Dow Jones Introduces Powerful Online Investor Resources for Private Investors.PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 6, 1997-- Expanded Content, New Easy-to-Use Interface Reinforce Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk. Jones's Position as the Premier Provider of Online Investment Information Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Business Information Services See Information Systems. (BIS) announced today the launch of completely new versions of Dow Jones News/Retrieval(R)-Private Investor Edition and Dow Jones News/Retrieval(R)-Technical Analyst Edition. Both online private investor services feature a new easy-to-use interface and expanded analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. tools and publications for serious investors to perform in-depth technical and fundamental analysis. "Investors need more than just stock quotes and press releases, they need in-depth information from sources they can trust," said Tom Baker, executive director of consumer products, Dow Jones Business Information Services. "These new products give private investors many of the same sources and data that professional investors use -- but at a fraction of the cost." The new release of Dow Jones News/Retrieval Private Investor Edition includes several major enhancements: -- Company Screening allows investors to screen more than 6,000 companies using over 20 criteria, including earnings, PE ratios, price to book value ratios and more; -- Dow Jones Private Investor Publications Library gives subscribers access to the full text of more than 200 premier business publications. By entering a simple search statement, investors can find news and data on current investments or research new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. ; -- Portfolio Tracker with news alerts keeps investors abreast of news, quotes, portfolio value and gains or losses; -- Dow Jones CustomClips(R) for Private Investors automatically delivers constantly updated news stories on pre-selected subjects from leading business and financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal(R), Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. and the Financial Times. For investors who chart securities and rely on technical indicators technical indicator A variable used when technically analyzing the market to determine when to invest and which stocks to select. Technical indicators include chart formations, volume, and odd-lot sales. to make investment decisions, News/Retrieval Technical Analyst Edition provides a powerful combination of current pricing from Dow Jones and more than 20 years of historical pricing data from Tradeline. For investors who want the benefits of both technical and fundamental analysis, News/Retrieval Technical Analyst Gold Edition combines all the research sources and publications of the Private Investor Edition with the pricing data of the Technical Analyst Edition. Both the Private Investor and Technical Analyst Editions include a new version of the award-winning Dow Jones News/Retrieval for Windows software application. Both editions provide private investors with easy-to-use, highly intuitive graphical access to all the featured information and tools. Investors need only an IBM compatible (computer) IBM compatible - A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such PC running Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or OS/2 2.1 or higher and a minimum 2,400 modem speed. For in-depth content and pricing information, please see the attached information sheet. To request the new software or to get more information, contact Dow Jones Customer Service at 1-800-522-3567, extension 164. About Dow Jones Dow Jones Business Information Services, the electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. arm of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., provides business and financial news and information products, including The Wall Street Journal(R) Interactive Edition on the World Wide Web and Dow Jones News/Retrieval(R), to corporations, consumers and private investors through a variety of electronic media: computer, telephone, facsimile and radio. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal(R) and its international editions, Barron's(R) magazine and other periodicals; electronic information services, including those of Dow Jones Telerate and Dow Jones Financial News Services; and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones also produces business television programming internationally. More information on Dow Jones Business Information Services and its products can be found at http://bis.dowjones.com . -0- Dow Jones News/Retrieval, The Wall Street Journal and Barron's are registered trademarks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All other products mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. -0- More Information About Dow Jones' Private Investor Services News/Retrieval-Private Investor Edition Subscribers can tap into high-quality, comprehensive sources and features including: -- Ability to screen more than 6000 stocks from over 20 criteria; Full-text articles from hundreds of business publications accessed through th -- Full-text articles from hundreds of business publications accessed through the Dow Jones Private Investor Publications Library. Leading business and trade journals include The Economist, Bond Buyer, Institutional Investor and Electronic Information Report; -- Exclusive combination of the same-day, full-text articles from The Wall Street Journal(R), Barron's(R), The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and The Washington Post; -- Portfolio Tracking with news alerts; -- Dow Jones CustomClips(R) for Private Investor, a news alert service that will scan top business and finance publications for news on a specific investor topic; -- Company financial data including security snapshots, earnings per share, earnings estimates, P/E ratio P/E ratio Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual earnings per share. Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $25.50 = 10 times $2.55. XYZ stock sells for ten times earnings. and yield; -- Market news from 11 exclusive Dow Jones newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July and other sources, including Canada NewsWire, and Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. Corporate News; -- Current stock and mutual fund quotes and daily historical quotes going back a full year; -- Monthly stock quotes back to 1979; quarterly stock data back to 1978. News/Retrieval-Technical Analyst Edition The Technical Analyst Edition provides information especially helpful to those who track pricing trends in securities, including: -- Dow Jones Enhanced Current Quotes(SM) which covers common and preferred stocks Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. , corporate and foreign bonds, mutual funds, U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. issues, options, money markets, rights, and warrants; -- Tradeline's 20 years of historical pricing and dividends on over 150,000 securities -- Special technical analyst reports from Tradeline. News/Retrieval-Technical Analyst Gold Edition A powerful combination of Private Investor Edition and Technical Analyst Edition sources at a reduced price. Pricing Private Investor Edition: $29.95 monthly fee includes 10 hours of online access per month; Technical Analyst Edition: $39.95 monthly fee includes five hours of online access to Tradeline Access Plan and Current Quotes per month; Technical Analyst Gold: $59.95 monthly fee includes five hours access to TAP and 10 hours of access to the Private Investor Edition per month. Each plan permits online access between 7:01 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time on weeknights and anytime on weekends and certain holidays. However, if the services are accessed through a TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. connection, plan hours are 7:01 p.m. to 6 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . When usage during these periods exceeds the hours included in the plan, additional time will be billed at 6 cents per minute for Private Investor Edition sources and 50 cents per minute for Technical Analyst Edition sources. There are additional charges for accessing the services from Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . CONTACT: Kris LeBoutillier 609-520-4638 or kris.leboutillier@cor.dowjones.com http://www.dowjones.com |
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