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The Market for Online Brokers

COMPANY             STOCK      P-E         COMMENT
                    PRICE*     RATIO**

AMERITRADE          $31        506         $8 trades and huge ad campaign
(AMTD)                                     doubled accounts in six months

E*TRADE             23.75      38          Online pioneer is expanding
(EGRP)                                     services, not dropping prices

CHARLES SCHWAB      34.69      28          The biggest online broker, but
(SCH)                                      that's just half of its business


* May 11 **Estimated 1998 earnings

DATA: S&P COMSTOCK, BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL MARKETS, BUSINESS WEEK



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