What stocks to buy for '97

Black Enterprise, Oct, 1996 by Caroline M. Brown

                      30 HOTTEST STOCK PICKS

                              BARBARA BOWLES
Company                       Exchange/Symbol        Price(*)

Amphenol                        NYSE: APH            $20
Century Telephone               NYSE: CTL            $33 1/4
First Chicago NBD               NYSE: FCN            $40 5/8
Kansas City Southern            NYSE: KSU            $39 7/8
Mylan Labs                      NYSE: MYL            $15

                             LEMUEL DANIELS

Company                        Exchange/Symbol       Price(*)

Alliance Capital Management    NYSE: AC             $25 1/8
Disney                         NYSE: DIS            $58 3/4
Duracell                       NYSE: DR             $45 7/8
Health & Retirement Prop       NYSE: HRP            $16 3/4
Intel                          NASDAQ: INTC         $78 1/8
Merck                          NYSE: MRK            $66 5/8
Motorola                       NYSE: MOT            $55 1/4


                               RICHARD GARRIQUES

Company                         Exchange/Symbol       Price(*)

Ceridian Corp.                  NYSE: CEN            $46
HBO & Co.                       NASDAQ: HOBC         $65 1/4
Health Management Assocs.       NYSE: HMA            $22 1/2
Hospitality Franchise Systems   NYSE: HFS            $61 1/4
Merck                           NYSE: MRK            $66 5/8
Paychex                         NASDAQ: PAYX         $44 3/4
Safeway                         NYSE: SWY            $37 3/4
Telabs                          NASDAQ: TLAB         $61 5/8
Westinghouse                    NYSE: WX             $16 7/8
WorldCom                        NASDAQ: WCOM         $27

                               BAUNITA GREER

Company                        Exchange/Symbol        Price(*)

American Health Care           NYSE: UAH             $ 99 5/8
BFT Holdings(**)               NYSE: BTV             $24 1/8
Granite Broadcasting(**)       NASDAQ: GBTVK         $12
Pixar                          NASDAQ: PIXR          $13 1/2

                               RON SCOTT

Company                       Exchange/Symbol         Price(*)

Apple Computer                NASDAQ: AAPL           $21
CyberCash                     NASDAQ: CYCH           $36
Netscape                      NASDAQ: NSCP           $44 1/8
Novell                        NASDAQ: NOVL           $10 3/4
Sun Microsystems              NASDAQ: SUNW           $55 5/8