Mr. BSL: E-Trade does not have B2B index fund yet <g>. They do have
an e-commerce index fund: It follows the Goldman Sachs E-Commerce
Index (GSEC):
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS)
today announced the composition of the Goldman Sachs E-Commerce Index (GSEC).
GSEC, which was launched in August, 1999, is designed to be the most
representative and objective benchmark of traded equity securities in the
evolving, high growth U.S. electronic commerce sector.
Developed jointly by the Goldman Sachs E-Commerce research team and Goldman
Sachs Index Services, GSEC is a modified capitalization-weighted index of 39 e-
commerce stocks. The firms tracked must generate the majority of their
revenues online, operate as virtual companies outside of the traditional bricks
and mortar framework or be key e-commerce infrastructure providers.
The weight cap is currently 7.5% of the index.
The GSEC Index is comprised of:
Ticker Company Weight Ticker Company Weight
(%) (%)
MSFT Microsoft 7.50 NITE Knight Trimark 1.64
IBM IBM 7.00 INTU Intuit 1.55
CSCO Cisco 6.50 EXDS Exodus Communications 1.39
AOL America Online 6.00 ITWO i2 Technologies 0.84
DELL Dell 5.50 SE Sterling Commerce 0.64
EMC EMC 5.00 NETA Network Associates 0.57
ORCL Oracle 4.50 CHKP Check Point Software 0.48
SUNW Sun Microsystems 4.50 BVSN Broadvision 0.48
CPQ Compaq 4.50 VERT VerticalNet 0.47
SCH Charles Schwab 4.50 USWB USWeb/ CKS 0.47
YHOO Yahoo! 4.50 BEAS BEA Systems 0.41
FDC First Data Corp. 4.50 TSG Sabre Inc. 0.40
AMZN Amazon.com 4.50 CKFR CheckFree 0.40
EBAY eBay 4.26 NSOL Network Solutions 0.37
PCLN Priceline 4.00 SAPE Sapient 0.37
GTW Gateway 2.63 ISSX ISS Group 0.37
NOVL Novell 2.53 ENTU Entrust Tech. 0.33
EGRP E*Trade 2.44 TBFC Telebanc 0.31
INKT Inktomi 1.72 TSAI Transaction Systems
AMTD Ameritrade 1.64 Architects 0.31
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking and securities
firm, providing a full range of investing, advisory and financing services
worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes
corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth
individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest
investment banking firms. The Firm is headquartered in New York and
maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major
financial centers around the world.
/CONTACT: Kathleen Baum or Andrea Bergofin, 212-902-5400, both for Goldman
Sachs/ 12:00 EDT
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