BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 18, 1999 ISSUE
FINANCE

Chasing the Big Guys


                    TOTAL               ONLINE              NET
                    ACCOUNTS            ACCOUNTS            REVS.**

FIDELITY            10.8*** million      2.8 million         NA
MERRILL LYNCH        8.0 million         NA                $21.1 billion
CHARLES SCHWAB       6.3 million         2.8 million         3.8 billion
TD WATERHOUSE        2.1 million         1.0 million         964 million
E*TRADE             1.24 million        1.24 million         515 million


                    NET                 NO. OF
                    INCOME*             BROKERS

FIDELITY            NA                   6,900
MERRILL LYNCH      $2.4 billion         18,500
CHARLES SCHWAB      575 million          7,000
TD WATERHOUSE        97 million          3,200
E*TRADE             (63 million)           352


* 1999 Estimates
**Net revs.-- net of interest and dividends
*** Includes mutual-fund accounts

DATA: PUTNAM, LOVELL, DE GUARDIOLA & THORNTON INC.; GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.; 
U.S.BANCORP PIPER JAFFRAY; COMPANY REPORTS


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