___________________________________________________________________ InvestorMap.com Newsletter - 6/2/1999 brought to you by: http://www.investormap.com - THE guide to investing on the web! ___________________________________________________________________ In this edition: + Intro + Our Readers Write... + Investing News and Tools + Featured Site + Online Investing News + Global Markets + Year 2000 Update + Feedback + Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions * * Getting motivated * * What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us, as by the attitude we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us, as by our reaction to what happens. Lewis Dunning ___________________________________________________________________ -- Intro -- Welcome to the latest issue of the InvestorMap.com newsletter. We have added a new currencies page to InvestorMap.com which gives you exchange rate increases and decreases not only for the current day, but for the previous day, previous week, previous month and previous year. Check it out at http://investormap.com/c-forex-rates.htm If you find our information of use, why not forward it to a friend? Subscribe at http://investormap.com/ezine.htm Newsletter sponsorships and web site banner packages are available. This is a great way to let the world know about your web site. Contact us at http://investormap.com/contact.htm ___________________________________________________________________ ****************************** -- Our Readers Write... -- In our last issue a reader was looking for a site that rated mutual fund performance based on an after tax return. Thanks to all of you who responded we have several suggestions: Here you'll find a calculator for after-tax return. www.financenter.com This article on investing in funds tax efficiently focuses on after-tax returns. http://www.morningstar.net/News/MS/Alpha/990409alphagroup.msnhtml Investor's Business Daily - Although not a web site, they provide returns on an after-tax basis. This week a reader writes: *I would like to know if you have a historical database of stock prices. I subscribe to a Data company, but the service is bad and rather costly for 5 years of data. I am also seeking Gold prices in European and Japanese currencies.* At FinancialWeb.com you can get historical stock data on any company by simply entering the company's ticker. You can also use their *rapid research* to find detailed fundamental information for over 8,000 stocks. http://www.financialweb.com/stocktools/ http://www.financialweb.com/rapidresearch/ Here you'll find charts with gold prices in several different currencies including the Euro and Japanese yen. http://www.the-privateer.com/g-charts.html This page will link you to other resources relating to gold: http://www.investormap.com/stock-gold.htm Are you looking for a resource on the web? Do you have a question that you just can't get answered? Suggestions for web sites to review or feature? Send them to us via email or fill out the web form at: http://www.investormap.com/contact.htm ****************************** ___________________________________________________________________ -- Investing News and Tools -- In an effort to relieve some of the pressure from electronic communications networks, NASDAQ votes to expand trading hours. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/current/hours_vote.htx?source=htx/http2_mw Here experts take a look at the pros and cons of longer NYSE hours and how they would affect both the pros and amateurs. http://cnnfn.com/quickenonfn/investing/9905/25/nyse_investors/ For all the latest financial news go to http://investormap.com/newswire.htm This Forbes index, based on the publicly held fortunes of members of the Forbes Four Hundred, consists of the 40 publicly traded companies that have created the greatest individual wealth in the last year. http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/forbes40/index.asp Track the markets and your portfolio minute-by-minute with this desktop stock ticker. http://www.fortuneinvestor.com/ Do you know the difference between a Direct Purchase Plan (DPP) and a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)? Here you'll learn about these no-load stocks and how to go about purchasing them. http://www.natcorp.com/direct.html For those of you already familiar with DRIP's, this site provides extensive information and a number of services (both free and paid) including a DRIP investment calculator that automatically calculates a percentage of your normal investment amount to invest at the current time. http://www.dripadvisor.com/index.shtml This page will direct you to a variety of information about DRIP's. http://investormap.com/stock-drips.htm Listed as a top seller, the *1999 Stock Traders Almanac* may be just the investing tool you need. http://www.traderspressbookstores.com/traders-investormap/bestsell.tam?xax= 16959&%78b=%2E12203 Here you'll find stock market links ranging from market timing and day trading to stock and news tickers. http://investormap.com/stock.htm ----------- Featured Site: StockCharts.com ----------- StockCharts.com provides you with more than 300 free stock charts and a collection of powerful new analysis tools. Charts include those of the major market averages, S&P Sector indices, market breadth indicators, commodities and currencies, as well as a collection of unique *Interactive Performance Charts.* As an online investor you can also get access to *ProphetCharts,* one of the most powerful charting tools available anywhere. Here you have the power to analyze any stock in many ways. It's fast and remembers trend lines. Check it all out at: http://stockcharts.com -------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ -- Online Investing News -- Following suit with NASDAQ, online broker CyberBroker plans to expand trading hours. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wr/story.html?s=v/nm/19990526/wr/inter net_trading_2.html In addition to longer hours, your trading options may become even broader as Island, the second-largest electronic trading venue, hopes to transform its service into a full-fledged stock exchange. http://www.isld.com/pressroom/releases/043099.htm SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt urges you to be aware of the down side of on-line trading, including scam artists and glitches. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/bs/story.html?s=v/nm/19990524/bs/inter net_stocks_3.html Want to find out what sites move markets? Time Digital picks the best Web pages for trading, tracking investments, researching and getting the latest gossip. http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/reports/daytrading/guide.html Here you'll find more information to guide you with online investing. http://investormap.com/stock-online-ipo.htm http://investormap.com/stock-online-brokers.htm http://investormap.com/mutual-online.htm http://investormap.com/broker-online.htm ----------- A message from our sponsor ----------- Make A Fortune With High-Speed Internet Access Enablers Momentum investor Don Rowe expects the next decade to be phenomenally profitable for the right Internet stocks. His Internet picks include 12 technology leaders that enable high-speed access to the Internet. These already profitable companies can make you a fortune as they develop digital and cable high speed Web access. Get Rowe's 12 picks with your FREE 30-day trial to the Wall Street Digest online now at: http://www.investools.com/cgi-bin/offer1/WALL/MAP-walltC -------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ - - Global Markets - - Not to be left behind, the Tokyo stock exchange may follow suit with longer hours. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/current/tokyo.htx?source=htx/http2_mw These pages provide you with a wealth of information on foreign industry and companies. You can search by company/business name, rank, country and industry. 100 U.S. traded foreign stocks: http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/int500/asp/100.asp?table=adr&year=1998 100 International Bargains http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/int500/asp/100.asp?table=bargains&year=1 998 Search by Country http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/int500/asp/country.asp?year=1998 Global Financial Data provides you with an archive of current and historical stock data. http://www.globalfindata.com If you're new to the international scene, this book, *International Investing Made Easy* - covers a multitude of investment opportunities available in today's international markets, what to look for and how to research them. http://www.traderspressbookstores.com/traders-investormap/detail.tam?xax=13 560&%70agenumber.ptx=%31&%6Fldpage.ctx=%66ire.tam&%69tem.ctx=%3157 These links will connect you with everything you need to know for investing in global markets and global stocks. http://investormap.com/global.htm ___________________________________________________________________ -- Y2K News - Being aware of Y2K banking scams will keep you one step ahead of the culprits. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19990407/news/current/brm_personal.htx?s ource=htx/http2_mw The SEC has added a number of new pages to their web site offering you extensive information on Y2K readiness in the securities industry. http://www.sec.gov/oiea1.htm >From general Y2K sites to those more specific like solution providers and investing -- http://investormap.com/y2k.htm ___________________________________________________________________ -- Feedback -- Please send any ideas and suggestions to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Good investing, Jon Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe: send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. -------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The financial markets are risky. Investing is risky. The foregoing has been prepared solely for informational purposes and is not a solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Published by InvestorMap.com. Copyright C 1999 InvestorMap.com. All rights reserved.
