__________________________________________________________________ InvestorMap.com Newsletter - 10/5/1999 Brought to you by: http://investormap.com THE guide to investing on the web! ___________________________________________________________________ In this edition: + Introduction + Investing News & Tools + Online Investing + Stocks + Feedback + Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions * * Getting motivated * * Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George Halas (1895-1983) Pro Football Coach ___________________________________________________________________ -- Introduction -- Thanks for all of your responses to our newsletter name contest. We hope to announce the winner in our next issue. Our focus this week is stocks. There are many ways to approach buying stocks and we've covered some of them here. We've also found some really neat tools for you to try out. ___________________________________________________________________ -- Investing News & Tools -- The Federal Reserve announced it will not raise interest rates,at least not right now. However, if the unemployment rate keeps falling and consumer demand doesn't slow, we may see an increase as soon as next month. http://cnnfn.com/1999/10/05/economy/fed_rates/ In the largest corporate takeover ever, MCI Worldcom bought Sprint in an all-stock transaction worth $129 billion. http://cnnfn.com/1999/10/05/worldbiz/sprint_mci/ In an era when online brokers and online banks are old news, it looks like Merriman Capital Management is taking the next logical step. Merriman is a well-established "bricks and mortar" mutual fund money management firm that has had a strong Internet presence for several years. They have recently signed agreements with two prominent web based market timing services, Lowrisk.com and Moneyflow.com, to offer managed mutual fund accounts using Lowrisk.com's and Moneyflow.com's strategies. This arrangement between an established money management firm and web based market analysis sites is the first of its kind that we have seen. Merriman has launched a web site to promote this arrangement at: http://www.timersmarketplace.com. If you want to avoid *catching* the latest virus, check out this page. They'll give you information and tools for protecting your PC. http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2289810,00.html New software is being developed by Tradeworx in hopes of giving individual investors the opportunity to trade like professionals. http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0930/news-tradeworx.html This brand new site helps you get hard to find information on small- and micro-cap public companies. You can research, analyze and search within set criteria to find opportunities that may meet your investment goals. http://www.smallcapcenter.com/ The success of investing in micro-caps and why you shouldn't be afraid To venture into this arena is the focus of this article. http://www.microcap1000.com/homepage/daily.html You can do additional research on micro-caps via these links. http://investormap.com/stock-penny.htm United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) announced that they will launch a secondary offering of primary shares on October 19th. UPC owns and operates the largest pan-European group of broadband communication networks. http://www.upccorp.com/unshocked_index.html These links will take you to everything related to investing in global markets and global stocks. http://investormap.com/global.htm For all the latest investing news, go to: http://investormap.com/newswire.htm ----------- A Message From Our Sponsor ------------ 35 Internet Stocks to Double Your Money in Six Months The Wall Street Digest names 35 Internet stocks that may double your money between December 1999 and May 2000. These companies have increased sales by 50% and profits by 100%. Get the winners with your FREE trial to The Wall Street Digest: http://www.investools.com/cgi-bin/go/WALL/MAP-wallTF --------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ -- Online Investing -- Online brokers are adding a multitude of other services in order to lure more clients. In addition to extended-hours trading, you may find low margin rates, online banking, insurance, financial-planning tools and even sports scores. http://cnnfn.com/1999/09/29/investing/q_expand/ Here you'll find information on every type of broker out there. http://investormap.com/broker.htm For another new twist in investing, PNC Bank is now auctioning Certifi- cates of Deposit (CD's) from its web site. If you want to participate, the next auction is October 7th. http://www.pncbank.com/auction/ There is now another option available to consider in your investment strategies, the Internet 100 Fund. Comprised of the 100 largest Internet funds, it has been developed to provide you with a way to replicate the investment performance of the entire universe of domestically traded Internet stocks. http://www.internet100fund.com/directory.html You may also want to check out the U.S. Internet Industry Index 150 and the Global Internet Industry Index. http://www.theinternetanalyst.com/individual/990930sections/top_usearnings.html http://www.theinternetanalyst.com/individual/990930sections/longtop_global.html E*TRADE is continuing to expand, most recently with E*Trade Japan. This financial services web site is in all Japanese. www.etrade.ne.jp ___________________________________________________________________ -- Stocks -- If you'd like to diversify, but are hesitant about going into global markets, multinationals may be just what you're looking for. http://news.morningstar.com/news/Ms/ShortList/990916shortlist.html Are *tracking* stocks all they're made out to be? The author tackles that question in this article. (Tracking stocks are a special class of stocks designed to track the success of a single division of a company, not the company as a whole.) http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2334449,00.html Are stock splits a short-term event or an indication of a longer-term price trend? This article is the first in a series to quantify price performance in the shares of companies that split their stock. http://www.stockinfo.standardpoor.com/feature.htm All stocks have some risk, even value stocks. This strategy is designed to help you balance risk and reward on so called bargain stocks. http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/invest/jubak/4689.asp http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/invest/jubak/4688.asp Here is a quiz to find out how dollar-cost averaging can reduce your risk and increase your return in a volatile market. http://www.mfmag.com/JUN1999/FUND_I_Q.HTM This site is a great resource for calculating, inventorying and analyzing your employee stock-options. You can calculate the value of your shares with different vesting schedules and scenarios. http://www.stock-options.com/ You'll get free, up-to-the-minute, real-time quotes and price in- formation on any stock at this link. http://www.personalwealth.com/ To check out other stock quote information and tickers, go to: http://investormap.com/quotes.htm http://investormap.com/stock-tickers.htm *The Best Measure You Never Heard Of* explains how you can research and determine the cash-on-cash return of a company. Companies with high cash-on-cash returns are a good starting point in helping you find reasonably priced, yet profitable stocks. http://news.morningstar.com/news/Ms/Stocks101/990930s101.html You'll find hundreds of links related to stocks and the stock market at: http://investormap.com/stock.htm ___________________________________________________________________ -- 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.
