Bondtalk.com's Crescenzi Analyzes Foreign Impact On U.S. Financial Markets; In New Barron's Article, Crescenzi Notes Potential Risks of U.S. Economic Downturn.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

In an article published in this week's Barron's magazine, Bondtalk.com CEO Tony Crescenzi analyzes the impact of foreign investment on U.S. financial markets and the economy.

The article, entitled "The New Colonies: Investments from abroad hold U.S. economy hostage," Crescenzi highlights the enormous role foreign capital flows have played in supporting American financial assets in recent years. And, more importantly, Crescenzi details the vulnerability of U.S. financial assets to a further weakening in the U.S. economy, which could cause those capital flows to either slow abruptly or reverse.

"U.S. assets held by foreign investors now exceeds U.S. holdings of foreign assets," according to Crescenzi. "Investors should be wary of the potentially large influence foreign investors might exert on U.S. markets for short but decisive periods." The article can be found in Barron's (www.barrons.com) in the "Other Voices" section.

More articles by Tony Crescenzi can be found on Bondtalk.com, a top fixed-income portal on the web. BondTalk.com, which is free to all visitors, is a leading provider of actionable information, analysis, and insights on the bond market, the economy, and macro events. With BondTalk.com, stock and bond investors, and anyone else interested in following the bond market and the economy, can finally gain perspectives that are not available on other sites.

A popular feature on Bondtalk is its scrolling real-time commentary containing instant insights and analysis on the latest market developments, including economic releases. This has proven to be an invaluable tool for many of the countries top investors and traders as well as an important source of information for the financial news media.

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-- Quotes on benchmark and individual bonds

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Bondtalk.com is free to all visitors and offers its content for use on other web sites and can design packages to suit an individual site's needs. Several prominent financial sites are already using Bondtalk's content and many more agreements are expected soon.

Bondtalk.com was conceived and founded in the Spring of 2000 by Tony Crescenzi, the Chief Bond Market Strategist at Miller Tabak + Co., LLC, a prominent brokerage boutique that deals primarily with major institutional investors. Tony's forecasting record is exemplary and his views are widely sought by institutional investors. His ability to track the markets and provide information in ways that people can understand and, more importantly, apply to their investments, extends beyond his firm and its clients; he is a regular guest on CNBC, CNNfn, and Bloomberg-TV and is frequently quoted across the print and electronic media.

Mr. Crescenzi has applied his extensive knowledge of the bond market to the development of Bondtalk.com. On this site, you will find an extensive array of tools to help you with your investment decisions. Whether you are a bond or stock investor, a bond issuer, broker/dealer, lender or borrower, or just want to keep track of interest rates and the economy, Bondtalk.com is your destination.

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