The technology shares selloff continues as investors looking for a reason to
take profits or mull over early January gains can stay on the sidelines. Part of
the Pepto-Bismal moment came courtesy of the Federal Reserve’s recent meeting,
although it left rates unchanged, the fact that it met always spooks half of
Wall Street.
With Internet earnings better than expected (or losses narrowed) for fourth
quarter now reported by the big names in the Internet space we think the market
may be overreacting to broad market pressure.
Today’s snapshot:
| 05-Feb-99 | point change | % change | |
| ISDEX | 345.30 |
-5.38 | -1.53% |
| NASDAQ | 2,373.62 | -36.45 | -1.51% |
| DJIA | 9,304.24 | -0.26 | 0.00% |
personalized news page for MCI WorldCom’s consumer Internet subscribers. AOL
stock takes a hit, despite the fact AOL owns CompuServe. Have people forgotten
AOL owns it, that even a rival to AOL dialup may benefit AOL if AOL’s content is
the heart of the service.
million share buyback authorized. NETM bought back 2 million shares in fourth
quarter. The PC connectivity firm posted $0.12 EPS 4Q98. For 1998 it posted
$0.19 loss per share, however.
engine they say is aimed at the black and urban Internet sites. The future is
vertical, so says we.
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Internet space – last year’s watch group was up more than 300%
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