SmartPortfolio.Com Announces Investment Opinion

Business Wire, Oct 5, 1999

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999--

SmartPortfolio.Com Announces Market News: Markets Regain Ground on

Hectic Merger Activity

The following is market news from the NEW SmartPortfolio.Com, Inc., located on the web at the newly redesigned site: http://www.smartportfolio.com

Stock prices are reflective of October 4, 1999 at 5:00 PM, EST.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 128.23 to 10401.23, the S&P 500 closed up 21.79 to 1304.60, and the Nasdaq closed up 59.12 to 2795.97.

MCI WorldCom's (Nasdaq:WCOM) planned acquisition of Sprint (NYSE:FON) hit a potential snag Friday, as BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) entered the fray with a $72 billion offer (later revised upward) to acquire Sprint. Shares of the companies involved ended mixed, with Sprint up 3 7/8 ( 6.80%) to 60 7/8, MCI Worldcom up 1 1/8 ( 1.60%) to 71 5/8, but Bell South down 2 11/16 (-5.92%) to 42 11/16.

A big deal in the online travel service sector was announced Friday, with Sabre Holdings Corp.'s (NYSE:TSG) Travelocity.com division and Preview Travel (Nasdaq:PVTL) agreeing to merge and form a new online travel powerhouse.

Shares of Sabre Holdings surged 14.12% (up 6 1/8) to 49 1/2 and Preview Travel shares were up 1 1/8 ( 6.21%) to 19 1/4. For a free trial to our in-depth analysis of selected Internet stocks, please visit: http://www.smartportfolio.com/freetrials

IPO standouts from the previous two weeks performed well Monday. Kana Communications (Nasdaq:KANA), a developer of customer communications software products and services for e-businesses, rose 20.97% to close at 75 on Monday, while Foundry Networks (Nasdaq:FDRY), a maker of data networking products, shot up another 6.52% to 135 3/4 on Monday.

For a free trial to our in-depth analysis of selected IPOs, please visit: http://www.smartportfolio.com/freetrials

This is an abbreviated version of the FREE SmartPortfolio.Com Update. To receive the full update, please visit http://www.smartportfolio.com. The company does not sell its subscriber lists and e-mail addresses are kept confidential. The company also offers premium services related to Internet stocks, IPOs, and stock splits.

The following companies are mentioned in the free report:

Excite@Home (Nasdaq:ATHM), Lucent (NYSE:LU), Qwest (Nasdaq:QWST), Ebay (Nasdaq:EBAY), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI), America Online (NYSE:AOL), ETRADE (Nasdaq:EGRP), Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO), Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL); Gemstar International Group (Nasdaq:GMST), TV Guide (Nasdaq:TVGIA), Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), AMFM Inc. (NYSE:AFM), Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq:LSCC), Altera (Nasdaq:ALTR), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), AT&T (NYSE:T), Mattel (NYSE:MAT), Hasbro (NYSE:HAS), Toymax Intl. (TMAX), Micron Technology (NYSE:MU), CyberCash (Nasdaq:CYCH), Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), Ceridian (NYSE:CEN), Chase Manhattan (NYSE:CMB), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (NYSE:MWD), eToys (NYSE:ETYS), Calpine (NYSE:CPN), Dendrite International (Nasdaq:DRTE), NTL (Nasdaq:NTLI) and CyPost Nasdaq:POST).

To read about these companies and receive the free report, visit: http://www.smartportfolio.com/update