CBS MarketWatch Reveals Top Web Stock Holdings
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- "Shares of computer makers, software developers, network equipment companies and sellers of computer peripherals dominate the top holdings in CBS MarketWatch Portfolios, a new survey shows.
Intel Corp. (INTC), one of the world's most widely held stocks, was most frequently found in CBS MarketWatch Portfolios, the June survey shows. Microsoft (MSFT) was No. 2, followed by Compaq (CPQ), AT&T spinoff Lucent Technologies (LU) and Dell Computer (DELL).
Investors use CBS MarketWatch Portfolios on the World Wide Web to track the prices of their holdings and keep themselves posted about news and press releases. The survey showed 8,000 separate holdings in the Web site's database portfolios. These holdings are tracked anonymously rather than by individual investor.
''This is a perfect example of the kind of aggregate information that we can expect from the extraordinary relationship we have with our users,'' Lawrence Kramer, CEO of CBS MarketWatch, said. ''We can now see, in real time, what stocks are attracting the most attention from our readers, who are at the forefront of private investors..."
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