Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> March 21, 2001
EDWARD C. WHITE, JR., CFA, Managing Director, has covered
semiconductor equipment and other electronics companies for the
past 23 years. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 1990, he
managed his own merger and acquisitions consulting firm. Mr.
White also spent five years with E.F. Hutton, and three years at
L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg Towbin. He was ranked among the top
semiconductor equipment analysts by Institutional Investor
magazine in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001, and among the top
electronics analysts in 1986. He was named a Home Run Hitter by
Institutional Investor in 1995 and 1996. In 2001, Mr. White
ranked Number Two in The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street
poll and Number Three in the Reuters survey. He holds a BA in
Economics from Princeton University and an MS in quantitative
analysis from New York University's Stern School of Business. Profile
TWST: What is your pertinent summary for 2000, items there that youparticularly focus on as you go about forming expectations for 2001?
Mr. White: 2000 was an exceptional year for the