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To: carepedeum2000 who wrote (15391)	11/21/1999 12:53:00 AM
From: DlphcOracl	Respond to of 57584

carepedeum2000: To purchase Softbank, you have to go through one of the major brokerage houses. I use Salomon Smith Barney and the minimum lot is 100, not 1000 shares. There is a website with the following link: netconductor.com which explains how it is possible to purchase odd-lots of SFTBF (under 100 shares) through Merrill Lynch. Apparently, they then route their order through German brokers. Minimum of 1000 shares, however, is ridiculous and not the norm. Incidentally, Softbank is NOT known for creating synergies amongst the companies they have holdings in; they are not like CMGI in this respect. Rather, they seem to be focused on buying everything-internet in sight, sometimes indiscriminately. Best website for further Softbank info is: geocities.com I hope this helps. It is well worth the effort; Softbank is a monster and is one of the stocks I have heavily overweighted in my portfolio. It is both a play on the internet and a play on the recovery of the Japanese economy. Best of all, since it does NOT trade in the US with ADRs, it is immune to the hypervolatility created by daytraders and does not move in sync with the US economy or US internet stocks.