Form 13F
Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
Check here if Amendment [ ] ; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.) [ ] is a restatement.
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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, October 24, 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: 152
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 2,634,113
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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ADVANCED FIBRE COMMUNICATION COM 00754A105 20863 550850 SH SOLE 550850
AEROFLEX INC. COM 007768104 39882 820187 SH SOLE 820187
ALTERA CORP. COM 021441100 22877 479100 SH SOLE 479100
AMERICA ONLINE INC. COM 023645104 58733 1092700 SH SOLE 1092700
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. COM 025816101 349 5740 SH SOLE 5740
AMKOR TECHNOLOGIES INC. COM 031652100 20939 801500 SH SOLE 801500
ANALOG DEVICES INC. COM 032654105 56485 684150 SH SOLE 684150
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COS INC. COM 035229103 715 16900 SH SOLE 16900
ANTEC CORP. COM 03664P105 13416 454770 SH SOLE 454770
APPLIED MATERIALS INC. COM 038222105 35712 602100 SH SOLE 602100
APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COM 038236105 8719 591100 SH SOLE 591100
ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. COM 04289L107 34963 369000 SH SOLE 369000
ASK JEEVES INC. COM 045174109 9673 504140 SH SOLE 504140
ASM LITHOGRAPHY HLD NV COM N07059111 29534 914000 SH SOLE 914000
AT&T LIBERTY MEDIA CL A COM 001957201 213 11816 SH SOLE 11816
ATMEL CORP. COM 049513104 33756 2222600 SH SOLE 2222600
ATS MEDICAL INC. COM 002083101 500 33200 SH SOLE 33200
AUDIBLE INC. COM 05069A104 45 37500 SH SOLE 37500
AVANTGO INC. COM 05349M100 400 20000 SH SOLE 20000
AXCELIUS TECHNOLOGIES COM 054540105 4759 400800 SH SOLE 400800
B2BSTORES.COM INC. COM 11776S103 21 11500 SH SOLE 11500
BANK OF NEW YORK INC. COM 064057102 499 8900 SH SOLE 8900
BEA SYSTEMS INC. COM 073325102 68035 873650 SH SOLE 873650
BLUESTONE SOFTWARE COM 09623D102 3213 184910 SH SOLE 184910
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC. COM 127387108 19361 753700 SH SOLE 753700
CALICO COMMERCE INC. COM 129897104 3072 501500 SH SOLE 501500
CHARLES SCHWAB INC. COM 808513105 674 19000 SH SOLE 19000
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR COM 16133R106 24327 400860 SH SOLE 400860
CIENA CORP. COM 171779101 74024 602744 SH SOLE 602744
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. COM 17275R102 56996 1031600 SH SOLE 1031600
CITIGROUP INC. COM 172967101 3133 57946 SH SOLE 57946
CITRIX SYSTEMS INC. COM 177376100 11118 554150 SH SOLE 554150
COBALT NETWORKS INC. COM 19074R101 20389 352300 SH SOLE 352300
COCA-COLA CO. COM 191216100 298 5400 SH SOLE 5400
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP. COM 204493100 552 20030 SH SOLE 20030
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIO COM 204912109 18024 715602 SH SOLE 715602
CORNING INC. COM 219350105 54636 183960 SH SOLE 183960
COSINE COMMUNICATIONS COM 221222102 1860 33480 SH SOLE 33480
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. COM 232806909 38164 918237 SH SOLE 918237
DELL COMPUTER CORP. COM 247025109 33823 1097707 SH SOLE 1097707
DISNEY CO., (THE WALT) COM 254687106 501 13103 SH SOLE 13103
DIVERSINET CORP. COM 25536K204 5924 1008400 SH SOLE 1008400
DOUBLECLICK INC. COM 258609304 8978 280550 SH SOLE 280550
EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS COM 283683102 251 9400 SH SOLE 9400
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING COM 286082102 12718 503700 SH SOLE 503700
EMC CORP. COM 268648102 100473 1013600 SH SOLE 1013600
EMULEX CORP. COM 292475209 30686 250500 SH SOLE 250500
EQUANT N.V.-REGISTER COM 294409107 9232 251630 SH SOLE 251630
EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 302088109 49407 1000650 SH SOLE 1000650
EXULT INC. COM 302284104 8377 606450 SH SOLE 606450
FACTSET RESH SYSTEMS INC. COM 303075105 696 18500 SH SOLE 18500
FINISAR CORPORATION COM 31787A101 45629 943240 SH SOLE 943240
GATEWAY INC. COM 367626108 27433 586800 SH SOLE 586800
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM 369604103 4809 83363 SH SOLE 83363
GENUITY INC. COM 37248E103 6535 1000500 SH SOLE 1000500
GLOBAL CROSSING LTD. COM G3921A100 18861 608416 SH SOLE 608416
GLOBAL LIGHT TELECOM COM 37934X100 2588 502600 SH SOLE 502600
GLOBAL SPORTS INC. COM 37937A107 195 24775 SH SOLE 24775
GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC. COM 37956X103 6845 531675 SH SOLE 531675
GUIDANT CORP. COM 401698105 707 10000 SH SOLE 10000
HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC. COM 405217100 386 11000 SH SOLE 11000
HONEYWELL INTL. INC. COM 438516101 826 23184 SH SOLE 23184
I2 TECHNOLOGY INC. COM 465754109 75226 402145 SH SOLE 402145
IBM CORP. COM 459200101 765 6800 SH SOLE 6800
ILLINOIS SUPERCONDUCTOR COM 452284101 450 147100 SH SOLE 147100
IMR GLOBAL CORPORATION COM 45321W106 7595 653300 SH SOLE 653300
INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. A COM 456625102 13778 417520 SH SOLE 417520
INFOSPACE INC.- NEW COM 45678T102 18488 611187 SH SOLE 611187
INFOTAG CORP. COM 456790101 0 11000 SH SOLE 11000
INKTOMI CORP. COM 457277101 28766 252330 SH SOLE 252330
INNKEEPERS USA TRUST COM 457650101 131 12750 SH SOLE 12750
INRANGE TECHNOLOGIES COM 45769V101 2230 42080 SH SOLE 42080
INTEGRATED DEVICES TECH INC. COM 458118106 77619 857663 SH SOLE 857663
INTEL CORPORATION COM 458140100 17685 425500 SH SOLE 425500
INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC. COM 460690100 572 16801 SH SOLE 16801
JABIL CIRCUIT COM 466313103 17087 301100 SH SOLE 301100
JDS UNIPHASE CORP. COM 466125101 8157 86150 SH SOLE 86150
JNI CORP. COM 466226105 41147 462321 SH SOLE 462321
KEYNOTE SYSTEMS INC. COM 493308100 5096 190500 SH SOLE 190500
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION COM 482480100 30252 734485 SH SOLE 734485
KROGER CO. COM 501044101 491 21768 SH SOLE 21768
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 22308 729904 SH SOLE 729904
MBNA CORP. COM 55262L101 805 20901 SH SOLE 20901
MC DONALD'S CORP. COM 580135101 241 8000 SH SOLE 8000
MCDATA CORPORATION COM 580031102 989 8050 SH SOLE 8050
MERCK & CO. COM 589331107 268 3600 SH SOLE 3600
MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORP. COM 589405109 111841 713500 SH SOLE 713500
METROMEDIA FIBER NETWORK COM 591689104 19682 809550 SH SOLE 809550
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. COM 595112103 62810 1365445 SH SOLE 1365445
MICROSOFT INC. COM 594918104 25795 427693 SH SOLE 427693
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. COM 637640103 453 11250 SH SOLE 11250
NBC INTERNET INC. COM 62773D106 3338 508600 SH SOLE 508600
NET PERCEPTIONS INC. COM 64107U101 2605 552000 SH SOLE 552000
NET2PHONE INC. COM 64108N106 6750 300000 SH SOLE 300000
NETWORK APPLIANCE INC. COM 641206104 25590 200900 SH SOLE 200900
NETWORKS ASSOCIATES INC. COM 640938106 17890 790700 SH SOLE 790700
NOKIA CORP. ADR COM 654902204 42548 1068700 SH SOLE 1068700
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. COM 656568102 31961 536600 SH SOLE 536600
NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION NY COM 659424105 1010 46717 SH SOLE 46717
NOVADIGM INC. COM 669937104 214 13800 SH SOLE 13800
OMNISKY CORPORATION COM 68213L103 657 32350 SH SOLE 32350
ORACLE SYSTEMS CORP. COM 68389X105 63024 800300 SH SOLE 800300
PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. COM 699173100 16737 1530270 SH SOLE 1530270
PARTSBASE.COM INC. COM 70214P101 875 250000 SH SOLE 250000
PFIZER INC. COM 717081103 2082 46332 SH SOLE 46332
PHARMACIA CORP. COM 717130102 815 13539 SH SOLE 13539
PHILIP MORRIS COS. COM 718154107 492 16700 SH SOLE 16700
PHONE.COM INC. COM 71920G100 22819 200826 SH SOLE 200826
PORTAL SOFTWARE COM 735126103 12089 302215 SH SOLE 302215
PRI AUTOMATION INC. COM 69357H106 8256 452400 SH SOLE 452400
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROU COM 741929103 9959 1048322 SH SOLE 1048322
QUALCOMM INC. COM 747525103 41250 578950 SH SOLE 578950
RATIONAL SOFTWARE CORP. COM 75409P202 69957 1008391 SH SOLE 1008391
REAL NETWORKS INC. COM 75605L104 19927 501300 SH SOLE 501300
RHYTHMS NETCONNECTIONS INC. COM 762430205 3325 450900 SH SOLE 450900
SANMINA CORP. COM 800907107 37740 403100 SH SOLE 403100
SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP. COM 806605101 484 10400 SH SOLE 10400
SCREAMING MEDIA INC. COM 810883108 1927 205587 SH SOLE 205587
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY COM 811804103 68462 992200 SH SOLE 992200
SMARTFORCE PC COM 83170A206 19016 401400 SH SOLE 401400
SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIE COM 834040107 8584 375000 SH SOLE 375000
SOLECTRON CORP. COM 834182107 68313 1481050 SH SOLE 1481050
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. COM 844741108 356 14700 SH SOLE 14700
SYCAMORE NETWORKS INC. COM 871206108 5075 46995 SH SOLE 46995
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD. COM 874039100 14401 706776 SH SOLE 706776
TALARIAN CORP. COM 874090103 1748 91080 SH SOLE 91080
TELOCITY INC. COM 87971D101 2202 671050 SH SOLE 671050
TENFOLD CORP. COM 88033A103 1901 428500 SH SOLE 428500
TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. COM 886329103 22879 270955 SH SOLE 270955
TTM TECHNOLOGIES COM 87305R109 202 8590 SH SOLE 8590
TURNSTONE SYSTEMS INC. COM 900423104 9305 200650 SH SOLE 200650
TUT SYSTEMS INC. COM 901103101 43583 504940 SH SOLE 504940
TYCOM LTD. COM 69144B106 7265 189315 SH SOLE 189315
UNISYS CORP. COM 909214108 11573 1028700 SH SOLE 1028700
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COM 913017109 1599 23084 SH SOLE 23084
VERISIGN INC. COM 92343E102 20299 100210 SH SOLE 100210
VERTICALNET INC. COM 92532L107 14185 403850 SH SOLE 403850
VIANT CORP. COM 92553N107 4197 714350 SH SOLE 714350
VIGNETTE CORPORATION COM 926734104 24055 805195 SH SOLE 805195
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTORS COM 928497106 31217 351000 SH SOLE 351000
VOXWARE INC. COM 92906L101 32 15500 SH SOLE 15500
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC. COM 939322103 1009 25334 SH SOLE 25334
WEBMETHODS INC. COM 94768L108 18262 158627 SH SOLE 158627
WEBVAN GROUP INC. COM 94845V101 1170 506100 SH SOLE 506100
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. COM 958102105 21920 3731000 SH SOLE 3731000
WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 97551S107 5535 357087 SH SOLE 357087
WJ COMMUNICATIONS INC. COM 929284107 2179 58900 SH SOLE 58900
MERRILL LYNCH CAP. TR. 7.28% PFD 59021K205 237 10600 SH SOLE 10600
SENTRY TECHNOLOGY CORP. CL A 5 PFD 81731K200 10 23655 SH SOLE 23655
TCI COMMUNICATIONS FIN 8.72% PFD 872285200 281 11300 SH SOLE 11300
JH GROWTH TRENDS FUND CL A 41014V109 945 94500.000SH SOLE 94500.000
JOHN HANCOCK GLOBAL TECH. FUND 478032303 259 18655.212SH SOLE 18655.212
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