------------------------------------ FoolWatch for: johndoe@yahoo.com Wednesday, February 9, 2000 http://www.fool.com ------------------------------------ Close Change %Change NOW 50 1940.45 -34.56 -1.75% DJIA 10699.16 -258.44 -2.36% S&P 500 1411.71 -30.01 -2.08% Nasdaq 4363.24 -64.26 -1.45% *************** Sponsored By: Netstock Direct ************** ShareBuilder.com(tm) Automatic, online, dollar-based investing in 2000+ stocks and index products. No account or investing minimums, $2 flat fees. Perfect for long-term investors. http://www.sharebuilder.com ************************************************************ RULE BREAKER ONLINE SEMINAR David Gardner will conduct an online seminar to help Fools find their own Rule Breaking companies. Sign up ends February 23rd! http://www.fool.com/seminars/rulebreaker.htm?ref=MF2501L FOOLS DUEL OVER HOME DEPOT With over 900 stores, no one would want to sand down the home improvement retailer's prospects, right? Wrong. http://www.fool.com/duelingfools/2000/duelingfools000209hd000.htm POLL: TAX REFUND = NEW OUTFIT? What are you going to do with your tax refund? Reinvest, or take a trip to Hawaii? http://www.fool.com/pollingallfools/pollingallfools.asp STOCKS FOOLS LOVE Citigroup, Costco, and Net Perceptions... which of these companies deserve Fools' undying love and affection? http://www.fool.com/specials/2000/sp000208sfl.htm ENRON'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION Can you name the company with the largest amount of business derived from e-commerce? Bill Mann knows the answer. http://www.fool.com/news/2000/foth000209.htm?ref=fwec QUICKNEWS & COMMENTARY Get a Foolish perspective on the day's top stories. Today's headlines include: the state of things at Allstate, Harrah's on a hot streak, and 24-hour Web shut down by hackers. http://www.fool.com/news/2000/quicknews000209.htm AOL TIME WARNER: DEPLOY & COMMODITIZE A Rule Breaker believes AOL's hook up with Time Warner is a strategy to deploy and commoditize interactive services. http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulebreaker/2000/rulebreaker000209.htm?ref=fwec ANOTHER STELLAR QUARTER FOR CISCO Cisco's second quarter 2000 earnings mark the 40th consecutive time it has rocked expectations. Phil Weiss covers the conference call in Rule Maker style. http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulemaker/2000/rulemaker000209.htm?ref=fwec IMPROVISING ON THE FOOLISH FOUR Like jazz iconoclasts Miles Davis or John Coltrane, Ethan Haskel jams on the Foolish Four strategy. Is this Foolish? http://www.fool.com/ddow/2000/ddow000209.htm WHEN NOT TO INVEST How can you tell if you are ready to become an "active" investor? The Drip Portfolio offers some Foolish guidelines. http://www.fool.com/dripport/2000/dripport000209.htm ASK FOOLU Want to travel on your next break from classes? Here's how to save the cash. http://www.fool.com/foolu/askfoolu/2000/askfoolu000209.htm BRUNSWICK LINES UP ITS SHARES The leisure equipment company, hoping to rekindle interest in its stock after a brutal late-1999 fall, announced a $100 million stock buyback last night http://www.fool.com/news/2000/foolplate000209.htm?ref=fwec HOT TOPICS Fools discuss the changing dynamics of Excite@Home, JDS Uniphase's competition, and a new company for the NOW 50 Index. http://www.fool.com/community/threads/2000/000209.htm DAILY FRIBBLE: NFL VS. NYSE Given the similarities between stocks and ball teams, should we all abandon the Fool and find ourselves a discount bookie? http://www.fool.com/fribble/2000/fribble000209.htm IT'S ALL ABOUT CISCO The networking company sidestepped Y2K and brought home the bacon for shareholders. http://www.fool.com/news/2000/breakfast000209.htm?ref=fwec TODAY'S FEATURES If you have trouble accessing the links in FoolWatch, here's the place to go for the week's Foolish content. http://www.fool.com/foolwatch/foolwatch.htm ************** Sponsored By: American Express ************** Find out how to pick the next rule breaking stocks in a FREE Motley Fool seminar. Yours when you open an American Express Brokerage Account. http://br1.americanexpress.com/trade/fool/ ************************************************************