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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Address: One Financial Plaza, 501 N. Broadway
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
13F File Number: 28-6972
The institutional investment manager filing this report & the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is
authorized to submit it, that 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: Eric Downing
Title: Senior VP & Director of Consulting Services
Phone: (314) 342-2829
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Eric Downing St. Louis, Missouri November 9, 2000
Report Type: (Check only one):
[X] 13F Holdings Report
[ ] 13F Notice
[ ] 13F Combination Report
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO., INC. PAGE 1
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
AS OF DATE: 09/30/00
CLASS VALUE SHARES/ SH/ INVSTMT VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN DSCRETN SOLE SHARED NONE
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A T & T CORP COM 001957109 271 9241 SH SOLE 8191 0 1050
ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 5605 117850 SH SOLE 98809 0 19041
ADOBE SYS INC COM 00724F101 303 3900 SH SOLE 3100 0 800
AER ENERGY RES COM 000944108 31 44909 SH SOLE 44909 0 0
AFLAC INC COM 001055102 268 4153 SH SOLE 3902 0 251
AGILENT TECHN COM 00846U101 344 7036 SH SOLE 6136 0 900
ALLIED RISER CO COM 019496108 105 15900 SH SOLE 15900 0 0
AMDOCS LTD OR COM G02602103 976 15650 SH SOLE 11165 0 4485
AMERICA ONLIN COM 02364J104 931 17325 SH SOLE 16625 0 700
AMERICAN EXPR COM 025816109 648 10674 SH SOLE 9613 0 1061
AMERICICAN HO COM 026609107 1140 20197 SH SOLE 14895 0 5302
AMERICAN INTL COM 026874107 4932 51541 SH SOLE 42570 0 8971
AMGEN INC COM 031162100 385 5510 SH SOLE 5510 0 0
ANADARKO PETER COM 032511107 651 9801 SH SOLE 6929 0 2872
ANHEUSER BUSCH COM 035229103 537 12700 SH SOLE 12700 0 0
AT&T CORP LIBER COM 001957208 460 25484 SH SOLE 18173 0 7311
AUTOMATIC DATA COM 053015103 4700 70275 SH SOLE 57365 0 12910
BANK AMERICA CO COM 060505104 1246 23783 SH SOLE 19882 0 3901
BANK ONE CORP COM 06423A103 667 17534 SH SOLE 14529 0 3005
BOEING CO COM 097023105 898 14317 SH SOLE 12965 0 1352
BRISTOL MYERS SQCOM 110122108 1484 25810 SH SOLE 25430 0 380
CABLEVISION SYS COM 12686C109 646 9672 SH SOLE 6836 0 2836
CALPINE CORP COM 131347106 714 6841 SH SOLE 4831 0 2010
CATERPILLAR INC COM 149123101 254 8184 SH SOLE 6199 0 1985
CERES GROUP INC COM 156772105 81 11200 SH SOLE 11200 0 0
CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 23861 431877 SH SOLE 364382 0 67495
CITIGROUP INC. COM 172967101 6044 111789 SH SOLE 93831 0 17958
COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 438 7939 SH SOLE 7093 0 846
COMPUTER SCIENC COM 205363104 475 6391 SH SOLE 5749 0 642
COMVERSE TECHN COM 205862402 759 7029 SH SOLE 4967 0 2062
C-CUBE MICROSY COM 12501N108 530 25830 SH SOLE 18350 0 7480
D & K HEALTHCAR COM 232861104 338 28000 SH SOLE 22000 0 6000
DELL COMPUTER COM 247025109 2357 76486 SH SOLE 64788 0 11698
DEPARTMENT 56 COM 249509100 291 22100 SH SOLE 21700 0 400
DU PONT E I DE COM 263534109 586 14343 SH SOLE 12647 0 1696
E M C CORP MASS COM 268648102 418 4200 SH SOLE 3440 0 760
EL PASO ENERGY COM 283905107 880 14285 SH SOLE 13262 0 1023
EMERSON ELECT COM 291011104 3283 49004 SH SOLE 40511 0 8493
ENRON CORP COM 293561106 1200 13696 SH SOLE 10845 0 2851
EXXON CORP COM 30231G102 1143 12823 SH SOLE 11815 0 1008
FED HOME LN MTG COM 313400301 2863 52956 SH SOLE 44351 0 8605
FEDERAL NAT MTG COM 313586109 2700 37765 SH SOLE 29218 0 8547
FIRST DATA CORP COM 319963104 493 12618 SH SOLE 8940 0 3678
FIRST OAK BROOK COM 335847208 164 10560 SH SOLE 10560 0 0
FIRSTAR CORP NE COM 33763V109 871 38926 SH SOLE 30505 0 8421
FPL GROUP INC COM 302571104 719 10926 SH SOLE 7708 0 3218
FRANKLIN RES INCCOM 354613101 238 5349 SH SOLE 5009 0 340
GENERAL ELEC CO COM 369604103 10716 185364 SH SOLE 152755 0 32609
GENERAL MTRS CO COM 370442105 220 3391 SH SOLE 2523 0 868
GILLETTE CO COM 375766102 2240 72545 SH SOLE 60836 0 11709
GUIDANT CORP COM 401698105 872 12343 SH SOLE 8705 0 3638
HARMONIC LIGHT COM 413160102 217 9027 SH SOLE 5460 0 3567
HEWLETT PACKARD COM 428236103 1371 28128 SH SOLE 26432 0 1696
HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 825 15583 SH SOLE 14496 0 1087
HONEYWELL INTL COM 438516106 763 21408 SH SOLE 18512 0 2896
HOUSEHOLD INTL COM 441815107 835 14740 SH SOLE 10448 0 4292
I B M COM 459200101 5651 50171 SH SOLE 41209 0 8962
INTEL CORP COM 458140100 3802 91468 SH SOLE 79864 0 11604
INTL PAPER CO COM 460146103 203 7069 SH SOLE 5725 0 1344
JABIL CIRCUIT COM 466313103 582 10263 SH SOLE 7254 0 3009
JDS UNIPHASE COM 46612J101 210 2222 SH SOLE 2022 0 200
JOHNSON & JOHNS COM 478160104 2756 29341 SH SOLE 21920 0 7421
KEYCORP COM 493267108 987 39000 SH SOLE 34490 0 4510
KIMBERLY CLARK COM 494368103 690 12355 SH SOLE 11473 0 882
LAKEHEAD PIPELI COM 511557100 623 15000 SH SOLE 12500 0 2500
LINEAR TECH COR COM 535678106 2836 43798 SH SOLE 35057 0 8741
LOWES CO COM 548661107 266 5925 SH SOLE 5525 0 400
MAXIM INTEGRAT COM 57772K101 2052 25512 SH SOLE 21200 0 4312
MBNA CORP COM 55262L100 4957 128757 SH SOLE 107443 0 21314
MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 508 16827 SH SOLE 15132 0 1695
MEDTRONIC INC COM 585055106 3653 70499 SH SOLE 59697 0 10802
MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 8254 110886 SH SOLE 91290 0 19596
MERRILL LYNCH COM 590188108 3603 54595 SH SOLE 45731 0 8864
MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 674 11174 SH SOLE 10270 0 904
MINNESOTA MNG & COM 604059105 604 6634 SH SOLE 5939 0 695
MORGAN J.P. & C COM 616880100 837 5121 SH SOLE 4636 0 485
NEXTEL COMM CL ACOM 65332V103 793 16957 SH SOLE 13430 0 3527
NEXTLINK COMM COM 65333H707 595 16923 SH SOLE 12101 0 4822
NOKIA CORP FRGN COM 654902204 224 5600 SH SOLE 5600 0 0
NORTEL NETWORKS COM 656568102 220 3690 SH SOLE 2990 0 700
NORTHERN TRUST COM 665859104 4567 51388 SH SOLE 42790 0 8598
ORACLE SYS CORP COM 68389X105 411 10430 SH SOLE 8780 0 1650
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 2555 55538 SH SOLE 41553 0 13985
PFIZER INC COM 717081103 2578 57397 SH SOLE 48879 0 8518
PHILIP MORRIS COM 718154107 2628 89267 SH SOLE 70624 0 18643
PRODUCTEXPRESS COM 743052102 2 13000 SH SOLE 0 0 13000
RATIONAL SOFTWA COM 75409P202 1004 14465 SH SOLE 10189 0 4276
RPM INC OHIO COM 749685103 280 30690 SH SOLE 26190 0 4500
SAFEWAY INC COM 786514208 2826 60527 SH SOLE 50018 0 10509
SBC COMMUNIC COM 78387G103 1027 20596 SH SOLE 16292 0 4304
SCHLUMBERGER COM 806857108 759 9217 SH SOLE 6875 0 2342
SCHWAB CHARLES COM 808513105 761 21457 SH SOLE 15205 0 6252
SIGMA ALDRICH COM 826552101 2650 80306 SH SOLE 65347 0 14959
SONOCO PRODUCTS COM 835495102 466 25780 SH SOLE 17910 0 7870
SPRINT CORP COM 852061100 234 7990 SH SOLE 7186 0 804
SUN MICROSYSTEM COM 866810104 1003 8592 SH SOLE 8392 0 200
TEXAS INSTRUMEN COM 882508104 235 4950 SH SOLE 4290 0 660
TYCO INTL LTD COM 902124106 866 16700 SH SOLE 12862 0 3838
UNITED TECHNOLO COM 913017109 1285 18517 SH SOLE 14723 0 3794
VALSPAR CORP CO COM 920355104 565 24572 SH SOLE 15917 0 8655
VIACOM INC COM 925524308 4822 82429 SH SOLE 68737 0 13692
WAL MART STORES COM 931142103 6780 140890 SH SOLE 116268 0 24622
WALT DISNEY CO COM 254687106 633 16557 SH SOLE 14136 0 2421
WILLIAMS CO COM 969457100 602 14240 SH SOLE 10173 0 4067
ZWEIG FD INC COM 989834106 227 22000 SH SOLE 22000 0 0
LINE COUNT: 105
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $182,339,000
List of Other Included Managers: None
