InvestorGuide Weekly (5/25)
Tom Murcko
InvestorGuide Weekly May 25, 1998
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Contents:
Investing News
New and Improved Web Sites
Investing in Internet Companies
Electronic Commerce
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i n v e s t i n g n e w s
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Worth Magazine looks overseas for the next hot investment opportunity.
http://www.worth.com/articles/Z9806C01.html
related page: http://www.investorguide.com/International.htm
Hedge funds are exploding in popularity. Hedge fund investors have
been doing well, but it's the fund managers who are really cleaning up.
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/1998/980608/hed.html
http://www.worth.com/articles/Z9806F01.html
An increasing number of retail investors are trying to make a living
trading stocks. (We do not recommend this.)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/bcovfri.htm
USA Today explains how to buy a car online. (3 articles)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctc741.htm
related page: http://www.investorguide.com/Car.htm
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n e w a n d i m p r o v e d w e b s i t e s
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TimelyQuote offers free email and pager quotes.
http://www.timelyquote.com
related page: http://www.investorguide.com/Quotes.htm
StockPickers.net provides links to stock pick sites.
http://www.stockpickers.net
ADP relaunched its AutoConnect used car buying service.
http://www.autoconnect.com
The San Jose Mercury News, which previously charged for some of its
site's content, is now free.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/homepage/docs/dearreaders.htm
Money Magazine has added a "fair value" calculator to its site. Enter
a symbol, and it estimates the stock's fair value. And if you don't
like the formula they use, the tools allows you to change the built-in
assumptions.
http://pathfinder.com/money/value/index.html
related page: http://www.investorguide.com/StockList.htm
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i n v e s t i n g i n i n t e r n e t c o m p a n i e s
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America Online is reportedly planning to buy chat software maker
Mirabilis for $300 million in cash and stock.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/0520/317864.html
Motorola joined forces with satellite rival Teledesic and ended its
own $13 billion plan to put satellites in the sky for speedy internet
service.
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/business/DailyNews/motorola980522/index.html
Broadcast.com (formerly AudioNet) filed for an IPO.
http://www.herring.com/insider/1998/0520/broadcast.html
Forbes looks at security software company Axent.
http://www.forbes.com/asp/redir.asp?/tool/html/98/may/0520/feat.htm
Intuit acquired tax-preparation software maker Lacerte for $400 million
in cash.
http://www.intuit.com/corporate/press_releases/051898.html
related page: http://www.investorguide.com/Software.htm
Earnings Reports:
Dell: http://www.dell.com/corporate/media/newsreleases/98/9805/19.htm
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e l e c t r o n i c c o m m e r c e
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Online billing will be big, soon.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980521S0001
Netscape and Citibank signed an e-commerce deal.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12404.html
One analyst comments on online bookseller stocks.
http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9805/21/trott_intv/
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