Mutual fund information on the World Wide Web: part 1. Issues and global resources

[1] S.J. Ladner , Mutual funds on the Internet , SLA Business and Finance Division Bulletin 100 (Fall 1995) 7–15 . resources is available at http://www.library.miami.edu/staff/sjl/biznet.html

[2] The January 1996 Internet Domain Survey reported a total of 9 472 000 hosts and 240 000 domains, up from online ‘libraries’ on their Web site – the best company 6 642 000 hosts and 120 000 domains in July 1995. Commercial (.com) domains comprise 55% of the total, and there are now about 76 000 systems named www, up from only 17 000 in July 1995. The Internet Domain Survey, conducted every six months by Mark Lottor and produced

[3] See Anon , The seismic shift in American finance: mutual funds , The Economist(21 October 1995) 75; Anon, Eyes of the equity prize, Business Week(25 March 1996) 30.

[4] P.M. Eng , War of the Web, Business Week(4 March 1996) 71–72.

[5] H.N. Tillman , Evaluating Quality on the Net .Paper presented at Computers in Libraries, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, 26 February 1996. Available at http://www.tiac.net/users/hope

[6] G. Notess , News resources on the World Wide Web , Dat abase 19(1) (1996) 12–20 . An excellent overview.

[7] On the mutual fund search, WebCrawler produced 1482 hits; Lycos catalogue, 1710; Alta Vista, 20 526, and Open Text, 1220. On the unit trust search, WebCrawler pro-duced 633 hits; Lycos catalogue, 315; Alta Vista, 3539, and Open Text, 109.

[8] R.A. Pagell and M. Halperin , International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It( Oryx, Photo enix, AZ , 1994).

[9] S. Valentine , International Dictionary of the Securities Industry 2nd ed. ( Dow Jones-Irwin, Homewood, IL , 1989) p. 132-132.

[10] An investment company is a firm that invests the pooled funds of investors in securities appropriate for its stated investment objectives. An open-end company (nd) or fu‘has a floating number of outstanding shares and stands prepared to sell or redeem shares at their current net asset value’, and a closed-end company ‘has a fixed number of outstanding shares that are traded like a stock’. J. Downes and J.E. Goodman , Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook 4th ed. ( Barron’s, New York , 1995) p. 382-382.

[11] K. Weisul , Financial Internet companies plan venture challenge Galt , Investment Dealers’ Digest(29 January 1996) 8.

[12] K. Weisul , Mutual fund sites mushroom on the World Wide Web, Web Finance(18 December 1995). Available at http://nestegg.iddis.com/webfinance/wall1218.html

[13] See [2].

[14] G. Clement , Science and Technology on the Internet: An Instructional Guide( Library Solutions Press, Berkeley, CA , 1995) p. 200-200.

[15] G. Miller , Investors find a new world on the Internet , Los Angeles Times(16 June 1995) Bus Secsinestion, 4.