Form 13F
Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Quarter Ended: June 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: American Fund Advisors, Inc.
Address: 1415 Kellum Place
Suite 205
Garden City, NY 11530
13F File Number: 801-14138
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, 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: Phyllis Palumbo
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Phone: 516-739-1017
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Phyllis A. Palumbo, Garden City, New York, July 26, 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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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 166
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 2,653.126
List of Other Included Managers:
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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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ACCELERATED NETWORKS COM 00429P107 217 5150 SH SOLE 5150
ACTIVE SOFTWARE INC. COM 00504E100 23384 301000 SH SOLE 301000
ADVANCED FIBRE COMMUNICATION COM 00754A105 15869 350215 SH SOLE 350215
AEROFLEX INC. COM 007768104 32525 654584 SH SOLE 654584
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 00846U101 23992 325318 SH SOLE 325318
AMERICA ONLINE INC. COM 023645104 52321 991874 SH SOLE 991874
AMKOR TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 031652100 31814 900927 SH SOLE 900927
ANALOG DEVICES INC. COM 032654105 45767 602200 SH SOLE 602200
ANTEC CORP. COM 03664P105 18862 453827 SH SOLE 453827
APPLIED MATERIALS INC. COM 038222105 46049 508130 SH SOLE 508130
APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COM 038236105 15278 590462 SH SOLE 590462
ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. COM 04289L107 37181 368360 SH SOLE 368360
ASK JEEVES INC. COM 045174109 8163 451940 SH SOLE 451940
ASM LITHOGRAPHY HLD NV COM N07059111 37803 856726 SH SOLE 856726
AT&T LIBERTY MEDIA CL A COM 001957201 287 11816 SH SOLE 11816
ATMEL CORP. COM 049513104 37093 1005912 SH SOLE 1005912
ATS MEDICAL INC. COM 002083101 592 40500 SH SOLE 40500
AUDIBLE INC. COM 05069A104 1247 300000 SH SOLE 300000
B2BSTORES.COM INC. COM 11776S103 29 11500 SH SOLE 11500
BANK OF NEW YORK INC. COM 064057102 386 8300 SH SOLE 8300
BEA SYSTEMS INC. COM 073325102 43072 871240 SH SOLE 871240
BLUESTONE SOFTWARE COM 09623D102 4750 184910 SH SOLE 184910
BMC SOFTWARE COM 055921100 11885 325765 SH SOLE 325765
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. COM 127387108 15331 752432 SH SOLE 752432
CALICO COMMERCE INC. COM 129897104 8149 501500 SH SOLE 501500
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR COM 16133R106 27023 300257 SH SOLE 300257
CIENA CORP. COM 171779101 71845 431018 SH SOLE 431018
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. COM 17275R102 60392 950125 SH SOLE 950125
CITIGROUP INC. COM 172967101 2784 46213 SH SOLE 46213
CITRIX SYSTEMS INC. COM 177376100 8187 432297 SH SOLE 432297
CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 182728204 760 85000 SH SOLE 85000
COBALT NETWORKS INC. COM 19074R101 20351 351640 SH SOLE 351640
COCA-COLA CO. COM 191216100 322 5600 SH SOLE 5600
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP. COM 204493100 563 22030 SH SOLE 22030
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIO COM 204912109 37169 726129 SH SOLE 726129
CONEXANT SYSTEMS INC. COM 207142100 12156 250000 SH SOLE 250000
CORNING INC. COM 219350105 40506 150092 SH SOLE 150092
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP. COM 22160Q102 735 22284 SH SOLE 22284
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. COM 232806909 36727 869277 SH SOLE 869277
DELL COMPUTER CORP. COM 247025109 50910 1032387 SH SOLE 1032387
DISNEY CO., (THE WALT) COM 254687106 588 15143 SH SOLE 15143
DIVERSINET CORP. COM 25536K204 11975 1008400 SH SOLE 1008400
DOUBLECLICK INC. COM 258609304 10685 280272 SH SOLE 280272
DUANE READE INC. COM 263578106 216 8400 SH SOLE 8400
E*TRADE GROUP, INC. COM 269246104 289 17500 SH SOLE 17500
EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS COM 283683102 229 9400 SH SOLE 9400
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING COM 286082102 12736 503170 SH SOLE 503170
EMC CORP. COM 268648102 76932 999933 SH SOLE 999933
EMULEX CORP. COM 292475209 16445 250350 SH SOLE 250350
EQUANT N.V.-REGISTER COM 294409107 10803 251230 SH SOLE 251230
EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENG. INC. COM 302043104 1015 23140 SH SOLE 23140
EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 302088109 41736 906076 SH SOLE 906076
EXULT INC. COM 302284104 5050 505000 SH SOLE 505000
FACTSET RESH SYSTEMS INC. COM 303075105 859 30400 SH SOLE 30400
FINISAR CORPORATION COM 31787A101 22601 863062 SH SOLE 863062
GATEWAY INC. COM 367626108 28709 505886 SH SOLE 505886
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM 369604103 4622 87213 SH SOLE 87213
GENUITY INC. COM 37248E103 9156 1000000 SH SOLE 1000000
GILLETTE CO. COM 375766102 224 6400 SH SOLE 6400
GLOBAL CROSSING LTD. COM G3921A100 12695 482481 SH SOLE 482481
GLOBAL LIGHT TELECOM COM 37934X100 5485 501488 SH SOLE 501488
GLOBAL SPORTS INC. COM 37937A107 159 24775 SH SOLE 24775
GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC. COM 37956X103 7558 549675 SH SOLE 549675
GUIDANT CORP. COM 401698105 683 13800 SH SOLE 13800
HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC. COM 405217100 477 13000 SH SOLE 13000
HEINZ (H.J.) CO. COM 423074103 238 5450 SH SOLE 5450
HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 1090 21825 SH SOLE 21825
HONEYWELL INTL. INC. COM 438516101 848 25184 SH SOLE 25184
I2 TECHNOLOGY INC. COM 465754109 41841 401290 SH SOLE 401290
IBM CORP. COM 459200101 964 8800 SH SOLE 8800
ILLINOIS SUPERCONDUCTOR COM 452284101 1535 321100 SH SOLE 321100
IMR GLOBAL CORPORATION COM 45321W106 8534 653300 SH SOLE 653300
INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. A COM 456625102 15289 419590 SH SOLE 419590
INFOSPACE INC.- NEW COM 45678T102 22800 412672 SH SOLE 412672
INFOTAG CORP. COM 456790101 0 11000 SH SOLE 11000
INKTOMI CORP. COM 457277101 28433 240447 SH SOLE 240447
INNKEEPERS USA TRUST COM 457650101 116 12750 SH SOLE 12750
INPRISE CORPORATION COM 45766C102 459 75000 SH SOLE 75000
INTEGRATED DEVICES TECH INC. COM 458118106 66285 1107054 SH SOLE 1107054
INTEL CORPORATION COM 458140100 35239 263595 SH SOLE 263595
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES COM 45885A102 3184 76700 SH SOLE 76700
INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC. COM 460690100 843 19604 SH SOLE 19604
JABIL CIRCUIT COM 466313103 24837 500500 SH SOLE 500500
JNI CORP. COM 466226105 11100 351000 SH SOLE 351000
JOHN HANCOCK BANK & THRIFT OPP COM 41021T105 160 24000 SH SOLE 24000
KEYNOTE SYSTEMS INC. COM 493308100 14112 200000 SH SOLE 200000
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION COM 482480100 29765 508255 SH SOLE 508255
KROGER CO. COM 501044101 670 30368 SH SOLE 30368
LSI LOGIC CORP. COM 502161AB8 27273 503888 SH SOLE 503888
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 1420 23966 SH SOLE 23966
MANUFACTURERS SERVICE COM 565005105 1319 64150 SH SOLE 64150
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY COM G5876H106 663 11640 SH SOLE 11640
MBNA CORP. COM 55262L101 627 23101 SH SOLE 23101
MC DONALD'S CORP. COM 580135101 263 8000 SH SOLE 8000
MERCK & CO. COM 589331107 276 3600 SH SOLE 3600
MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORP. COM 589405109 68042 703281 SH SOLE 703281
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK COM 591689104 32075 808184 SH SOLE 808184
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. COM 595112103 106438 1208667 SH SOLE 1208667
MICROSOFT INC. COM 594918104 42374 529681 SH SOLE 529681
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. COM 637640103 34724 611873 SH SOLE 611873
NBC INTERNET INC. COM 62773D106 6357 508600 SH SOLE 508600
NET PERCEPTIONS INC. COM 64107U101 8763 552000 SH SOLE 552000
NET2PHONE INC. COM 64108N106 10706 300000 SH SOLE 300000
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC. COM 641206104 9333 115940 SH SOLE 115940
NETWORKS ASSOCIATES INC. COM 640938106 10668 523600 SH SOLE 523600
NOKIA CORP. ADR COM 654902204 47535 951880 SH SOLE 951880
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. COM 656568102 31453 460848 SH SOLE 460848
NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION NY COM 659424105 784 51817 SH SOLE 51817
NOVADIGM INC. COM 669937104 517 26200 SH SOLE 26200
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC. COM 670008101 34168 604083 SH SOLE 604083
ORACLE SYSTEMS CORP. COM 68389X105 63869 759779 SH SOLE 759779
PACIFIC CENTURY CYBERWORKS LTD COM Y6801N100 19518 10009000 SH SOLE 10009000
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. COM 699173100 16846 1531458 SH SOLE 1531458
PARTSBASE.COM INC. COM 70214P101 1375 250000 SH SOLE 250000
PFIZER INC. COM 717081103 2202 45882 SH SOLE 45882
PHARMACIA CORP. COM 717130102 767 14839 SH SOLE 14839
PHILIP MORRIS COS. COM 718154107 444 16700 SH SOLE 16700
PHONE.COM INC. COM 71920G100 13038 200193 SH SOLE 200193
PORTAL SOFTWARE COM 735126103 19245 301292 SH SOLE 301292
PRECISE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LTD COM M41450103 1224 51000 SH SOLE 51000
PRI AUTOMATION INC. COM 69357H106 29552 451938 SH SOLE 451938
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROU COM 741929103 24698 992879 SH SOLE 992879
QUALCOMM INC. COM 747525103 18087 301457 SH SOLE 301457
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTL. COM 749121109 22935 461578 SH SOLE 461578
RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORP. COM 75409P202 46748 503007 SH SOLE 503007
REAL NETWORKS INC. COM 75605L104 25306 500485 SH SOLE 500485
RHYTHMS NETCONNECTIONS INC. COM 762430205 5669 451300 SH SOLE 451300
SANMINA CORP. COM 800907107 34234 400392 SH SOLE 400392
SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP. COM 806605101 525 10400 SH SOLE 10400
SCHLUMBERGER LTD. COM 806857108 228 3050 SH SOLE 3050
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY COM 811804103 33432 607863 SH SOLE 607863
SMARTFORCE PC COM 83170A206 19219 400392 SH SOLE 400392
SOCIETE EURO SATELLITE COM 185773114 221 1200 SH SOLE 1200
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIE COM 834040107 11508 375000 SH SOLE 375000
SOLECTRON CORP. COM 834182107 55259 1319614 SH SOLE 1319614
SPRINT CORP. COM 852061001 255 5000 SH SOLE 5000
STRATOS LIGHTWAVE INC. COM 863100103 648 23250 SH SOLE 23250
SYCAMORE NETWORKS INC. COM 871206108 5187 46995 SH SOLE 46995
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD. COM 874039100 20083 518266 SH SOLE 518266
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR COM 874039209 3415 88000 SH SOLE 88000
TELEBRAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DE COM P90286131 243 2500 SH SOLE 2500
TELEMATE.NET SOFTWARE INC. COM 87943L100 669 210000 SH SOLE 210000
TELOCITY INC. COM 87971D101 3062 671050 SH SOLE 671050
TENFOLD CORP. COM 88033A103 7043 428500 SH SOLE 428500
TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. COM 886329103 28906 269560 SH SOLE 269560
TUT SYSTEMS INC. COM 901103101 28943 504460 SH SOLE 504460
UNION CARBIDE CORP. COM 905581104 211 4266 SH SOLE 4266
UNISYS CORP. COM 909214108 14958 1027172 SH SOLE 1027172
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 1377 23384 SH SOLE 23384
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. COM 922417100 10987 150000 SH SOLE 150000
VERISIGN INC. COM 92343E102 12531 71000 SH SOLE 71000
VERTICALNET INC. COM 92532L107 13865 375366 SH SOLE 375366
VIANT CORP. COM 92553N107 21140 713580 SH SOLE 713580
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTORS COM 928497106 25772 350339 SH SOLE 350339
VIXEL CORP. COM 928552106 2062 250000 SH SOLE 250000
VOXWARE INC. COM 92906L101 67 15500 SH SOLE 15500
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC. COM 939322103 732 25334 SH SOLE 25334
WEBVAN GROUP INC. COM 94845V101 3685 506100 SH SOLE 506100
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. COM 958102105 18648 3729565 SH SOLE 3729565
WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 97551S107 12065 356170 SH SOLE 356170
MERRILL LYNCH CAP. TR. 7.28% PFD 59021K205 230 10600 SH SOLE 10600
SENTRY TECHNOLOGY CORP. CL A 5 PFD 81731K200 3 23655 SH SOLE 23655
TCI COMMUNICATIONS FIN 8.72% PFD 872285200 324 13300 SH SOLE 13300
GS INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUN 38142V316 545 34036.760SH SOLE 34036.760
GS INTL EQUITY FUND CL A 38141W596 514 20911.752SH SOLE 20911.752
JOHN HANCOCK GLOBAL TECH. FUND 478032303 271 3109.202 SH SOLE 3109.202
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