RedChip Review's Top Picks Return 16.67% for 2001.

Business Editors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2002

The top small-cap stocks picked by analysts at RedChip Review(TM) appreciated 16.67% in 2001, led by a whopping 379% gain in D & K Healthcare Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq:DKWD), a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals,

RedChip Review(TM) is now tracking the performance of the 2002 list, which was up 1.67% overall as of Feb. 5, 2002. The list was published on the Web at www.redchip.com today.

Fifteen of the 2001 Top Picks(TM) finished 2001 with double-digit gains. They included pharmaceutical company VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq:VVUS), up 161%; automotive-sensor manufacturer BEI Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEIQ), up 67%; and The Titan Corporation (Nasdaq:TTN), an IT consulting firm, up 65%. "There seems to be no industry pattern to the winners and losers, aside from the cluster of application software companies in the loser column," said RedChip Review(TM) Director of Research Dave Archibald. "While the late 1990s humiliated every investor not concentrated in large-cap index funds, large-cap technology, Internet and biotech stocks, today's market favors smaller, more agile companies with strong balance sheets and strong management."

Returns for the Top Picks(TM) were measured from Dec. 20, 2000, to Dec. 20, 2001. The list does not run on a regular calendar year but is based on the date of publication of the list.

About Redchip(TM)

RedChip Companies, LLC is the nation's leading source of independent research and information on the small-cap market. Dedicated to "discovering tomorrow's blue chips today(TM)," it seeks out emerging growth companies and undiscovered small-cap values before they show up on Wall Street's radar screen. Through RedChip Review(TM), the company's flagship publication, analysts provide an unparalleled breadth of coverage and depth of research on relatively unknown small-cap companies. RedChip Partners(TM) provides small-cap companies with access to both professional and individual small-cap investors by holding conferences throughout the United States and producing online corporate visibility programs. The RedChip(TM) institutional sales department brings research on selected small-cap companies to analysts and portfolio managers. RedChip Capital(TM) serves the corporate finance needs of small-cap companies. The company was founded in 1993 by Marcus W. Robins, CFA, and is headquartered in Portland, Ore.