<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated February 7, 1997, accompanying the
financial statements of Pinnacle Management & Trust Company contained in the
Definitive Proxy Statement dated December 6, 1999 of Pinnacle Global Group, Inc.
on Schedule 14A, as supplemented by the Proxy Statement dated January 12, 2000,
which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
the aforementioned report.
/s/Grant Thornton LLP
GRANT THORNTON LLP
Houston, Texas
August 9, 2000
