Steve Harmon

ISDEX & Market Moves Snapshot   06-Apr-98 % change point change ISDEX 158.60 -1.39% -2.24 ISDEX Price Weighted Composite 1,603.72 -1.52% -24.72 NASDAQ 1,829.14 -1.42% -26.26 DJIA 9,033.23 0.55% 49.82 Excite (NASDAQ:XCIT) agrees to acquire Classifieds2000 for 890,000 common shares or about $48 million stock swap, pooling of interests. The buy will integrate Classifieds2000 more […]

One of the least understood or explored metrics in valuation of stocks is perception. So in ISR March 20 we asked our 25,000-plus global Internet-based readers to e-mail us with their first thought when asked about a general Internet topic. In short, a “Rorschach test” (the inkblot one) for Internet users to see if there’s […]

ISDEX & Market Moves Snapshot   02-Apr-98 % change point change ISDEX 159.97 2.50% 3.90 ISDEX Price Weighted Composite 1,623.88 2.85% 44.97 NASDAQ 1,852.96 0.29% 5.30 DJIA 8,986.64 1.33% 118.32 There is so much moving and shaking going on with Internet stocks today that it’s as if Jerry Lee Lewis collided with James Brown to […]

History lesson: Pioneers land on North America, head west and find ocean. Pioneers land in Australia, head west and find desert. In the Web site value arena we think that lesson applies closely. Some of the sites shown on the list below are headed for California while others may soon discover a seething desert. Said […]

It’s hard to tell if Wall Street’s latest infatuation with Internet stocks has more to do with first date jitters or genuine affection. Ever since Intel shocked the PC stock world with weaker than expected results, institutional investors who bailed from silicon have found some solace in “sizzle-thon,” and that means all roads lead to […]

ISDEX & Market Moves Snapshot   01-Apr-98 % change point change ISDEX 156.07 2.80% 4.25 ISDEX Price Weighted Composite 1,578.91 3.62% 55.19 NASDAQ 1,847.66 0.65% 11.98 DJIA 8,868.32 0.78% 68.51 Search stocks soar on multi-million dollar deals announced by Lycos (NASDAQ:LCOS) and Excite (NASDAQ:XCIT) for commerce. Lycos’ deal is with CDnow, capping off a $30 […]

Internet Communications Corp. (INCC), a communications systems integrator and network management company, said today it expects to take a substantial charge against Q1 earnings and has laid off a “significant” number of personnel. The Colorado-based company announced year-end revenues today of $33.1 million and a net loss of $3.4 million. Of the $3.4 million net […]

ISDEX & Market Moves Snapshot   31-Mar-98 % change point change ISDEX 151.82 0.24% 0.37 ISDEX Price Weighted Composite 1,523.72 0.14% 2.16 NASDAQ 1,835.68 0.93% 16.98 DJIA 8,799.81 0.20% 17.69 Netscape Communications (NASDAQ:NSCP) ships a new commerce server software product, Netscape ECXpert 1.1, for business-to-business transactions over the Internet and EDI networks. We think EDI […]

Anytime the Pentagon computers get hacked it makes international news. Recall the headline a month ago about the Israeli teen who poked around in the world’s best-known computer network? Wall Street eats it up. Not surprisingly, a few weeks later in a stock market already hot for Net offers, Internet Security Systems’ (NASDAQ:ISSX) IPO went […]

First reader up this week, from MB, whose firm provides a turnkey service for small- to mid-sized cable operators wishing to offer Internet access over their cable plant: “Do you have an opinion about the ability of cable operators to compete with their local ISPs?” Reply: ISPs are generally more responsive to customer needs and […]

Three months ago in the December 31, 1997 edition of Internet Stock Report, at a time when Wall Street shunned Internet stocks, we picked 10 companies with the claim that they may be the ones to watch for 1998. As most investors toasted blue chips and fried small caps on that hallowed eve, as many […]

ISDEX & Market Moves Snapshot   27-Mar-98 % change point change ISDEX 150.98 1.03% 1.54 ISDEX Price Weighted Composite 1,506.56 1.17% 17.47 NASDAQ 1,823.62 -0.27% -4.92 DJIA 8,796.08 -0.57% -50.81 CBS MarketWatch is rumored to be considering an IPO, according to Reuters. The financial Web site reports about 2 million page views a day and […]