In the past week, our US index fell by 17 points, with majority of the fall coming from Starnet Communications (22 points) and Free Realtime Quotes (42 points) due to profit taking. Despite this temporary setback our index of US stocks is still up by 66% since the beginning of the year and this beats returns made by many mutual fund managers this year.

The "EMC American 5 Index" at Friday, Jan 22 1999 at 4pm

1 January 1999 portfolio - US Picks

Company

Ticker

Exchange

Paid

This week's

Yr todate

Ytd Chg

Latest Info

Change

Change

Chg %

Custom Tracks

CUST

NASDAQ

10.69

(1.25)

(0.69)

-6%

Basic Info

Financialweb.com

FWEB

OTC:BB

9.75

1.50

12.75

131%

Basic Info

Freerealtime.com

FRTI

OTC:BB

5.75

(2.63)

4.87

85%

Basic Info

iSleuth.com

SLEU

OTC:BB

4.25

(1.82)

1.87

44%

Basic Info

Starnet Communications

SNMM

OTC:BB

1.44

(1.31)

2.25

157%

Basic Info

31.88

(5.51)

21.05

66%

The Canadian stocks, slowly but surely, rose by 3%,not as volatile as our southern neighbours.

The "EMC Canadian 3 Index" at Friday, Jan 22 1999 at 4pm

1 January 1999 portfolio - Canadian companies

Company

Ticker

Exchange

Paid

This week's

Yr todate

Ytd Chg

Latest Info

Change

Change

Chg %

Cryptologic Inc

CRY

TSE

12.30

1.75

2.70

22%

Basic Info

Certicom Inc

CIC

TSE

14.85

(1.55)

5.65

38%

Basic Info

Forbes Medi-Tech

FMI

TSE

12.00

0.85

4.00

33%

Basic Info

39.15

1.05

12.35

32%

 

This temporary lull is a great opportunity to get in at these prices, thanks to the Brazilians.