__________________________________________________________________ InvestorMap.com Newsletter - 7/26/1999 Brought to you by: http://investormap.com - THE guide to investing on the web! ___________________________________________________________________ In this edition: + Intro + Our Readers Write + Investing News + Bond Investing + Feedback + Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions * * Getting motivated * * The first part of success is *Get-to-it-iveness*; the second part of success is *Stick-to-it-iveness.* Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) Writer ___________________________________________________________________ -- Intro -- This issue of the InvestorMap.com newsletter will focus on bond investing. We have provided you with a lot of educational material and tools on this subject. From there you can decide if this type of investment is meant for you, and if so, how to make it work to your benefit. Believe it or not there's still time to arrange for your Free admission to the Seattle Money. There are more details about the Show after the *Investing News* section. This is our first time to participate in this show and we're very excited about meeting many of you. ----------- A message from our sponsor ------------ Eleven Exceptionally Attractive Tech Stocks To Buy Now #1 rated stock picker just named eleven technology and biotech stocks that qualify for his "Exceptionally Attractive" list and have returned a phenomenal average of 20.63% for June. Get his list with your 30-day FREE trial to OTC Insight online at: http://www.investools.com/cgi-bin/go/OTCN/MAP-otcnt2 --------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ -- Our Readers Write -- *I'm looking for a place that I can go to that will list IPO's that have priced and are due to trade the next morning.* Our IPO calendar will give you the expected pricing date, proposed symbol, shares and estimated price. CBS MarketWatch has an IPO daily report section that may also be of interest to you. http://investormap.com/investormap-ipo-calendar.htm http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/current/ipo_week.htx?source=htx/http2_mw ___________________________________________________________________ -- Investing News -- American Express recently launched their new online banking service, Membership B@nking. They say you'll receive a higher level of value, service and convenience. http://home.americanexpress.com/banking/ High tech and Internet IPO's are on the rise this week as they outnumber more traditional offerings five to one. http://www.cnnfn.com/1999/07/25/markets/ipo/ The New York Stock Exchange is hopping on the IPO bandwagon. They expect to go public as soon as late November. http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/20921.html For the latest information and updates on IPO's go to: http://investormap.com/investormap-ipo.htm ___________________________________________________________________ ****** FREE Admission to the Seattle Money Show ****** The Seattle Money Show is just around the corner, August 13-14, 1999. This is a one of the top investment shows with over 200 free workshops and panel discussions by some of the biggest names in the investing and trading world. We are very excited about being participants in the Show and hope all of you who are there will stop by and say hello! We'll be in booth #612. As part of our relationship with the Seattle Money Show, all of our readers qualify for FREE admission. For more information, or to register online, go to http://www.intershow.com/moneyshow or call (800) 970-4355. Make sure to tell them you are an InvestorMap.com reader so you can qualify. ****************************************************** ___________________________________________________________________ -- Bonds -- This is a user-friendly guide on getting started in bond investing. It provides you with a basic understanding of bonds, along with work sheets and calculators to get you started. It's quite thorough. http://www.smartmoney.com/si/tools/onebond/ Here you will learn about the basic relationship between the price of a bond and prevailing market interest rates. http://invest-faq.com/articles/bonds-rel-price-int.html This page provides you with information on current top performers in various types of investments, including taxable and tax-free bonds. Historical data dating back 10 years ago is also available. Clicking on the ticker will give you access to their tip sheet. http://www.pathfinder.com/money/depts/investing/top_funds.html In layman's terms you'll learn about high yield *junk* bonds, their market behavior, market liquidity, and reward vs. risk. http://www.troweprice.com/mutual/insights/junkbond.html This treasury yield curve graph provides you with US Treasury securities yields. It is updated daily and gives you year end numbers for the past ten years. http://www.bondsonline.com/treasquoteindex.html Twelve topics on global bond investing are featured here. Be ready to become knowledgeable. http://www.troweprice.com/mutual/insights/glbond.html There are several books available through our bookstore on bond investing that may be of interest to you - EuroBonds by Michael Bowe; Trading the Bond Futures Contract by Joe Stowell; and High Yield Bonds by Martin Fridson. These and many other selections on investing can be found at: http://www.traderspressbookstores.com/traders-investormap/ ___________________________________________________________________ -- Feedback -- Please send any ideas and suggestions to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Good Investing, Diane 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. The links provided in this newsletter were checked to verify validity at the time of publication. Since sites occasionally change addresses, some links may later prove to be inaccurate. We apologize for any inconvenience should you not be able to open any of the links. Published by InvestorMap.com. Copyright C 1999 InvestorMap.com. All rights reserved.
