To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44203 ) 6/12/2000 6:53:00 PM From: Don Green Respond to of 93625
Cisco, Qualcomm, and AT&T Top Picks by Online Investors in May Story Filed: Monday, June 12, 2000 5:15 PM EST OMAHA, Neb., Jun 12, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ameritrade Index Shows Overall Net Buying Cisco, Qualcomm and AT&T were the favorite stocks bought by online investors during May 2000, according to the Ameritrade Online Investor Index, the first daily measurement of the investment activity of online investors. Overall, online investors were net buyers of stock, with 63.44 percent of online investors buying. "Ameritrade investors stayed firmly in the drivers seat this month continuing to buy high tech stocks and an old economy favorite, AT&T," said Jack McDonnell, president of Ameritrade, Inc. "Our self-confident investors remained strong buyers during the recent market fluctuations and tended to view the volatility as an opportunity to build their positions in key stocks." The top 10 stocks bought through May 31 and the net percentage of buying they represented of total buying and selling activity in all stocks, value weighted, were as follows: 1) CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INC. 20.51 percent 2) QCOM QUALCOMM INC 7.15 percent 3) T AT&T CORP 3.71 percent 4) AMAT APPLIED MATLS INC 2.65 percent 5) MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 2.56 percent 6) JDSU JDS UNIPHASE CORP 2.14 percent 7) ORCL ORACLE CORP 1.63 percent 8) LCOS LYCOS INC. 0.87 percent 9) SUNW SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 0.83 percent 10) BVSN BROADVISION INC 0.83 percent The top 10 stocks sold through May 31 and net percentage of selling they represented of total buying and selling were as follows: 1) CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INC 8.60 percent 2) QCOM QUALCOMM INC 3.92 percent 3) JDSU JDS UNIPHASE CORP 2.39 percent 4) ORCL ORACLE CORP 1.46 percent 5) AMAT APPLIED MATLS INC 1.14 percent 6) BVSN BROADVISION INC 0.99 percent 7) SUNW SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 0.70 percent 8) MSFT MICROSOFT COPR 0.64 percent 9) SDLI SDL INC 0.62 percent 10) RMBS RAMBUS INC 0.59 percent (Note: The net buying activity of all stocks bought, when added to the net selling activity of all stocks sold, equals 100 percent.)