UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Ken Roberts Investment Management Inc.
Address:601 W. Riverside Ave., 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 M. Roberts Spokane, Washington February 11, 2000
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
Title of Value Invstmt Voting Aut
Name of Issuer Class CUSIP (x$1000) Shares Dscretn None
3Com Corp. Com 885535104 5553 118150 Sole 118150
Actel Corp. Com 004934105 6764 281850 Sole 281850
Advanced Polymer
Systems Inc. Com 00754G102 167 48500 Sole 48500
Alaska Air Group Com 011659109 2817 80200 Sole 80200
American Express Com 025816109 374 2251 Sole 2251
Anadarko Petrol Com 032511107 3435 100650 Sole 100650
Autozone Com 053332102 4787 148150 Sole 148150
Bank of America Com 060505104 2799 55773 Sole 55773
Build. Materials
Holding Corp. Com 120113105 685 66800 Sole 66800
Cabletron Sys. I Com 126920107 2551 98100 Sole 98100
Cardinal Health Com 14149Y108 3777 78900 Sole 78900
Cascade Nat. Gas Com 147339105 482 29900 Sole 29900
Chevron Corp. Com 166751107 381 4398 Sole 4398
Citigroup Com 172967101 4593 82478 Sole 82478
Clorox Companies Com 189054109 302 6000 Sole 6000
Data I/O Com 237690102 33 11950 Sole 11950
EEX Corp. Com 26842V108 341 116135 Sole 116135
Emerson Electric Com 291011104 2027 35325 Sole 35325
Equity Oil Com 294749106 73 64600 Sole 64600
Exxon Mobile Com 30231G102 441 5468 Sole 5468
FLIR Systems Com 302445101 1027 63200 Sole 63200
First Indus.
Realty Trust Com 32054K103 997 36345 Sole 36345
First Savings
Bank of WA. Com 33748T104 497 33715 Sole 33715
General Electric Com 369604103 1032 6667 Sole 6667
Halliburton Com 406216101 2975 73920 Sole 73920
Hartford Steam
Boiler Insp. Com 40428N109 424 12550 Sole 12550
HealthSouth Com 421924101 2470 459600 Sole 459600
Hewlett Packard Com 428236103 5698 50090 Sole 50090
Home Properties
of N.Y. Com 437306103 1216 44300 Sole 44300
ICOS Corp. Com 449295104 1180 40336 Sole 40336
Ikon Office Sol. Com 451713101 102 15000 Sole 15000
Intel Corp. Com 458140100 6087 73955 Sole 73955
IBM Com 459200101 545 5056 Sole 5056
International Re Com 460254105 1145 44050 Sole 44050
Interwest Banc. Com 460931108 233 12110 Sole 12110
JP Realty Com 46624A106 874 55950 Sole 55950
Kaneb Services Com 484170105 452 103400 Sole 103400
Kemper Interm.
Gov't Trust Com 488413105 453 70400 Sole 70400
Keycorp Com 493267108 1505 68000 Sole 68000
Keytronic Com 493144109 553 147350 Sole 147350
Klamath First
Bancorp Com 49842P103 125 10500 Sole 10500
LTV Corp. Com 501921100 2750 666750 Sole 666750
Liberty Allstar
Equity Fund Com 530158104 670 60592 Sole 60592
Managed Municipa Com 561662107 324 35774 Sole 35774
Mentor Graphics Com 587200106 3253 246700 Sole 246700
Merck & Co. Com 589331107 312 4643 Sole 4643
Microsoft Com 594918104 20882 178862 Sole 178862
NCH Corp. Com 628850109 348 7800 Sole 7800
Nordstrom Com 655664100 5603 212950 Sole 212950
Office Depot Com 676220106 5010 455450 Sole 455450
Officemax Com 67622M108 3952 726800 Sole 726800
Oracle Corp. Com 68389X105 4729 42198 Sole 42198
Plum Creek Timb. Com 729251108 1404 56150 Sole 56150
Putnam Master
Interm. Inc. Tr. Com 746909100 361 60756 Sole 60756
Qualcomm Com 747525103 14141 80292 Sole 80292
Rouse Co. Com 779273101 868 40850 Sole 40850
Safeco Com 786429100 2699 108500 Sole 108500
Schlumberger Ltd Com 806857108 3643 64900 Sole 64900
Semitool Com 816909105 806 53700 Sole 53700
Shurgard Storage Com 82567D104 2496 107635 Sole 107635
Smith Barney Inter.
Mun. Fund Inc. Com 831802103 234 27972 Sole 27972
Starbucks Com 855244109 5222 215350 Sole 215350
Starwood Finl. Com 85569R104 1327 78659 Sole 78659
Sterling Finl. Com 859319105 1139 99035 Sole 99035
Supervalu Com 868536103 941 47050 Sole 47050
Tenet Healthcare Com 88033G100 5551 236200 Sole 236200
TransOcean Sedco
Forex Inc-USD Com G9007810 423 12559 Sole 12559
US Bancorp Com 902973106 2758 115800 Sole 115800
Umpqua Holdings Com 904214103 430 46500 Sole 46500
Union Pacific Com 907818108 1749 40025 Sole 40025
Unum Corp. Com 91529Y106 3883 121000 Sole 121000
Wal-Mart Com 931142103 11692 169148 Sole 169148
Washington Fed.
Savings & Loan Com 938824109 1361 68930 Sole 68930
Washington Mut.
Savings Bank Com 939322103 5225 201925 Sole 201925
Western Prop. Tr Com 959261108 1258 131540 Sole 131540
Wolverine World
Wide Com 978097103 3116 284900 Sole 284900
Zweig Total Return
Fund Com 989837109 65 10019 Sole 10019
Avista Corp Pfd Conv.
Conv $1.24 Pref. 05379B503 169 11100 Sole 11100
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 78
Form 13F Information Table Value $ 192,766
