UNITED STATES
SECURITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
Check here is Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number.
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Pittenger & Anderson, Inc.
Address: 5533 S. 27th, Suite 201
Lincoln, NE 68512
13F File Number: 28-6252
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 adn 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: James S. Pittenger, Jr.
Title: President
Phone: 402-328-8800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
James S. Pittenger, Jr. Lincoln, Nebraska November 9, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
none
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC COM 1729 64285 SH SOLE 64285
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC COM 00724f101 5207 33542 SH SOLE 33542
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES COM COM 1488 30406 SH SOLE 30406
ALCOA INC COM 022249106 2195 86715 SH SOLE 86715
ALLTEL CORP COM 020039103 3497 67009 SH SOLE 67009
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION COM 029066107 453 23600 SH SOLE 23600
AMGEN INC COM 031162100 2275 32585 SH SOLE 32585
APPLIED MATERIALS INC COM 038222105 2659 44830 SH SOLE 44830
ATMEL CORP COM 049513104 4576 301270 SH SOLE 301270
B2B INTERNET HOLDR's TRUST COM 321 6800 SH SOLE 6800
BANK ONE CORP COM 059438101 972 25168 SH SOLE 25168
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM 084670108 7342 114 SH SOLE 114
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B COM 084670207 286 138 SH SOLE 138
BIOGEN INC COM COM 090597105 3666 60100 SH SOLE 60100
BIOTECH HOLDR's TRUST COM 09067D201 838 4300 SH SOLE 4300
BMC SOFTWARE INC COM 055921100 661 34555 SH SOLE 34555
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 858 15024 SH SOLE 15024
BRITISH PETROLEUM PLC ADS COM 683 12884 SH SOLE 12884
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO COM 808513105 7296 205523 SH SOLE 205523
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 602 13044 SH SOLE 13044
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 1590 18656 SH SOLE 18656
CHIRON CORP COM 678 15070 SH SOLE 15070
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 8594 155545 SH SOLE 155545
CITIGROUP INC COM 172967101 11424 211306 SH SOLE 211306
CONAGRA INC COM 205887102 4751 239803 SH SOLE 239803
CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC COM 207142100 295 7050 SH SOLE 7050
CORNING INC COM 219350105 3012 10143 SH SOLE 10143
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COM 22160K105 3613 103400 SH SOLE 103400
DELL COMPUTER CORP COM 247025109 1855 60200 SH SOLE 60200
DIGITAL INFO & VIRTUAL ACCESS COM 253853204 34 68000 SH SOLE 68000
DONALDSON LUFKIN & JENRETTE COM 1237 13835 SH SOLE 13835
E M C CORP COM 268648102 12470 125800 SH SOLE 125800
EMPYREAN BIOSCIENCE INC COM 14 20000 SH SOLE 20000
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 11654 132994 SH SOLE 132994
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 11882 133322 SH SOLE 133322
FISERV INC COM 337738108 278312 4648221 SH SOLE 4648221
FLEXTRONICS INTL LTD COM 1478 17994 SH SOLE 17994
FORD MOTOR CO COM 345370100 4714 186249 SH SOLE 186249
FREDDIE MAC COM 313400301 597 11050 SH SOLE 11050
GATEWAY INC COM 367833100 4442 95015 SH SOLE 95015
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 16099 279069 SH SOLE 279069
GENERAL MOTORS CORP COM 370442105 1207 18562 SH SOLE 18562
GM-HUGHES ELECTRONICS COM 370442832 8732 234863 SH SOLE 234863
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM 428236103 3957 40798 SH SOLE 40798
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 6355 119771 SH SOLE 119771
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 7909 190283 SH SOLE 190283
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE COM 459200101 9272 82420 SH SOLE 82420
INTUIT INC COM 600 10530 SH SOLE 10530
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 4640 49395 SH SOLE 49395
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS COM 52729N100 13538 175539 SH SOLE 175539
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP COM 965 14905 SH SOLE 14905
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 787 25746 SH SOLE 25746
MEDTRONIC INC COM 204 3935 SH SOLE 3935
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 6931 93105 SH SOLE 93105
MERRILL LYNCH & CO COM 590188108 7936 120241 SH SOLE 120241
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 1034 17146 SH SOLE 17146
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER COM 617446448 21999 240587 SH SOLE 240587
NASDAQ 100 INDEX TRACKING STOC COM 631100104 3054 34432 SH SOLE 34432
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC COM 64120l104 322 2530 SH SOLE 2530
NOKIA CORP COM 484 12155 SH SOLE 12155
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 2665 44740 SH SOLE 44740
OMNICOM GROUP COM 681919106 2525 34620 SH SOLE 34620
ORACLE CORP COM 68389x105 6942 88157 SH SOLE 88157
PANJA INC COM COM 99 10000 SH SOLE 10000
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 5532 123110 SH SOLE 123110
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM NY SHARE COM 780257804 559 9330 SH SOLE 9330
S B C COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 2127 42533 SH SOLE 42533
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM COM 806605101 4545 97745 SH SOLE 97745
SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS COM 870 80030 SH SOLE 80030
SOLECTRON CORP COM 8236 178556 SH SOLE 178556
SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 3096 105630 SH SOLE 105630
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC COM 866810104 9387 80405 SH SOLE 80405
TARGET CORP COM 87612e106 1851 72251 SH SOLE 72251
TELLABS INC COM 879664100 2111 44200 SH SOLE 44200
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC COM 882508104 3703 78475 SH SOLE 78475
THE WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 2684 70179 SH SOLE 70179
TYCO INTERNATIONAL COM 7430 143225 SH SOLE 143225
U.S. EXPLORATION INC COM 91182F303 2165 1282818 SH SOLE 1282818
VODAFONE GROUP PLC COM 322 8705 SH SOLE 8705
WAL-MART STORES INC COM 931142103 8477 176138 SH SOLE 176138
WELLS FARGO CO COM 949746101 5126 111586 SH SOLE 111586
WILLIAMS COS INC COM 267 6315 SH SOLE 6315
WORLDCOM INC COM 98157d106 235 7727 SH SOLE 7727
XILINX INC COM 644 7520 SH SOLE 7520
XO COMMUNICATIONS COM 65333H707 204 5795 SH SOLE 5795
AMERICAN CENTURY - 20TH INVS U MF 895 20287.215SH SOLE 20287.215
FIDELITY ADV GROWTH OPPORTUNIT MF 315807883 505 11736.524SH SOLE 11736.524
FIDELITY ADVISOR INST EQUITY G MF 2500 33965.325SH SOLE 33965.325
FIDELITY ADVISOR MID CAP FUND- MF 308 12646.812SH SOLE 12646.812
JANUS ENTERPRISE FUND MF 556 7134.383 SH SOLE 7134.383
JANUS FUND MF 208 4538.765 SH SOLE 4538.765
JANUS TWENTY FUND MF 388 5137.965 SH SOLE 5137.965
SCHWAB 1000 FUND MF 289 7165.864 SH SOLE 7165.864
SCHWAB 1000 FUND - SELECT MF 760 18841.314SH SOLE 18841.314
SCHWAB INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUN MF 589 33247.735SH SOLE 33247.735
SCHWAB SMALL CAP INDEX FUND - MF 1125 52419.767SH SOLE 52419.767
SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES INC MF 1026 26628.206SH SOLE 26628.206
VANGUARD INDEX TR 500 PORTFOLI MF 457 3448.807 SH SOLE 3448.807
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 98
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $617,685
List of Other Included Managers:
none
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