Profit Perspectives 2000 Taipan's Annual Forecast Issue   Table of Contents A note to our readers Introduction Outlook for the U.S. stock markets and interest rates 1999 Stock Outlook: Review and Update Pohang Iron and Steel Restaurant Brands Ashanti Goldfields Iraeli Tech stocks Elron Elbit Medical Imaging Elscint Elbit Ltd. Orbotech Orckit Communications Aladdin Williams Controls Exponent Commodity Trust CMT Warrants Sasol ADR Avant Immunotherapeutics -- former T Cell Shaman Xoma HemispherX Biopharma Aramex Outlook for Ex-Soviet Equities Surgutneftegaz Mosenergo ADR TyumanAviaTrans ADR Hurricane Hydrocarbons Outlook for Gold Outlook for Oil Outlook for Small- and Microcap Sectors Aviron Closure Medical Integrated Surgical Systems Focal Nastech Orbital Sciences Printrak International Modtech Axsys Elcom International ADFlex Solutions Micros Systems Outlook for Initial Public Offerings Netcom Dey Golden State Vintners Fox Entertainment Outlook for Value Stocks Vision Twenty-One Theragenics WestPac Bank Rollerball Balkan Fund Human Pheromone Sciences Sanyo Electric Co. Outlook for Global Stock Markets Outlook for the Internet Market AOL and Netscape Amazon.com Y2K Classifieds