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Gold/Mining/Energy : Calpine Corp (CPN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (54)	9/25/2000 12:39:06 AM
From: Ron Wilkinson	Respond to of 80

Howard, I can't say that I know of any site that specializes in utilities, but have some thoughts on the subject. Stocks in general are bought on either fundamental or technical or both types of analysis. With that in mind, the general risks would be no different for any stock, that is chart patterns for technical analysis, and everything else under the sun i.e, earnings, debt, sales, P/E, cash flow, ETC for fundamental analysis. Where the big change occurs is when you look at the industry, i.e, the internet stocks, the telecom stocks, the chip stocks, the oils, etc. The best overall source by industry that I have found is in Yahoo, news by industry (utilities). You will find press releases, analyst opinions and general reporting on many industries. Another sorting tool that I use when I am trying to pick a stock or two from an industry is to look at the top ten holdings in mutual funds that specialize in a given industry; Yahoo also has that info. There are many mutual funds specializing in utilities or high yield returns that will show you what the pros think are the best in that industry. Regards, Ron

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (54)	9/25/2000 9:09:17 AM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 80

RESEARCH ALERT-DLJ raises Calpine estimate NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette said Monday analyst A. Agha has raised 2000 and 2001 earnings per share estimates for Calpine Corp. (NYSE:CPN - news) to $1.70 and $1.95 from $1.40 and $1.70, respectively. -- Stock's target price was raised to $113 from $106 and buy rating reiterated. -- said actions due primarily to higher power price realisations. The independent power producer's stock traded at a record high of $103-1/2 last Monday and Tuesday, then dropped to $91 Thursday before recovering Friday to close at $96-7/16. biz.yahoo.com BTW, Howard, I agree with Ron's pointers for information. Other than Ron's suggestions [where I go, too] I use the research sections over at ML. Although one must be a ML client to access this [after a free, one month trial], ML has dropped their minimum to open an account from $20,000 to $2,000. Regards, Lynn