UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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: Ken Roberts Investment Management Inc.
Address: 601 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1670
Spokane, WA 99201
13F File Number: 28-6910
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, and 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: Kenneth M. Roberts
Title: President, Chief Investment Officer
Phone: 509-624-5591
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Kenneth Melvin Roberts Spokane, Washington May 6, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDING 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
Titl Value InvstVoting Authority
Name of Issuer Clas CUSIP (x$1000) Shares Dscre(c) None
3 Com Corp Com 885535104 2856122500 Sh Sole 122500
Actel CorporatiCom 004934105 3488212200 Sh Sole 212200
Advanced Polyme
Systems Inc. Com 00754G102 115 26339 Sh Sole 26339
American ExpresCom 025816109 270 2290 Sh Sole 2290
Anadarko PetrolCom 032511107 3343 88550 Sh Sole 88550
Apache CorporatCom 037411105 2051 78700 Sh Sole 78700
Arcadia FinanciCom 039101100 254 53500 Sh Sole 53500
BP Amoco Com 055622104 249 2467 Sh Sole 2467
Baker Hughes InCom 057224107 3264134250 Sh Sole 134250
Browning FerrisCom 115885105 3802 98600 Sh Sole 98600
Building Materi
Holding Corp. Com 120113105 668 66000 Sh Sole 66000
Burlington ResoCom 122014103 3002 75163 Sh Sole 75163
Cabletron SysteCom 126920107 2359288100 Sh Sole 288100
Cascade NaturalCom 147339105 490 32800 Sh Sole 32800
Chevron Corp Com 166751107 478 5388 Sh Sole 5388
Citigroup Com 172967101 3503 54834 Sh Sole 54834
Clorox CompanieCom 189054109 352 3000 Sh Sole 3000
Data I/O Com 237690102 23 15850 Sh Sole 15850
EEX CorporationCom 26842V108 813166698 Sh Sole 166698
Emerson ElectriCom 291011104 867 16387 Sh Sole 16387
Enron Oil & GasCom 293562104 1291 77650 Sh Sole 77650
Equity Oil CorpCom 294749106 68 72100 Sh Sole 72100
Exxon Com 302290101 508 7203 Sh Sole 7203
FLIR Systems InCom 302445101 1086 59915 Sh Sole 59915
First Industria
Trust Inc. Com 32054K103 875 36550 Sh Sole 36550
General ElectriCom 369604103 651 5881 Sh Sole 5881
Halliburton Co.Com 406216101 2405 62460 Sh Sole 62460
Hartford Steam Com
Insp. & Ins. CoCom 40428N109 548 14750 Sh Sole 14750
HealthSouth CorCom 421924101 3048293800 Sh Sole 293800
Hewlett PackardCom 428236103 5012 73905 Sh Sole 73905
Home Properties
New York Com 437306103 1286 55600 Sh Sole 55600
ICOS Corp. Com 449295104 1407 41680 Sh Sole 41680
Immunex Corp. Com 452528102 387 4650 Sh Sole 4650
Intel CorporatiCom 458140100 9021 75890 Sh Sole 75890
International B
Machines Com 459200101 541 3051 Sh Sole 3051
International RCom 460254105 2102300350 Sh Sole 300350
JP Realty Com 46624A106 1126 57200 Sh Sole 57200
Kaneb Services Com 484170105 398 98000 Sh Sole 98000
Kemper Intermed
Gov't Trust Com 488413105 362 49500 Sh Sole 49500
Keytronic Corp.Com 493144109 331101800 Sh Sole 101800
LTV CorporationCom 501921100 2752511950 Sh Sole 511950
Managed MunicipCom 561662107 354 32771 Sh Sole 32771
Merck & CompanyCom 589331107 379 4733 Sh Sole 4733
Microsoft CorpoCom 594918104 15993178444 Sh Sole 178444
NCH CorporationCom 628850109 377 7900 Sh Sole 7900
Newmont Mining Com 651639106 391 22349 Sh Sole 22349
Officemax Inc. Com 67622M108 3448399750 Sh Sole 399750
Pacificorp Com 695114108 197 11404 Sh Sole 11404
Pfizer Inc. Com 717081103 274 1975 Sh Sole 1975
Phillips PetrolCom 718507106 1706 36100 Sh Sole 36100
Placer Dome IncCom 725906101 577 51575 Sh Sole 51575
Qualcomm Inc. Com 747525103 2659 21375 Sh Sole 21375
Ragen MacKenzieCom 750642100 1386119200 Sh Sole 119200
Rouse Co. Com 779273101 1327 59800 Sh Sole 59800
Safeco Com 786429100 6891170400 Sh Sole 170400
Schlumberger LtCom 806857108 3306 54925 Sh Sole 54925
Semitool Com 816909105 308 49300 Sh Sole 49300
Shurgard Storag
Inc. Cl A Com 82567D104 2667105619 Sh Sole 105619
Smith Barney In
Mun. Fund Inc. Com 831802103 334 32972 Sh Sole 32972
St Jude MedicalCom 790849103 3522144500 Sh Sole 144500
Starbucks Corp.Com 855244109 3132111600 Sh Sole 111600
Sunshine Mining
Co. Com 867833105 6 11250 Sh Sole 11250
TCI Satellite E
Inc. Ser A Com 872298104 42 64120 Sh Sole 64120
Tenet Healthcare
Corporation Com 88033G100 4430233900 Sh Sole 233900
Toys R Us Com 892335100 1786 94910 Sh Sole 94910
Trinet Corporate
Realty Trust Com 896287109 1664 65590 Sh Sole 65590
Union Pacific CCom 907818108 1810 33875 Sh Sole 33875
Union Pacific RCom 907834105 902 75930 Sh Sole 75930
Wal-Mart StoresCom 931142103 7014 76079 Sh Sole 76079
Washington Federal
Savings & Loan Com 938824109 1200 57130 Sh Sole 57130
Washington Mutual
Savings Bank Com 939322103 1283 31388 Sh Sole 31388
Western Investment
Real Estate TruCom 958468100 1000 96360 Sh Sole 96360
Wolverine WorldCom 978097103 1823191900 Sh Sole 191900
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 73
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $139,640
