The wired companies
| BOSTON
The Wired Index fund buys cutting-edge companies geared to today'sIinformation Age, with double-digit returns since its inception on Dec. 15, 1998. Below are the 40 companies in both the index and the fund.
Company/primary business
Acxiom Data, mining
Affymetrix, genomic equipment
AIG, insurance
America Online, network media
AMR, air travel
Applied Mat., chip equipment
Cable & Wireless, telecom
Charles Schwab, finance
Cisco, network hardware
Daimler-Chrysler, automotive
Dell Computer, computers
EMC, data storage
Enron, energy
FDX, transport
First Data, financial services
Globalstar, satellite telecom
Incyte Pharm., bioinformatics
Intel, computer chips
Lucent Technologies, telecom
Marriott International, hotels
Microsoft, software
Monsanto, agribusiness
News Corp, media
Nokia Wireless, cell phones
Nucor Specialty, steel
Parametric, automated design
PeopleSoft Enterprise, software
Qwest, telecommunications
Reuters, information
Schlumberger, oil services
SmithKline Beecham, pharm.
Sony, consumer electronics
State Street, banking
Sun Microsystems, computers
Thermo Elec., tech. instruments
Wal-Mart, retailing
Walt Disney, entertainment
Wind River, telecommunications
Yahoo!, network media
