Long-term bunker: Louis A. Holland thinks more turbulence is ahead: the right time for long-term holdings with potential. (Private Screening).

Louis A. Holland is hunkering down. The 34-year money management veteran feels a volatile and overvalued stock market is in for even more pain. "Markets tend to go through three phases--love, hate, and indifference," he notes. "Right now I think we've passed into the hate stage and could have some more to go through."

Don't think Holland has shunned stocks for good, though. He hasn't. During the next few years, for instance, he expects the overall stock market to provide returns between 6% and 8% annually--good numbers, but rather modest compared to the 20% and 30% gains the market logged between 1995 and 1999.

As for today's market, Holland, who is managing partner and CIO of Holland Capital Management L.P., has a good gauge on things. The Chicago-based portfolio manager has turned in good numbers for his Lou Holland Growth Fund (LHGFX), averaging an annual total return of 3.12% over the past five years as of Aug. 12. The Standard & Poor's 500 index averaged 3.66% for the same period, but the fund managed to stay within the top 14% of all large-cap growth funds, according to Morningstar. But Holland's fund had a rough ride through the first half of 2002; it was down 17%. (The S&P 500 index was down almost 20%.)

Even in the current market, Holland still focuses on finding good earnings growth, provided the stock is selling at a cheap price. To increase his success, he's staying with stocks that could potentially boost earnings 12% to 15% over the next five years.

Holland's first Private Screening pick is Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), a waste management company that he says is the leader in its industry. Since waste is picked up year-round, he feels the firm's near 12% growth rate is a lock.

His second selection is Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA), a company that makes bar code scanners. Zebra is a pretty close fit for Holland's current criteria: Its long-term growth rate hovers 17% a year, according to Zacks Investment Research, yet the stock is selling at no more than 22 times its projected 2002 earnings.

Holland likes two leisure stocks for the long-term. One is Carnival (NYSE: CCL), the well-known cruise operator, which fetches 15 times its current profits. Yet, according to Zacks, it should experience a profit growth spurt of 13% in the next year. Holland thinks Carnival's name recognition is strong and it will do well once the economy heads into smoother waters. International Speedway (Nasdaq: ISCA), a small company that runs auto racing tracks, is Holland's other leisure pick.. The popularity of NASCAB is a boon, says Holland, who likes International's price. Shares of the company trade at 18 times profits, but Wall Street predicts the company will boost its projected earnings 17%.

Finally, Holland says that since an aging America is more savings and retirement conscious, financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) should fare well. He says Goldman, which focuses on high net worth clientele, "is a preeminent investment banker and a huge asset gatherer." As of July 12, Goldman was selling at 14 times earnings yet was projected to grow profits 16% in the year ahead.

Louis A. Holland's Private Screening Picks

                                                            Est. 5-Yr.
Company                                P/E on Projected     Annual EPS
Exchange: Symbol            Price *      2002 Earnings     Growth Rate

Republic Services           $18.22           14.6              11.4%
NYSE: RSG

Zebra Technologies           47.67           22.1              17
Nasdaq: ZBRA

Carnival                     27.13           15                13.4
NYSE: CCL

International Speedway       37.68           17.6              17.3
Nasdaq: ISCA

Goldman Sachs Group          73.02           16.4              13.9
NYSE: GS

Company
Exchange: Symbol           Why Stock Will Outper form

Republic Services          This waste management firm is poised to do
NYSE: RSG                  well with a 12% annual growth rate.

Zebra Technologies         Zebra is a bar code scanner manufacturer that
Nasdaq: ZBRA               might get a boost from homeland security
                           measures.

Carnival                   Like most travel stocks, Carnival took a hit
NYSE: CCL                  after 9-11 even though business has remained
                           strong.

International Speedway     NASCAR is in, so this operator of racetracks
Nasdaq: ISCA               looks to do well.

Goldman Sachs Group        An aging population is salting away more in
NYSE: GS                   savings, always a boon to big names in
                           financial services.

SOURCES: LOU HOLLAND HOLLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT; MORNINGSTAR INC.;
YAHOO! FINANCE; ZACKS INVESTMENT RESEARCH

* AS OF JULY 12, 2002