Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Doctor Bob
To: TOURBUS@colossus.net
Subject: Wheelin' and Dealin'
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TOURBUS - 12 Sep 1995
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\___/ \___/ "Why Surf When U Can Ride The Bus?" \___/
Today's Stop: Money & Stocks on the Net
Today we're going to visit some nifty online destinations that just
might make you richer. You'll learn how to get free stock market
quotes, perform currency conversions and find other investment info.
But before you get rich, you need to get smart so check this out...
************************* MAKE THE LINK! ****************************
Thomas P. Copley, Ph.D., teacher of the popular Go-pher-it Workshop,
announces "Make the Link Workshop", an eight week course conducted
by e-mail that introduces the beginner to the World Wide Web and
enhances the skills of the more experienced user.
"Make the Link" will focus on how to gain maximum advantage from
this simple to use, yet very sophisticated Internet tool. In the
workshop, you'll learn about these topics and much more:
* How to gain access to the WWW (and set up SLIP/PPP accounts)
* Navigating the Web with search tools like Lycos & WebCrawler
* Designing a home page with HTML and installing it on the Web
* Publicizing your home page through USENET, mailing lists, etc.
Make the Link Workshop begins on Sep 25 and runs until Nov 19th. The
cost of the workshop is $20 US. To get more info on Make the Link
Workshop, send e-mail to "info@arlington.com". To sign up for the
workshop, please send a message to "majordomo@arlington.com" with the
line "subscribe links2b" in the BODY of the message.
************************* MAKE THE LINK! ****************************
Stock Market Data Online
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Ever wish you could find out how your favorite stock fared without
waiting for tomorrow's newspaper? If you're wired, it's no problem!
There are several free services on the Web that offer U.S. stock
market data. Try these out:
Security APL http://qs.secapl.com/cgi-bin/qs
PC-Quote http://www.pcquote.com (select "Delayed QuoteWatch")
QuoteCom http://www.quote.com (free, but requires registration)
And if you want a more long-term view, the MIT Experimental Stock Market
Data site is for you. Check out:
http://www.ai.mit.edu/stocks/prices.html
This site offers the current day, week, and up to a full year's history
of a stock's performance. If you know the ticker symbol, you can get
the data with less navigation via addressing like this:
http://www.ai.mit.edu/stocks/g/IBM.html - current day & week
ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/stocks/results/IBM - one year history
Replace "IBM" with "MSFT" (Misfit? Microsoft?) or any other symbol you
wish to query. (There's a list of symbols available at the MIT site.)
You can even get these by e-mail. Send a message to agora@www.undp.org
with the following line in the BODY (Non-U.S. users might have better
luck sending to webmail@www.ucc.ie, replacing SEND with GO) :
send http://www.ai.mit.edu/stocks/g/IBM.html
How Much is That Pound Sterling in the Window?
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If you deal in international currency swaps, here's a site you will want
to put at the top of your hotlist. The Koblas Currency Converter at
http://nearnet.gnn.com/cgi-bin/gnn/currency
... just told me that a British pound is worth about $1.54 today.
E-mail afficionados can send the line below to one of the servers
listed previously to get the same information.
send http://nearnet.gnn.com/cgi-bin/gnn/currency?Britain
Security Blanket
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Interested in securities? The Internet EDGAR Dissemination project will
allow you to receive any 1994 and 1995 filings to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that are available to the public. Visit EDGAR at
http://www.town.hall.org/edgar
...but do it before October 1st, because EDGAR goes away then. Hopefully
the SEC will have a similar free service running by then, but...
Investing in Space
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One more before we roll... Infomanage International has a page just
oozing with links to financial and investment services. You can even
find addresses for other stock exchanges around the globe. Check out:
http://infomanage.com/investment
Homework: Find the 1994 revenue of the 3M Corporation
******************** The WorldWideWeb Handbook **********************
For a good book on how to write your own Web files, see
"The WorldWideWeb Handbook"
(ITCP ISBN 1-85032-205-8)
Details on the Web at http://www.ucc.ie/~pflynn/books/wwwbook.html
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