             Insiders       Volume

GM        General Motors Corp.                 -24         -26,787
POVT      Provant Inc.                         -14        -570,136
CAT       Caterpillar Inc.                     -14         -21,548
BAX       Baxter International Inc.            -12      -1,241,570
VRSN      VeriSign Inc.                        -10      -1,559,239
SUNW      Sun Microsystems Inc.                -10        -217,550
CMB       Chase Manhattan Corp.                -10         -39,209
NUE       Nucor Corp.                           -9         -43,799
VNWK      Visual Networks Inc.                  -8        -233,367
PERC      Perclose Inc.                         -8        -394,438
INKT      Inktomi Corp.                         -8        -429,389
AMTD      Ameritrade Holding Corp.              -8         -18,836
TWTR      Tweeter Home Entertain                -7        -781,609
RFMD      RF Micro Devices Inc.                 -7        -117,829
AMZN      Amazon.Com Inc.                       -7          18,200
PHB       Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l                 -7         -21,941
AMG       Affiliated Managers Group             -7        -530,621
BNBGA     Bull & Bear Group Inc.                -6        -150,750
TERN      Terayon Communication                 -6        -826,570
PLCM      Polycom Inc.                          -6        -464,757
NEON      New Era Of Networks Inc.              -6         -55,330
MTEX      Mannatech Inc                         -6        -547,760
MSTR      MicroStrategy Inc                     -6        -137,500
EGRP      E Trade Group Inc.                    -6      -4,469,642
CCRD      Concord Communications                -6         -56,199
CBSI      Complete Business Solutions           -6      -2,358,000
ADBE      Adobe Systems Inc.                    -6         -48,025
XRX       Xerox Corp.                           -6         -42,574
PBI       Pitney Bowes Inc.                     -6          13,119
VECO      Veeco Instruments Inc. (DE)           -5      -1,436,000
TECH      Techne Corp.                          -5         -21,204
RNWK      RealNetworks Inc.                     -5         -89,893
RATL      Rational Software Corp.               -5        -481,514
NTAP      Network Appliance Corp.               -5        -495,000
JVLN      Javelin Systems Inc.                  -5        -435,400
GTSG      Global Telesystems Group              -5        -142,250
GEOC      Geotel Communications                 -5        -361,000
FVCX      FVC Com Inc                           -5        -420,000
FOCL      Focal Inc                             -5        -104,500
EFAX      Efax Com Inc                          -5        -402,257
DELL      Dell Computer Corp.                   -5        -637,938
DBCC      Data Broadcasting Corp.               -5      -1,794,500
CYCL      Centennial Cellular Corp.             -5         -34,921
COGX      Corgenix Medical Corp                 -5        -214,226
AMCC      Applied Micro Circuit Corp.           -5        -210,250
SCH       Schwab (Charles) Corp.                -5        -862,883
OXY       Occidental Petroleum Corp.            -5         -91,770
FPC       Florida Progress Corp.                -5         -19,315
CCE       Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.            -5        -128,800
AHC       Amerada Hess Corp.                    -5         -11,300

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