The Rule Maker Portfolio, Rule Maker Buys CSCO, Sep. 07, 1999

Rule Maker Buys Cisco Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CSCO)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CSCO)") end if %>
On September 7, 1999

As part of our ongoing monthly $500 addition to the portfolio, the September investment is in Cisco Systems <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CSCO)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: CSCO)") end if %>. The decision to add to Cisco was detailed in the following articles:

Cream Skimming and Bottom Feeding by Rob Landley (8/25/99)
Let's Buy More Cisco by Phil Weiss (8/26/99)
Cisco and Microsoft by Tom Gardner (8/27/99)
Original Cisco Buy Report (6/22/98)

We bought slightly more than $500 worth of shares in order to put to work the cash that's accumulated in our account from dividends.


ACTION # STOCK PRICE  COMS'N CASH PAID
Bought 7 CSCO $71 3/8  $7.95  $507.58