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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 495 21243 SH SOLE 21243
AES Corporation COM 00130H105 710 19050 SH SOLE 19050
AT&T Corp. COM 001957109 3248 40694 SH SOLE 40694
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 1171 31600 SH SOLE 31600
America Online COM 02364J104 403 2740 SH SOLE 2740
Amvescap PLC COM 03235E100 1024 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Asia Pacific Resources Int'l. COM G05345106 4 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Aspen Technology Inc. COM 045327103 341 24030 SH SOLE 24030
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 893 12214 SH SOLE 12214
Bank of America Corp. COM 06605F102 2445 34613 SH SOLE 34613
BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. COM 065908501 207 29298 SH SOLE 29298
Barclays PLC ADR COM 06738E204 1039 9100 SH SOLE 9100
Barnes & Noble Inc. COM 067774109 1240 38595 SH SOLE 38595
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. COM 075896100 703 19250 SH SOLE 19250
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 221 4271 SH SOLE 4271
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 2150 53667 SH SOLE 53667
Black & Decker Corp. COM 091797100 510 9200 SH SOLE 9200
Bristol Myers-Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1901 29648 SH SOLE 29648
Canada Wood Holdings Inc. COM 0 26945 SH SOLE 26945
Canadian Pacific Ltd. COM 135923100 824 42100 SH SOLE 42100
Champion Enterprises Inc. COM 158496109 946 48850 SH SOLE 48850
Charles Schwab Corp. COM 808513105 6777 70500 SH SOLE 70500
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161A108 2259 27766 SH SOLE 27766
Chester Holdings Ltd. COM 165779208 1 100000 SH SOLE 100000
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 3101 28308 SH SOLE 28308
Citigroup Inc. COM 132187105 2378 37232 SH SOLE 37232
Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 1497 24395 SH SOLE 24395
Compaq Computer Corp. COM 204493100 2538 80110 SH SOLE 80110
Computer Associates Intl. Inc. COM 204912109 239 6730 SH SOLE 6730
Condor Capital Inc. COM 0 500000 SH SOLE 500000
DaimlerChrysler AG COM D1668R123 1167 13594 SH SOLE 13594
Dayton Hudson Corp. COM 239753106 883 13250 SH SOLE 13250
Deere & Co. COM 244199105 715 18500 SH SOLE 18500
Dell Computer Corp. COM 247025109 540 13200 SH SOLE 13200
Engelhard Corp. COM 292845104 312 18450 SH SOLE 18450
Europe Fund Inc. COM 29874M103 891 53000 SH SOLE 53000
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 419 5942 SH SOLE 5942
First Sentinel Bancorp Inc. COM 33640T103 1069 133591 SH SOLE 133591
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 1380 25826 SH SOLE 25826
Ford Motor Co. COM 345370100 1404 24774 SH SOLE 24774
General Electric COM 369604103 6752 61032 SH SOLE 61032
Gillette Co. Inc. COM 375766102 1989 33460 SH SOLE 33460
HCR Manor Care Inc. COM 404134108 566 24800 SH SOLE 24800
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 1664 24536 SH SOLE 24536
Home Depot COM 437076102 5411 86924 SH SOLE 86924
Illinois Tool Works Inc. COM 452308109 210 3400 SH SOLE 3400
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7517 63232 SH SOLE 63232
International Business Machine COM 459200101 5408 30512 SH SOLE 30512
Jefferson Pilot Corp. COM 475070108 1365 20145 SH SOLE 20145
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 4796 51295 SH SOLE 51295
Kansas City Southern Industrie COM 485170104 1066 18700 SH SOLE 18700
Kimberly Clark Corp. COM 494368103 1431 29850 SH SOLE 29850
Koninklijke Ahold NV ADR COM 500467303 1281 33488 SH SOLE 33488
LCA-Vision Inc. COM 501803209 40 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Lucent Technologies Inc. COM 549463107 4318 39978 SH SOLE 39978
MCI WorldCom Inc. COM 55268B106 2009 22686 SH SOLE 22686
McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 2196 48459 SH SOLE 48459
MedPartners Inc. COM 58503X107 51 10700 SH SOLE 10700
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 4117 51381 SH SOLE 51381
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 7951 88716 SH SOLE 88716
Mobil Oil COM 607059102 2438 27700 SH SOLE 27700
Monsanto Co. COM 611662107 1488 32385 SH SOLE 32385
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COM 617446448 1809 18100 SH SOLE 18100
Nasdaq-100 Shares COM 631100104 442 4200 SH SOLE 4200
New Germany Fund COM 644465106 737 61739 SH SOLE 61739
NoFire Technologies Inc. COM 654865104 7 10200 SH SOLE 10200
Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 2118 80320 SH SOLE 80320
PartnerRe Ltd. COM G6852T105 1049 25900 SH SOLE 25900
Pennfed Financial Services Inc COM 708167101 477 29800 SH SOLE 29800
Peoples Bank Bridgeport COM 710198102 409 13750 SH SOLE 13750
Pepsico Inc. COM 713448108 1131 28866 SH SOLE 28866
Pfizer COM 717081103 5980 43101 SH SOLE 43101
Proctor and Gamble COM 742718109 1689 17250 SH SOLE 17250
Qualcomm Inc. COM 747525103 2761 22200 SH SOLE 22200
Qwest Communications Internati COM 749121109 469 6500 SH SOLE 6500
Rowan Companies Inc. COM 779382100 400 31500 SH SOLE 31500
Royce Value Trust COM 780910105 756 66789 SH SOLE 66789
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 447 9476 SH SOLE 9476
SLM Holding Corp. COM 78442A109 320 7675 SH SOLE 7675
SPDR Unit Trust COM 78462F103 6201 48300 SH SOLE 48300
Sara Lee Corp. COM 803111103 1283 51850 SH SOLE 51850
Scudder New Europe Fund COM 810905109 1059 55750 SH SOLE 55750
Service Corp. Intl. COM 817565104 1084 76100 SH SOLE 76100
Sovereign Bancorp Inc. COM 845905108 1057 86248 SH SOLE 86248
Staples Inc. COM 855030102 310 9443 SH SOLE 9443
Summit Bancorp COM 866005101 2683 68786 SH SOLE 68786
The Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 2261 72649 SH SOLE 72649
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 450 6350 SH SOLE 6350
U.S. West Inc. COM 91273H101 901 16371 SH SOLE 16371
United States Filter Corp. COM 911843209 1090 35600 SH SOLE 35600
WEBS-Japan COM 92923H889 558 48500 SH SOLE 48500
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 1676 25300 SH SOLE 25300
Wells Fargo Corp. COM 949746101 2610 74450 SH SOLE 74450
Xerox Corp. COM 984121103 1410 27044 SH SOLE 27044
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