++ FINANCE NETWATCH ++ 14 JULY 95 ++ The Internet Newsletter For The FINANCE Industry ***************************************************************** FINANCE NETWATCH is a fortnightly newsletter compiled by Numa Financial Systems to communicate all important internet developments that may affect the financial and investment industries. ***************************************************************** Headlines: US BANK - WELLS FARGO US COMPANY INFORMATION - BERKSHIRE ONLINE US PRICE FEED - MONEYLINE US INVESTOR RELATIONS - IRNETSERV INC SOFTWARE - WINSTOCK US STOCK EXCHANGE - AMEX COMPANY INFORMATION - INVEST WEST US COMPANY INFORMATION - WALL STREET RESEARCH NET ON-LINE NEWS - NEWSPAGE SECURE ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - CYBERCASH AND CHECKFREE TEAM UP ON-LINE BANKING - INTUIT -------------------------------- *FINANCIAL COMPANIES ON THE NET* US BANK - WELLS FARGO Customers can view checking and savings account balances and transaction histories - as well as balances for a select line of credit and credit card accounts. The bank's personal finance page also contains information on savings plans, investments, and home equity loans and lines. http://www.wellsfargo.com/nav/online1.html US COMPANY INFORMATION - BERKSHIRE ONLINE Free service (registration required) offers compilation of company reports, stock information, corporate press releases, and financial and research reports. http://www.growth.com/ US PRICE FEED - MONEYLINE Provides real-time, fixed-income-markets data and analysis via TELNET. U.S. Treasury bond data can also be accessed through its GovPX service. A one-week free trial is available. http://www.moneyline.com/ CANADIAN VENTURE CAPITAL - THE INVESTMENT EXCHANGE Computer-matching of private investors with business opportunites http://www.icis.on.ca/homepages/tiexchange US ASSET MANAGEMENT - CALVERT GROUP Provides asset management for mutual fund investors. http://www.calvertgroup.com US INVESTOR RELATIONS - IRNETSERV INC Provides investor relations information on the Web. http://www.irnetserv.com/ US CDs - MARKET STRATEGEMS Free interactive Web service that searches the US for the highest FDIC Insured CD rates. Buy, sell, and/or exchange CDs with banks from around the country. http://www.webshop.com/cbank/ SOFTWARE - OBJECTIVE EDGE Canadian software applications and tool-kits for the global financial community. http://www.objectiveEdge.com/ SOFTWARE - WINSTOCK Myriad Inc. presents stock price analyzing/charting software with historical data. Demo available. http://www.c2.org/~winstock -------------------------------- *FINANCE REFERENCE* US STOCK EXCHANGE - AMEX American Stock Exchange, source for daily market summaries, equity and option information, and exchange-related news clips. An extensive introduction to the exchange's derivative services. http://www.amex.com/ COMPANY INFORMATION - INVEST WEST Spectrum Internet Services, Canada, provides up to date information on selected western companies. http://www.internet-investor.com/ US INVESTMENT MAGAZINE - DATA TRANSFER GROUP An electronic magazine covering the analysis of stocks and futures. http://www.thegroup.net/invest/ichome.htm US COMPANY INFORMATION - WALL STREET RESEARCH NET Provides large company database and economic research. http://www.wsrn.com/ ON-LINE NEWS - NEWSPAGE The banking, finance, and real estate section of NewsPage contains extensive daily news reports. A per-story fee will be charged after July 15, 1995. http://www.newspage.com/NEWSPAGE/cgi-bin/walk.cgi/NEWSPAGE/info/d10/ PERSONAL FINANCE NEWSLETTER - PERSFIN DIGEST Electronic magazine is a forum for personal investment. To subscribe send email to: majordomo@shore.net, the body of message should read: subscribe persfin-digest -------------------------------- *INTERNET RESOURCES* SECURE ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - CYBERCASH AND CHECKFREE TEAM UP CyberCash Inc. and Checkfree Corp. will develop a secure system for online financial transactions. Checkfree is already used by some 250,000 customers who pay their bills through Intuit's Quicken software. Future plans call for integrating CyberCash's technology into something called Checkfree Wallet, which will allow holders to make small electronic cash transactions, as well as credit card, debit card and check payments. ON-LINE BANKING - INTUIT Intuit is signing up some 19 companies to use its software products for online banking services, including big names such as Chase Manhattan and American Express. Intuit's Quicken-based services are expected to begin in October. -------------------------------- *FINANCE NETWATCH INTERNET TIP* The Nando Times Daily Financial Report - daily briefing compiled from wire reports (incl. Reuters and Bloomberg); areas covered include the investment markets, U.S. and international business, and economic trends. http://www2.nando.net/nt/biz/index_t.htm -------------------------------- *CAUGHT IN THE NET* The misc.invest newsgroups were talking about Intel warrants, Intuit and why the Dow is/is not about to crash. Much excitement and some unofficial info was given on the Netscape IPO (copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained after the third week of July 1995 from the co-managers Morgan Stanley and Hambrecht & Quist), IPO price thought to be £13-16 and trading commencing August 1995. The Deriavtives R'US article this week looked at equity swaps. Brief excitement around the normalisation of relations with Vietnam, this died down when it was realised that there wasn't much to buy. best offer of the week: >>Let this be quick & sweet, time is money to all concerned. A new horse betting club will be starting in Leicester which hopes to double members money in about 8 weeks. It will be run by 3 local businesses men who have about 60 years of experiance in their own fields (plastic, textiles & Catering). There is no guarentee of ANY return, let alone winnings, but a trial run gave excellent results<< and finally: >>Three women were in a bar talking about their husbands and how they made love. The first woman said,"My husband is a marraige counselor, and before we make love, he brings me flowers and candy. I like that." The second woman proclaimed,"My husband is a mechanic, he makes love a little rough, I like that." The third woman replied,"Well my husband works for Microsoft and all he does is sit on the edge of the bed and tell me how good it's going to be when I get it."<< ***************************************************************** FINANCE NETWATCH is produced by Numa Financial Systems Ltd, a specialist in technology and internet services for the financial industry. 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