51. A single stock for the company is now traded jointly on those exchanges. 52. A potential purchase of Alta Vista by CMGI has the financial advantage of being an exchange of one Internet stock for another. 53. A rise in U.S. stocks for a second day also diminished the allure of Treasury securities. 54. A rise in U.S. stocks for the second day supported Belgian stocks, analysts said. 55. A slightly more conservative view comes from James K. Schmidt, who manages mutual funds specializing in bank stocks for John Hancock in Boston. 56. A weaker currency boosts the burden of foreign debt and erodes the value of Indonesian stocks for foreign investors in their home currency terms. 57. A sort of hybrid between a mutual fund and a stock, a unit investment trust holds a fixed portfolio of bonds or stocks for a defined time. 58. A simple agent, for example, might track the performance of IBM stock for you on the Internet and warn of price changes. 59. A weak rupee discourages foreign investment as it erodes the value of Indian stocks for investors in their home currency terms. 60. A surge in companies issuing stock for the first time and a raging pace of corporate takeovers powered robust second-quarter earnings at two leading brokerage firms. |