Steve Harmon

Leave it to the buzz emanating from a trade show to raise the profile of Internet stocks. As Summer Internet World enters its week long run here in Chicago, we’ll bring you some of the notable companies on display and how they may reshape the Webscape. The past week with ISDEX, we’ve seen some long-ignored […]

15-Jul-98 % change point change ISDEX 168.33 0.10% 0.16 ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,889.56 -0.12% -2.23 NASDAQ 1,994.54 1.33% 26.13 DJIA 9,234.47 -0.12% -11.07 Earthlink (NASDAQ:ELNK) reports $37.6 million second-quarter revenue vs. $18.8 million 2Q97. Net loss before charges is better than expected $0.39 loss per share vs. expected $0.55 (fully-diluted shares).With charges for its […]

14-Jul-98 % change point change ISDEX 168.17 0.40% 0.67 ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,891.80 0.33% 6.17 NASDAQ 1,968.41 0.15% 2.88 DJIA 9,245.54 1.64% 149.33 AOL (NYSE:AOL) continues to sell its audience reach with a $15 million deal with NetGrocer that allows the Web-based grocer to market on AOL properties. Mindspring (NASDAQ:MSPG) agrees to acquire small […]

Since 1994 the Internet and Wall Street have been struggling to find a way to value the great ideas and all-night caffeine binges that produced some of the world’s new services and brands ranging from Amazon.com to Yahoo! Having been there from day one of this meeting of capital and connectivity, we found that yesterday’s […]

13-Jul-98 point change % change ISDEX 167.51 4.55 2.79% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,885.63 72.88 4.02% NASDAQ 1,965.53 22.49 1.16% DJIA 9,096.21 -9.53 -0.10%   13-Jul-98 point change % change ISDEX 167.51 4.55 2.79% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,885.63 72.88 4.02% NASDAQ 1,965.53 22.49 1.16% DJIA 9,096.21 -9.53 -0.10% E*TRADE (NASDAQ:EGRP) shares go ballistic on its […]

First reader up this week asks: “Just 2-3 months ago it seems that there were only a handful of portals (Yahoo, Excite, AOL, etc.). Now, it seems that the portals are proliferating. What I am referring to are the Netscapes, Gateways, and possibly the At Homes and Amazon.Coms, and apparently many others, getting into the […]

10-Jul-98 point change % change ISDEX 162.96 0.51 0.31% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,812.75 -16.72 -0.91% NASDAQ 1,943.04 3.22 0.17% DJIA 9,105.74 15.96 0.18% Egghead.com (NASDAQ:EGGS) goes higher yet as a press release not from the company but from someone claiming to be an investor in it targets EGGS capitalization at $2 billion or $85 […]

When we said that RealNetworks was really four or five businesses in one in a recent report, part of that observation was based on the broadcasting network gurgling under its software side. But nobody really knows about it in a branded way. Coming in with no static at all, however, is Internet audio-video network firm […]

Just a few months ago (March 25) in WEBDEX the average value per user sat at about $57. The average now is at $121. As the most valued Web site per user in the top 10 at $283 per user, let’s spend a little time on Yahoo!’s second quarter results, announced July 8 after the […]

Fueling the madness Stovall raises big questions about Internet stocks: Who’s buying them at these prices, and why? There’s a theory going around Wall Street that small investors are driving up prices of Internet stocks. Traders read their logs and report that the majority of transactions involve fewer than 1,000 shares at a time, typical […]

The Internet stock frenzy is a path to insanity. Look at what it has done to Ray Ploeger, 67, of Horseshoe Bay, Texas. He has thought about buying Internet stocks. But he and his wife “haven’t had enough nerve to take the plunge,” he says. “I keep thinking they’ve run up too much, but then […]

Web-based retail, or etail as the word du jour goes, is the hottest sector of Internet stocks with a 24% gain in two weeks. Close behind are the etail enablers, those that make the ‘ka-ching’ happen behind the scenes. How does a 13% rise grab you? Year to date enablers lead the pack through July […]