UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMSSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Fortaleza Asset Management, Inc.
Address: 200 W. Adams Street
Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606
13F File Number: 28-5120
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is
authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true,
correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items,
statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Diane Meggs
Title: Vice President of Operations
Phone: 312-621-6111
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Diane Meggs Chicago, Illinois April 30, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Totals: 76
Form 13F Information Table Value Totals: $152,073
List of Other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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Form 13F Information Table
Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Voting Authority
Name of Issuer Title of ClCusip (x$1000)Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn ManagersSole Shared None
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A.C. Nielson Com 004833109 4047 149200Sh Sole 100700 0 48500
Acxiom Corp. Com 005125109 1988 75000Sh Sole 52500 0 22500
Alaska AirLines Com 011659109 3064 64500Sh Sole 43000 0 21500
Ann Taylor Stores Com 036115103 3950 89400Sh Sole 58100 0 31300
Apollo Group CL A 037604105 1882 63000Sh Sole 45000 0 18000
Asyst Technology Com 04648X107 1496 108800Sh Sole 70800 0 38000
Autodesk Com 052769106 3300 81600Sh Sole 60600 0 21000
Banco Santander Com 059646109 2254 112700Sh Sole 70500 0 42200
BeBe Stores Com 075571109 3485 85000Sh Sole 54900 0 30100
Bright Horizons Com 109195107 2433 111200Sh Sole 61200 0 50000
CNet, Inc. Com 125945105 2672 29000Sh Sole 19000 0 10000
Carreker-Antinori Com 144433109 1592 233650Sh Sole 153550 0 80100
Central Parking Com 154785109 2877 83400Sh Sole 57600 0 25800
Cheesecake Factory Com 163072101 2166 91200Sh Sole 63200 0 28000
Children's Place Com 168905107 1913 71000Sh Sole 48000 0 23000
Claire's Stores Com 179584107 1579 52400Sh Sole 36700 0 15700
Closure Medical Com 189093107 2455 64600Sh Sole 41600 0 23000
Cost Plus World Market Com 221485105 4264 145165Sh Sole 99915 0 45250
Coulter Pharmaceuticals Com 222116105 1937 89050Sh Sole 65950 0 23100
Covad Com 222814204 1315 20000Sh Sole 13500 0 6500
Critical Path Com 22674V100 7 100Sh Sole 100 0 0
Cutter & Buck Com 232217109 2720 85000Sh Sole 59000 0 26000
Cytyc Corporation Com 232946103 698 50300Sh Sole 34300 0 16000
DeVry, Inc. Com 251893103 1786 61600Sh Sole 44000 0 17600
Digital River Com 25388B104 3488 87200Sh Sole 60200 0 27000
Documentum Com 256159104 1155 66700Sh Sole 46700 0 20000
Doral Financial Com 25811P100 3116 169600Sh Sole 114100 0 55500
Education Management Com 28139T101 2706 88000Sh Sole 64200 0 23800
Engineering Animation Com 292872108 4250 100900Sh Sole 68200 0 32700
Flextronics Ord Y2573F102 3142 61600Sh Sole 43800 0 17800
Focal Medical Com 343909107 919 131250Sh Sole 98250 0 33000
Global Industries Ltd. Com 379336100 2354 232500Sh Sole 15800 0 74500
Greater Bay Bancorp. Com 391648102 3051 105200Sh Sole 73200 0 32000
Ha-Lo Industries Com 404429102 2838 230500Sh Sole 149250 0 81250
Harleysville Group Com 412824104 1234 63700Sh Sole 48000 0 15700
Heftel Broadcasting CorporatiCL A 422799106 8 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
Idexx laboratories Com 45168D104 2146 89650Sh Sole 57150 0 32500
Inhale Therapeutic Systems Com 457191104 5 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
Jones Pharma Com 480236108 7 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
Kellstrom Industries Com 488035106 1608 101300Sh Sole 72100 0 29200
LJL Bio Systems Com 501873103 954 224500Sh Sole 166500 0 58000
Lam Research Com 512807108 1456 50200Sh Sole 32700 0 17500
Lands End Com 515086106 2389 69000Sh Sole 47200 0 21800
Legato Systems Com 524651106 1967 38100Sh Sole 23500 0 14600
Net Gravity Com 641114103 2276 55000Sh Sole 41000 0 14000
Network Appliance Com 64120L104 2076 41000Sh Sole 26500 0 14500
Newport Corporation Com 651824104 1142 92250Sh Sole 66750 0 25500
Novoste Corp. Com 67010C100 1908 79500Sh Sole 60000 0 19500
Omega Research Com 68211E101 1964 183800Sh Sole 121600 0 62200
OneMain.Com Com 68267P109 1813 50000Sh Sole 34100 0 15900
Oriental Financial Group Com 68618W100 1447 51798Sh Sole 36265 0 15533
Papa John's INTL. Com 698813102 1961 44450Sh Sole 31950 0 12500
Patterson Dental Com 703412106 3252 75200Sh Sole 54700 0 20500
Pediatrix Medical Group Com 705324101 5 175Sh Sole 175 0 0
Peregrine Systems Com 71366Q101 2357 70100Sh Sole 44300 0 25800
PetsMart, Inc. Com 716768106 2008 250000Sh Sole 169500 0 80500
Photronics Com 719405102 1790 96100Sh Sole 62300 0 33800
Power Wave Com 739363109 4120 145200Sh Sole 101500 0 43700
Queens County Bancorp. Com 748242104 3170 117400Sh Sole 82300 0 35100
Renal Care Group Inc. Com 759930100 696 35500Sh Sole 23000 0 12500
Sabretek Com 78571U108 1510 100650Sh Sole 63150 0 37500
Scotts Company CL A 810186106 3293 88100Sh Sole 60200 0 27900
Secure Computing Com 813705100 2 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
Security Dynamics Com 814208104 2257 121200Sh Sole 77200 0 44000
Semtech Com 816850101 4 150Sh Sole 150 0 0
Shoe Carnival Com 824889109 751 60100Sh Sole 38100 0 22000
Smart Modular Technologies Com 831690102 1543 103300Sh Sole 73300 0 30000
Smith-Gardner Com 832059109 2055 145500Sh Sole 98000 0 47500
SportsLine USA Com 848934105 1830 40100Sh Sole 27500 0 12600
Unifirst Com 904708104 1407 66600Sh Sole 45400 0 21200
Universal Electronics Com 913483103 1879 150300Sh Sole 95300 0 55000
Veeco Instruments Com 922417100 1924 52100Sh Sole 32100 0 20000
Ventana Medical Systems Com 92276H106 2723 121700Sh Sole 83700 0 38000
VerticalNet Inc. Com 92532L107 2078 20000Sh Sole 13100 0 6900
Veterinary Centers of AmericaCom 925514101 2147 152000Sh Sole 116000 0 36000
Williams-Sonoma Com 969904101 5 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
Ziff-Davis Com 989511100 7 200Sh Sole 200 0 0
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