1.   Although few analysts recommend TRW stock, many gave Cote an A for effort.

2.   Among firms recommending Boeing stock are Natwest, Salomon Brothers Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos.

3.   Analysts are recommending the stocks of companies that operate in the West Coast or Northeast markets.

4.   Analysts continue to recommend coal stocks.

5.   Analysts have been recommending stocks forever.

6.   Another is that a number of analysts are recommending the stock, saying that it is undervalued in comparison with its peers.

7.   At least one analyst, Jonathan Cohen of New York-based Merrill Lynch, now recommends the stock after laughing at the Excite bid while commenting on CNBC.

8.   Before they will recommend the stock, analysts want Bossidy to divest sluggish businesses like truck brakes, consumer automotive products and nylon fibers.

9.   Bloomberg News asked the managers of the five best-performing small-cap mutual funds this year to recommend a stock for the next six months or more.

10.   A fully staffed research department even recommends stocks -- almost unheard of in the discount brokerage business.