BARRON'S Annual ranking of top Internet investment sites. Acquisition v. share buyback?
#1. Microsoft MoneyCentral (31 total points in 6 categories*
#2. CBS MarketWatch (30 total points)**
#20. Bloomberg (21 total points)
wow...and congratulations to everyone at DBC-CBS.MW!
"...The best investment Websites provide more information, quicker and in a better-organized fashion than could be imagined just two years ago. It's a cliche that the Internet provides individuals what once was available only on Wall Street trading desks. Actually, it offers more...Making return appearances among our 10 are CBS MarketWatch (formerly DBC Online)...Two familiar names absent entirely from last year's accounting moved up into slots in the second group of 10: S&P Personal Wealth and Bloomberg Online...CBS MarketWatch can't match investor tools found elsewhere...But its strengths lie in reporting and analyzing breaking news and its abilityj to select a set of features that will likely appeal to many individual investors - in a clear, lively interface..." source: © October 26, 1998 BARRON'S, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
* 1. ease of use, 2. depth & usefullness of data, 3. editorial content, 4. tools & interactivity, 5. timeliness, 6. price; (scores 1-6 (highest)).
**CBS.MW beat Microsoft in editorial content, timliness, and price. CBS.MWs conspicuous weakness was in tools and interactivity (3) v. Microsoft's (6)...should CBS.MW be/have looked closer into acquiring /exclusive strategic alliances with an OMGA, TSCN (#14 on BARRON'S list) and/or INDI?...or be more concerned with a stock buyback?...critical questions history will soon [irrevocably?] confirm... |
