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Merrill Lynch adds 2 New HOLDRS to the Family
IndexFunds.com Staff
Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Merrill Lynch recently launched a new Market 2000+ HOLDRS (MKH), and has announced that it plans to launch a Software HOLDRS (SWH).
On August 30, Merrill Lynch announced trading of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS, the first cross sector, equal-weighted offering of HOLDRS, with an aggregate initial market capitalization over $500 million. The holdings in the fund represent the stock of a group of 50 international companies that are the largest from around the globe that trade in the U.S., as measured in terms of worldwide market capitalization on July 7, 2000.
Merrill Lynch claims it had index fund investors in mind when it launched Market 2000+ HOLDRS as a cost-effective and tax-efficient way to invest in a diversified basket of global stocks. Like all HOLDRS, the annual expense is $0.08 per share.
Stock Holdings in the Market 2000+ HOLDRS
|
Name of Company
|
Ticker
|
Shares Amounts
|
Initial Weightings
|
Trading Market
|
| America Online, Inc. |
AOL
|
3
|
1.85%
|
NYSE
|
| American International Group, Inc. |
AIG
|
2
|
1.81%
|
NYSE
|
| Astrazeneca p.l.c. |
AZN
|
4
|
1.93%
|
NYSE
|
| AT&T Corp. |
T
|
6
|
1.94%
|
NYSE
|
| BellSouth Corporation |
BLS
|
5
|
1.91%
|
NYSE
|
| BP Amoco p.l.c. |
BP
|
3
|
1.77%
|
NYSE
|
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company |
BMY
|
3
|
1.74%
|
NYSE
|
| British Telecommunications p.l.c. |
BTY
|
2
|
2.56%
|
NYSE
|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
CSCO
|
3
|
2.08%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Citigroup Inc. |
C
|
3
|
1.82%
|
NYSE
|
| The Coca-Cola Company |
KO
|
3
|
1.79%
|
NYSE
|
| Dell Computer Corporation |
DELL
|
5
|
2.07%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Deutsche Telekom AG |
DT
|
5
|
2.10%
|
NYSE
|
| Eli Lilly and Company |
LLY
|
2
|
1.56%
|
NYSE
|
| EMC Corporation |
EMC
|
2
|
1.99%
|
NYSE
|
| Exxon Mobil Corporation |
XOM
|
2
|
1.73%
|
NYSE
|
| France Telecom |
FTE
|
2
|
2.52%
|
NYSE
|
| General Electric Company |
GE
|
3
|
1.89%
|
NYSE
|
| Glaxo Wellcome p.l.c. |
GLX
|
3
|
1.85%
|
NYSE
|
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
HWP
|
2
|
2.53%
|
NYSE
|
| Home Depot, Inc. |
HD
|
4
|
2.10%
|
NYSE
|
| Intel Corporation |
INTC
|
2
|
1.55%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| International Business Machines Corporation |
IBM
|
2
|
2.73%
|
NYSE
|
| JDS Uniphase Corporation |
JDSU
|
2
|
2.59%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ
|
2
|
1.98%
|
NYSE
|
| LM Ericsson Telephone Company |
ERICY
|
9
|
1.86%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Lucent Technologies Inc. |
LU
|
4
|
1.78%
|
NYSE
|
| Merck & Co., Inc. |
MRK
|
3
|
2.28%
|
NYSE
|
| Microsoft Corporation |
MSFT
|
3
|
2.24%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. |
MWD
|
2
|
2.15%
|
NYSE
|
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
NTT
|
3
|
1.85%
|
NYSE
|
| Nokia Corp. |
NOK
|
4
|
1.73%
|
NYSE
|
| Nortel Networks Corporation |
NT
|
2
|
1.70%
|
NYSE
|
| Novartis AG |
NVS
|
5
|
2.06%
|
NYSE
|
| Oracle Corporation |
ORCL
|
2
|
1.82%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Pfizer Inc. |
PFE
|
4
|
1.80%
|
NYSE
|
| Qwest Communications International Inc. |
Q
|
4
|
2.13%
|
NYSE
|
| Royal Dutch Petroleum Company |
RD
|
3
|
1.95%
|
NYSE
|
| SBC Communications Inc. |
SBC
|
4
|
1.75%
|
NYSE
|
| Sony Corporation |
SNE
|
2
|
2.36%
|
NYSE
|
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
SUNW
|
2
|
2.68%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
| Texas Instruments Incorporated |
TXN
|
3
|
2.15%
|
NYSE
|
| Time Warner Inc. |
TWX
|
2
|
1.81%
|
NYSE
|
| Total Fina Elf S.A. |
TOT
|
2
|
1.63%
|
NYSE
|
| Toyota Motor Corporation |
TM
|
2
|
1.84%
|
NYSE
|
| Verizon Communications |
VZ
|
4
|
1.84%
|
NYSE
|
| Viacom Inc. |
VIA.B
|
3
|
2.11%
|
NYSE
|
| Vodafone Airtouch p.l.c. |
VOD
|
5
|
2.09%
|
NYSE
|
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
WMT
|
4
|
2.07%
|
NYSE
|
| WorldCom, Inc. |
WCOM
|
5
|
1.95%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
Source: Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.
"Shares Amounts" refers to the amount of shares for each stock in each round lot of 100 Market 2000+ HOLDRS.[/:Author:] [:Date:]
"Initial Weightings" refers to the % of capitalization held in each stock.
Merrill Lynch also plans to launch a Software HOLDRS (SWH), and filed the announcement on September 7. The Software HOLDRS will contain 20 of the largest stocks from the technology sector, and will be the twelfth HOLDRS offering.
It should be noted that if you purchase Software HOLDRS during the initial public offering, you will pay an underwriting fee of 2%.
Stock Holdings in the Software HOLDRS
|
Name of Company
|
Ticker
|
Shares Amounts
|
InitialWeightings
|
Trading Market
|
|
Oracle Corporation
|
ORCL
|
11
|
9.41%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Veritas Software Corporation
|
VRTS
|
9
|
9.32%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Microsoft Corporation
|
MSFT
|
12
|
9.31%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
SAP AG
|
SAP
|
15
|
9.30%
|
NYSE
|
|
i2 Technologies
|
ITWO
|
6
|
9.24%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Siebel Systems
|
SEBL
|
5
|
8.49%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
TIBCO Softwre
|
TIBX
|
6
|
6.92%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Check Point Software Technologies
|
CHKP
|
5
|
6.67%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Adobe Systems
|
ADBE
|
4
|
4.82%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Computer Associates International
|
CA
|
18
|
4.81%
|
NYSE
|
|
Rational Software Corporation
|
RATL
|
3
|
3.14%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Sapient Corporation
|
SAPE
|
2
|
2.65%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Intuit Inc.
|
INTU
|
6
|
2.55%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
PeopleSoft
|
PSFT
|
9
|
2.31%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Phone.Com
|
PHCM
|
2
|
2.17%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Mercury Interactive Corporation
|
MERQ
|
2
|
2.14%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Nuance Communications
|
NUAN
|
1
|
1.83%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Macromedia, Inc.
|
MACR
|
2
|
1.78%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
BMC Software
|
BMCS
|
8
|
1.67%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
|
Micromuse Inc.
|
MUSE
|
1
|
1.47%
|
Nasdaq NMS
|
Source: www.freeedgar.com
"Shares Amounts" refers to the amount of shares for each stock in each round lot of 100 Market 2000+ HOLDRS.[/:Author:] [:Date:]
"Initial Weightings" refers to the % of capitalization held in each stock.
A few facts about Merrill Lynch HOLDRS:
- HOLDRS stands for "Holding Company Depository Receipts."
- HOLDRS shares can be bought and sold throughout the day like stocks.
- HOLDRS can only be bought in 100-share pieces, or round lots, which can exclude some investors without a lot of capital to invest.
- To find out more about HOLDRS, go to www.holdrs.com, which features research tools to find out more about these Merrill Lynch products.
For a complete exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing, click here.
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