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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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3Com Corp. COM 885535104 553 20703 SH SOLE 20703
AES Corporation COM 00130H105 1543 26550 SH SOLE 26550
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 3687 66054 SH SOLE 66054
Advent Software Inc. COM 007974108 482 7200 SH SOLE 7200
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 1080 30100 SH SOLE 30100
America Online COM 02364J104 428 3892 SH SOLE 3892
American Express Co. COM 025816109 202 1551 SH SOLE 1551
Amvescap PLC COM 03235E100 930 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Asia Pacific Resources Int'l. COM G05345106 12 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 224 19030 SH SOLE 19030
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 1152 13789 SH SOLE 13789
Bank One Corp. COM 06423A103 241 4038 SH SOLE 4038
Bank of America Corp. COM 06605F102 2614 35652 SH SOLE 35652
BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. COM 065908501 212 29298 SH SOLE 29298
Barclays PLC ADR COM 06738E204 1034 8650 SH SOLE 8650
Barnes & Noble Inc. COM 067774109 1024 37395 SH SOLE 37395
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. COM 075896100 658 17100 SH SOLE 17100
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 314 4808 SH SOLE 4808
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 2321 50320 SH SOLE 50320
Black & Decker Corp. COM 091797100 691 10950 SH SOLE 10950
Bristol Myers-Squibb Co. COM 110122108 2258 32052 SH SOLE 32052
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 ? 300 SH SOLE 300
Canada Wood Holdings Inc. COM 0 26945 SH SOLE 26945
Canadian Pacific Ltd. COM 135923100 1022 42900 SH SOLE 42900
Champion Enterprises Inc. COM 158496109 858 46050 SH SOLE 46050
Charles Schwab Corp. COM 808513105 5935 54450 SH SOLE 54450
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161A108 2635 30466 SH SOLE 30466
Chester Holdings Ltd. COM 165779208 5 100000 SH SOLE 100000
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 3223 50016 SH SOLE 50016
Citigroup Inc. COM 132187105 2853 60056 SH SOLE 60056
Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 1655 26695 SH SOLE 26695
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 1882 79437 SH SOLE 79437
Computer Associates Intl. Inc. COM 204912109 368 6730 SH SOLE 6730
Condor Capital Inc. COM 0 500000 SH SOLE 500000
DaimlerChrysler AG COM D1668R123 1313 14756 SH SOLE 14756
Dayton Hudson Corp. COM 239753106 1011 15550 SH SOLE 15550
Deere & Co. COM 244199105 709 18100 SH SOLE 18100
EMC Corp Mass COM 268648102 362 6576 SH SOLE 6576
Engelhard Corp. COM 292845104 417 18450 SH SOLE 18450
Europe Fund Inc. COM 29874M103 906 52500 SH SOLE 52500
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 312 4048 SH SOLE 4048
Federated Department Stores In COM 31410H101 246 4650 SH SOLE 4650
First Sentinel Bancorp Inc. COM 33640T103 1186 133591 SH SOLE 133591
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 1211 25704 SH SOLE 25704
Ford Motor Co. COM 345370100 2098 37175 SH SOLE 37175
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 255 3374 SH SOLE 3374
General Electric COM 369604103 6911 61161 SH SOLE 61161
Geotek Communications Inc. COM 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Gillette Co. Inc. COM 375766102 1735 42311 SH SOLE 42311
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. COM 694 9600 SH SOLE 9600
Grainger W W Inc COM 384802104 1068 19850 SH SOLE 19850
HCR Manor Care Inc. COM 404134108 613 25350 SH SOLE 25350
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 2426 24136 SH SOLE 24136
Home Depot COM 437076102 5552 86155 SH SOLE 86155
Illinois Tool Works Inc. COM 452308109 278 3400 SH SOLE 3400
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7464 125444 SH SOLE 125444
International Business Machine COM 459200101 7771 60126 SH SOLE 60126
Jefferson Pilot Corp. COM 475070108 1327 20045 SH SOLE 20045
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5142 52474 SH SOLE 52474
Kansas City Southern Industrie COM 485170104 1519 23800 SH SOLE 23800
Kimberly Clark Corp. COM 494368103 1838 32251 SH SOLE 32251
Koninklijke Ahold NV ADR COM 500467303 1250 36110 SH SOLE 36110
LCA-Vision Inc. COM 501803209 93 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 5329 79025 SH SOLE 79025
MCI WorldCom Inc. COM 55268B106 2297 26686 SH SOLE 26686
McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 2460 59809 SH SOLE 59809
MedPartners Inc. COM 58503X107 80 10700 SH SOLE 10700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 3675 49912 SH SOLE 49912
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 8130 90141 SH SOLE 90141
Mobil Oil COM 607059102 2745 27801 SH SOLE 27801
Monsanto Co. COM 611662107 1267 32035 SH SOLE 32035
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 1739 16950 SH SOLE 16950
Nasdaq-100 Shares COM 631100104 1054 9141 SH SOLE 9141
New Germany Fund COM 644465106 752 61739 SH SOLE 61739
NoFire Technologies Inc. COM 654865104 5 10200 SH SOLE 10200
Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 3083 83048 SH SOLE 83048
PartnerRe Ltd. COM G6852T105 927 24800 SH SOLE 24800
Pennfed Financial Services Inc COM 708167101 469 29800 SH SOLE 29800
Peoples Bank Bridgeport COM 710198102 374 12300 SH SOLE 12300
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 1105 28566 SH SOLE 28566
Pfizer COM 717081103 5624 51593 SH SOLE 51593
Philip Morris COM 718154107 209 5202 SH SOLE 5202
Proctor and Gamble COM 742718109 1727 19350 SH SOLE 19350
Qualcomm Inc. COM 747525103 4513 31450 SH SOLE 31450
Qwest Communications Internati COM 749121109 415 12550 SH SOLE 12550
Rowan Companies Inc. COM 779382100 593 32500 SH SOLE 32500
Royce Value Trust COM 780910105 880 66416 SH SOLE 66416
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 742 12792 SH SOLE 12792
SLM Holding Corp. COM 78442A109 322 7025 SH SOLE 7025
SPDR Unit Trust COM 78462F103 5562 40600 SH SOLE 40600
Sara Lee Corp. COM 803111103 1067 47050 SH SOLE 47050
Scudder New Europe Fund COM 810905109 1137 55150 SH SOLE 55150
Seagram Ltd COM 811850106 486 9651 SH SOLE 9651
Service Corp. Intl. COM 817565104 1497 77750 SH SOLE 77750
Skytel Communiciations COM ? 300 SH SOLE 300
Sovereign Bancorp Inc. COM 845905108 1040 85750 SH SOLE 85750
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 254 8225 SH SOLE 8225
Starbucks Corp Com COM 855244109 376 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Summit Bancorp COM 866005101 2816 67357 SH SOLE 67357
The Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 2567 83314 SH SOLE 83314
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 469 6451 SH SOLE 6451
U.S. West Inc. COM 91273H101 842 14326 SH SOLE 14326
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 202 3470 SH SOLE 3470
WEBS-Japan COM 92923H889 606 48500 SH SOLE 48500
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. COM 931142103 577 11951 SH SOLE 11951
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 2133 30850 SH SOLE 30850
Wells Fargo Corp. COM 949746101 3262 76300 SH SOLE 76300
Xerox Corp. COM 984121103 1769 29945 SH SOLE 29945
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