Chicago - Morningstar, a Chicago-based financial publisher, has released
Morningstar Mutual Funds OnDisc -- a CD-ROM-based
software/database/graphics package that lets you quickly compare, analyze,
and track over 2,300 mutual funds and produce customized reports and
graphs. Business recently called Morningstar Mutual Funds OnDisc, "the
Cadillac of mutual fund software" .

Amid a rapidly changing and growing mutual-fund industry, financial
professionals and individual investors alike have found that OnDisc allows
them to make the most educated investment decisions. For example, OnDisc's
software features include the ability to:

.  Search and sort for the funds which match one's needs
   (For example, all the no-load funds with an investment
   objective of growth-income, a P/E ratio of less than 
   17, and 15% or more of its holdings in the utilities
   industry).
.  Identify the funds that hold a specific stock.
.  Generate detailed line, bar, and pie graphs to present
   your findings.
.  Compare total returns for a single fund or for a group 
   of funds over any time period. continued
.  Evaluate results -- numerically or graphically against
   any of 24 benchmarks such as the S&P 500, Wilshire 4500,
   Russell 2000, 3-month CD, and Lehman Brothers Govt/Corp
   Bond Index.
.  Build customized portfolios (equally weighted).
.  Print directly to a printer or export the data, reports,
   or graphs into other software programs.

OnDisc is the most comprehensive mutual-fund database available -- it would
take over 500 floppy diskettes to hold the information contained on its
single CD-ROM. This database includes:

.  Over 2,300 mutual funds -- both load and no-load, equity
   and fixed income.
.  Over 160 fields of information on each fund, including
   the complete portfolio holdings of each fund, operations
   information, credit analysis, manager profiles, and more.
.  66 fields of information on which to screen and rank,
   including: risk, returns, fees, composition, and more.
.  Over 16 years of historical data going back to 1976
   (depending on the fund's commencement date).
.  24 benchmarks: S&P 500; S&P 400; Wilshire 5000 and 4500;
   Russell 1000, 2000, and 3000; Lehman Brothers'
   Government/Corporate, Government (long-term and
   intermediate), Corporate (long-term and intermediate),
   Mortgage-backed, and Municipal; MSCI EAFE, Europe, World
   and Pacific; 3-month T-bill; 3- and 6-month CD; and
   inflation.

Subscriptions to Morningstar Mutual Funds OnDisc are available with
monthly, quarterly, or annual updates. Network licenses are also
available. For more information and a free demonstration diskette, call
1-800-876-5005.

Morningstar, 53 West Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
312-427-1985

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