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REAL
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Thur,
December 31, 1998
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THE
SUPPORT
REPORT
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The First and Only Daily Report for the Service and Support (CRM) Industry
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Today's SSDEX Figures |
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Index |
Close |
Change |
Percent |
SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500
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68.46
9181.43
2192.69
1229.23
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2.48
-93.21
25.74
-2.70
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3.63%
-1.00%
1.19%
-0.22%
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Support Stock Index (SSDEX) is the support industry's health barometer.
It is a measure of the stock performance for companies that
sell products and services to the support / customer interaction industry.
On 12/31/96, SSDEX's value
was set at 100, making it easy to see how the industry is performing as a group.
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Today's Gainers and Losers
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Company
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Close
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Change |
Percent |
Firstwave
APAC Tel.
Teletech
Aspect
Applix
Vantive
SITEL
Datawatch
Siebel
Peregrine
Clarify
Pegasystems
ICT Group
Sykes
Melita
Precision
SPS Pay
Inference
Astea
IMA
Remedy
West Tel
Aegis Comm
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3 1/4
3 25/32
10 1/4
17 1/4
3 7/8
8
2 7/16
1 3/8
33 15/16
46 3/8
24 7/16
4 5/32
2 9/16
30 1/2
21
7 5/8
31 15/16
7 3/8
1 11/16
5 7/8
13 15/16
9 3/4
13/16
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9/16
1/2
1 5/16
1 3/8
1/4
1/2
1/8
1/16
1 7/16
1 7/8
3/4
1/16
1/32
1/4
1/8
0
0
0
- 1/32
- 1/8
- 5/16
- 1/4
- 1/32
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20.93%
15.24%
14.69%
8.66%
6.90%
6.67%
5.41%
4.76%
4.42%
4.21%
3.17%
1.53%
1.23%
0.83%
0.60%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-1.82%
-2.08%
-2.19%
-2.50%
-3.70%
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Happy New Year From Real Market
From all of us at Real Market Research we wish you a Happy
New Year. While we didn't send "The Support Report" to your
mailbox last week, you can still review all the past issues at
http://www.realmarket.com/dailyreport.html
(for our HTML readers you can click on the icons in the upper left corner).
Also, feel free to review the following on-line published articles.
Support Stock Index Up 7.8% for 1998
On the back of a December rally, the Support Stock Index (SSDEX) found
positive gains to finish the year up 7.8%. The SSDEX lagged other industry
indices including the Dow Jones (up 16.1%), Nasdaq Composite (up 39.6%) and
the S&P500 (up 26.7%). Since it's inception (12/31/96) the Index is down 31.5%.
For more information, please visit the Resource Center at
http://www.realmarket.com/stockindex.html.
Additional companies have been added to the SSDEX for 1999. The next issue of "The Support
Report" will carry the new list of SSDEX companies.
J&R Music @Once from Business Evolution
J&R Music and Computer World has integrated the @Once customer support services software application developed by Business Evolution. This will allow J&R to pay special attention to customers' online questions and ease the path into successful online shopping at http://www.jandr.com.
Periphonics' CallSPONSOR Named Computer Telephony Product of the Year for 1998
CallSPONSOR is a CTI hardware and software solution that is designed to improves call center productivity and customer service levels by integrating a wide range of call center technologies including Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Large Vocabulary Recognition (LVR), digital voice recording, desktop application integration, and preview dialing. CallSPONSOR's modular design and feature set allow for the continued evolution of the system to meet changing needs.
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