America Online Names Sage Premier Mutual Fund Community Partner In AOL'S Top-Ranked Personal Finance Channel.DULLES, Va. and BALA CYNWYD, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1998-- Sage Offers Unique Mutual Fund Information and Insight Only To AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Members Sage Currently Offering Timely Mutual Fund-Related Tax Tips Responding to Americans' skyrocketing demand for mutual funds and online financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , AOL Interactive Services, the Internet online services division of America Online See AOL. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL), and Sage, the world's largest online mutual fund forum, announced Thursday an expanded two-year partnership to exclusively offer AOL members Sage's professional-quality mutual fund information. Under this agreement, Sage will be the premier provider of information and analysis of the mutual fund industry within AOL's Personal Finance Channel, the most popular finance destination in cyberspace according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Media Metrix. Individuals are increasingly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. convenient and reliable financial information, and Sage's mutual fund experts meet that demand with interactive and insightful analysis of the mutual fund world. Sage offers information valuable to mutual fund experts and novice investors alike, providing unique features such as: --Sage live events, including daily chats with prominent mutual fund managers and investment experts, including such industry luminaries as Michael Price
Michael F. Price (born 1953) is a value investor and fund manager in Far Hills, New Jersey. of Franklin Mutual Series; financial guru Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30 1933 – May 2 2006) was a U.S. business columnist, economic commentator, and television personality. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser, and of Wall Street Week; Morningstar President Don Phillips; Gabelli Funds' Mario Gabelli Mario Joseph Gabelli (born June 19, 1942) is an American stock investor, investment advisor and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors) a $30 billion dollar global investment firm headquartered in Rye, ; PBHG Funds' Gary Pigrim; and Robert Sanborn Robert Sanborn is a nationally known activist for education and children and is the President/CEO of Children at Risk in Houston, Texas. He has been president since 2005. Sanborn was born in Caribou, Maine and raised in Puerto Rico. from Oakmark Funds; --Extensive message boards guaranteeing timely responses to member inquiries within 48 hours by Sage mutual fund experts; --Several daily columns including a fund news summary, a market commentary, in-depth analyses of funds, model mutual fund portfolios, ongoing contests, and general financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against content. With tax day nearing, Sage is also offering a series of timely tax tips updated weekly through April 15th and a series of Retirement Chats leading up to tax day to help AOL members make wise tax decisions that may affect their retirement. Sage also features a definitive online guide to the Roth IRA Roth IRA An individual retirement plan that bears many similarities to the Traditional IRA. Contributions are never deductible, and qualified distributions are tax-free. A qualified distribution is one that is taken at least five years after the taxpayer established his/her first to help AOL members determine whether the new Roth IRA is feasible for them. "AOL's leadership in online finance allows us to offer our members the highest quality information and services available, and Sage clearly fits into that category," said Rob Shenk, director of Programming for the Personal Finance Channel. "With Sage, AOL members have access to expert mutual fund information uniquely provided by Sage. "AOL members now have a wealth of mutual fund information and insight right at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. -- information that used to be available only to financial professionals." Alan Cohn, co-president of Sage Online, added, "This partnership is intended to allow AOL members to go beyond what they can do off-line; from speaking directly to their fund managers via Sage's chats to getting information from knowledgeable, unbiased individuals via the Message Boards. We're thrilled to be a part of AOL's thriving online community." With more than five million regular users, AOL's Personal Finance Channel is the most frequently visited channel on the online service, and is the leading financial destination in cyberspace. It provides over 70 million stock quotes per day, maintains over six million active investment portfolios, and generates over 13 million financial graphs per month for AOL users. An average of 630,000 users access the Quotes & Portfolios area each trading day - with that number growing by an average of 10,000 each day. The Channel also offers access to financial information from popular sources such as Bloomberg, Business Week, Hoovers, Disclosure, Morningstar, Standard & Poors, Intuit, Market Guide, Reuters, Investors Business Daily, and The Motley Fool. The Personal Finance Channel enables members to research and trade stocks and mutual funds, calculate and file their Federal income tax, conduct their online banking, get the most up-to-date business and market news, access detailed financial data, and chat with other members about market trends and financial information. America Online Inc., (NYSE: AOL) based in Dulles, is the world's leader in branded interactive services and content. America Online operates two worldwide Internet online services: AOL, with more than 11 million members; and CompuServe, with more than 2 million members. America Online also operates AOL Studios, the world's leading creator of original interactive content. Other branded Internet services operated by America Online include AOL.COM, the world's most accessed Web site from home; AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. , allowing instant communication with all AOL members and Internet users using the AOL Instant Messenger product; and AOL NetFind, AOL's comprehensive guide to the Internet. Sage made its debut on America Online in 1996, and in less than a year became the most consulted mutual fund forum in the online world. Sage is owned by David, Alan and Stephen Cohn, professional financial advisors nationally known for their investment expertise and online savvy. Sage is an online exclusive of the AOL Personal Finance Channel and is available at AOL Keyword: Sage. CONTACT: America Online Inc. Tom Ziemba, 703/265-3284 or Sage Stephen and Alan Cohn, 610/667-4440 |
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